| Edward Robinson - 1833 - 384 Seiten
...spot upon them ; the head is large. As soon as this plague appears, and their buzzmg is heard, all the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain, till they die, worn out with fatigue, fright and hunger. No remedy remains, but to leave the black earth, and hasten down to the... | |
| William Carpenter - 1833 - 420 Seiten
...whole covered with brown hair or down. As soon as this plague appears, aud their buzzing is heard, all the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain, till they die, worn out with futigue, fright, and hunger. No remedy remains, but to leave the black earth, and hasten dawn to the... | |
| James Rennie, John Obadiah Westwood - 1835 - 332 Seiten
...placed separately like those of a fly. 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. No remedy remains for the inhabitants on such spots but to leave the black... | |
| 1836 - 282 Seiten
...made with the three hairs at its snout. "As soon as this plague appears, and its 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. No remedy remains but to leave the black earth, and to hasten down to... | |
| 1837 - 348 Seiten
...Tsaltsalya is the word used in the Ethiopic translation, and that term is the true name of the fly in Gee». As soon as this plague appears, and its dreaded buzzing...sunburnt camel, emphatically called the skip of the daert, is soon destroyed by this destructive creature. The gigantic elephant and case-hardened rhinoceros,... | |
| 740 Seiten
...little larger than a bee, but of thicker proportions. When its buzzing, monotonous sound is heard, all the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about the plain till they die, worn out with fright, fatigue, and hunger ; some, with wiser instinct, hasten down to the sands at Atbara, and there... | |
| 1838 - 492 Seiten
...than they ever are, would produce. 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. No remedy remains for the residents on such spots, but to leave the black... | |
| Saturday magazine - 1840 - 1078 Seiten
...with the three hairs at its snout. " As soon as this plague appears, and its 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. No remedy remains but to leave the black earth, and to hasten down to... | |
| Albert Barnes - 1840 - 540 Seiten
...whole covered with brown hair or down. 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. No remedy remains, but to leave the black earth, and hasten down to the... | |
| Sir Francis Bond Head - 1840 - 398 Seiten
...formidable from its immense numbers; and the buzzing sound announcing 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... | |
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