 | John George Wood - 1861 - 300 Seiten
...owner eight or ten in a day. Bishop Heber says that, when he was in India, he saw nine or ten large and beautiful Otters tethered with straw collars and long strings to bamboo stakes in the bank. These Otters were of great service to the fishermen in driving the shoals of fish into... | |
 | 1862 - 210 Seiten
...following account of tame otters in India : — " We passed, to my surprise, a row of no less tliau nine or ten large and very beautiful otters, tethered...straw collars and long strings to bamboo stakes on the bank. Some were swimming about at the full extent of their strings, or lying half in and half out of... | |
 | 1863 - 318 Seiten
...picturesque and populous. Fishing-boats are moored under it in great numbers ; and we passed a row of large and very beautiful otters tethered with straw collars and long strings to bamboo stakes on the bank. Some were swimming about at the full extent of their strings, or lying half in half out of the... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1863 - 832 Seiten
...other things of much pleasure." At Pondicherry, Bishop Heber passed a row of nine or ten very large and beautiful otters,* tethered with straw collars and...long strings to bamboo stakes, on the banks of the M.itta Colly. Some were swimming about at the full extent of their strings, or lying half in and half... | |
 | Illustrated sketches - 1864 - 364 Seiten
...in India, tells us, that he saw on the banks of the river Mattacolly, a row of nine or ten large and beautiful Otters, tethered with straw collars and long strings to bamboo stakes. Some were swimming about at the full extent of their strings, or lying half in and half out of the... | |
 | John Bowden (LL.D.) - 1869 - 452 Seiten
...passed a river in India where nine or ten otters were busily engaged swimming about in the water, " tethered with straw collars and long strings to bamboo stakes on the banks." When first captured, the otter is wild and fierce, and attempts to bite the person that feeds it ;... | |
 | John Bowden - 1869 - 304 Seiten
...passed a river in India where nine or ten otters were busily engaged swimming about in the water, " tethered with straw collars and long strings to bamboo stakes on the banks." When first captured, the otter is wild and fierce, and attempts to bite the person that feeds it ;... | |
 | Peter Parley (pseud.) - 1870 - 718 Seiten
...young, may be tamed, and will fish for its master, and follow him like a dog. Bishop Heber says, " We passed, to my surprise, a row of no less than nine or ten iffi beautiful Otters, tethered with straw collars and long strings /| rp THE AMERICAN OTTER. to bamboo... | |
 | Harland Coultas - 1874 - 196 Seiten
...interesting, and is an extract from his journal : — "We passed," says this deservedly esteemed prelate, "to my surprise, a row of no less than nine or ten large and beautiful otters (Lutra nair, Cuv.), tethered with straw collars and long strings to bamboo stakes,... | |
 | Elliott Coues - 1877 - 414 Seiten
...home their provender to be dressed for dinner. Numerous instances have been recorded in later 21 M times, by Daniel, Bewick, Shaw, and others ; in one...long strings to bamboo stakes on the banks (of the Malta Colly). Some were swimming about at the full extent of their strings, or lying half in and half... | |
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Some were swimming about at the full extent of their strings, or lying half in and half out of the water; others were rolling themselves in the sun on the sandy bank, uttering a shrill whistling noise, as if in play. I was told... 
