 | Esther Copley - 1828 - 464 Seiten
...certain destruction of the creature. When swarms of these creatures make their appearance, the terrified cattle forsake their food and run wildly about the plain, till they die, worn out by fatigue and hunger ; or else flee to the sandy desert, whither the flies cannot pursue them, but... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - 1829 - 516 Seiten
...dreadful nature. Bruce, in his Travels in Africa, says, " As soon as this winged assassin appears, and his buzzing is heard, the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain till they are worn out with fatigue, fright, and pain." I shall feel obliged if any of your correspondents can... | |
 | James Rennie - 1830 - 442 Seiten
...buzzing of this insect; it is a jarring noise together with a humming, which as soon as it is heard, all the cattle forsake their food and run wildly about the plain, till they die, worn out with fatigue, fright, and hunger. I have found," he adds, " some of these tubercles upon almost every elephant... | |
 | Sir Francis Bond Head - 1830 - 560 Seiten
...formidable from its immense numbers ; and the buzzing sound of its arrival is no sooner heard than the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain till they actually die from fear, pain, and fatigue. The camel, whose patience under every other affliction is... | |
 | William Greenfield - 1831 - 300 Seiten
...no sting, though it appears to be of the bee kind. As soon as this winged assassin appears, and its buzzing is heard, the cattle forsake their food, and...wildly about the plain, till they die, worn out with affright, fatigue, and pain.f How intolerable a plague of flies can prove, is evident from the fact,... | |
 | William Greenfield - 1831 - 310 Seiten
...no sting, though it appears to be of the bee kind. As soon as this winged assassin appears, and its buzzing is heard, the cattle forsake their food, and...wildly about the plain, till they die, worn out with affright, fatigue, and pain.f How intolerable a plague of flies can prove, is evident from the fact,... | |
 | 1831 - 320 Seiten
...formidable from its immense numbers; and the buzzing sound of its arrival is no sooner heard, than the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain till they actually die from fear, pain, and fatigue. The camel, whose patience under every other affliction is... | |
 | 1831 - 548 Seiten
...formidable from its immense numbers; and the buzzing sound of its arrival is no sooner heard, than the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain, till they actually die through pain, fear, and fatigue. The camel, whose patience under every other affliction... | |
 | Richard Watson - 1832 - 1030 Seiten
...no sting, though it appears to be of the bee kind. As soon as this winged assassin appears, and its buzzing is heard, the cattle forsake their food, and...run wildly about the plain till they die, worn out with'affriglit, fatigue, and pain. The inhabitants of Melinda down to Cape Gardefan, to Saba, and the... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1833 - 456 Seiten
...sign of this separation of the people, which he had then made, that not one fly should be seen in the sand or pasture-ground, the land of Goshen; and this...Atbara. Even the sunburnt camel, emphatically called the ship of the desert, is soon destroyed by this destructive creature. The gigantic elephant and case-hardened... | |
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As soon as this plague appears, and their buzzing is heard, all the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain, till they die, worn out with fatigue, fright, and hunger. 
