 | Sir John Richardson, William Swainson, William Kirby - Zoology - 1829 - 418 pages
...the poor animal attempts to escape by rolling into the water, he falls into the Bear's clutches ; if, on the contrary, he lies still, his destroyer makes...on the ice, and devours him at leisure." The same writer describes the pace of the Polar Bear, at full speed, as " a kind of shuffle, as quick as the... | |
 | Edinburgh cabinet library - 1830 - 456 pages
...poor animal attempts to escape by rolling into the water, he falls into the paws of the bear ; if, on the contrary, he lies still, his destroyer makes...kills him on the ice, and devours him at leisure. Some sailors, endeavouring to catch a bear, placed the noose of a rope under the snow, baited with... | |
 | 1831 - 412 pages
...poor animal attempts to escape by rolling into the water, he falls into the paws of the bear ; if, on the contrary, he lies still, his destroyer makes...kills him on the ice, and devours him at leisure. Some sailors, endeavouring to catch a bear, placed the noose of a rope under the snow, baited with... | |
 | 1831 - 418 pages
...to escape by rolling into the water, he falls into the paws of the bear; if, on the contrary, he ies still, his destroyer makes a powerful spring, kills him on the ice, and devours him at leisure. Some sailors, endeavoring to catch a bear, placed the noose of a rope under the snow, baited with a... | |
 | Sir John Leslie, Robert Jameson, Hugh Murray - Arctic regions - 1832 - 946 pages
...poor animal attempts to escape by rolling into the water, he falls into the paws of the bear ; if, on the contrary, he lies still, his destroyer makes...kills him on the ice, and devours him at leisure. Some sailors, endeavouring to catch a bear, placed the noose of a rope under the snow, baited with... | |
 | Naval battles - 1834 - 658 pages
...the poor animal attempts to escape by rollmg into the water, he falls into the paws of the bear; if, on the contrary, he lies still, his destroyer makes...kills him on the ice, and devours him at leisure. Some sailors, endeavoring to catch a bear, placed the noose of a rope under the snow, baited with a... | |
 | Richard King - Arctic regions - 1836 - 676 pages
...the poor animal attempts to escape byrolling into the water, he falls into the bear's clutches : if, on the contrary, he lies still, his destroyer makes...kills him on the ice, and devours him at leisure." In the " Fauna Greenlandica" of Fabricius there are corresponding accounts. I started on .the morning... | |
 | Hugh Murray - Geography - 1837 - 644 pages
...animal is on fields of ice, with which he is frequently driven to a great distance from land ; but he not only swims with rapidity, but is capable of making long springs in the water. This species, being able to procure its food in the depth of even an arctic winter, has not the necessity... | |
 | Hugh Murray - Geography - 1837 - 640 pages
...animal is on fields of ice, with which he is frequently driven to a great distance from land ; but he not only swims with rapidity, but is capable of making long springs in the water. This species, being able to procure its food in the depth of even an arctic winter, has not the necessity... | |
 | Hugh Murray - Geography - 1839 - 646 pages
...animal is on fields of ice, w't'1 wn'cn ne 's frequently driven to a great distance from land ; but he not only swims with rapidity, but is capable of making long springs in the water. This species, being able to procure its food in the depth of even an arctic winter, has not the necessity... | |
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... from whence, by frequent short dives, he silently makes his approaches, and so arranges his distance that at the last dive he comes to the spot where the seal is lying. If the poor animal attempts to escape by rolling into the water, he falls into... 
