 | Charles Frederick Partington - 1828 - 468 str.
...them : the Indians therefore said they would fish with horses, and the guides were soon seen returning from the savannah, which they had been scouring for...The extraordinary noise caused by the horses' hoofs, made the fish issue from the mud, and excited them to combat. The yellow and livid eels, which resembled... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 358 str.
...about thirty wild horses and mules, they drove them into the pool in which were the electrical Eels. " The extraordinary noise caused by the horses' hoofs...combat. These yellowish and livid Eels, resembling larger aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water, and crowd under the bellies of the horses... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt, William MacGillivray - 1832 - 436 str.
...with horses, and soon brought from the savannah about thirty of these animals, which they drove into the pool. " The extraordinary noise caused by the horses* hoofs makes the fishes issue from the mud,, and excites them to combat. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling... | |
 | 1834 - 536 str.
...would have enfeebled the gymnoti: the Indians, therefore, told us, that they would " fish with horses." We found it difficult to form an idea of this extraordinary...with them, which they forced to enter the pool. THE. GYMNOTl'8. The extraordinary noise caused by the horses' hoofs, makes the fish issue from the mud,... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1834 - 1028 str.
...about thirty wild horses aud mules, they drove them into the pool in which were the electrical eels. The extraordinary noise caused by the horses' hoofs...combat. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling larger aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water, and crowd under the bellies of the horses... | |
 | John Frederic Daniell - 1839 - 606 str.
...description of the Indian mode of fishing for gymnoti, by means of horses : — " The exraordinary noise caused by the horses' hoofs, makes the fish...combat. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling largo aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water, and crowd under the bellies of the horses... | |
 | Saturday magazine - 1840 - 1078 str.
...would have enfeebled the gymnoti: the Indians, therefore, told us that they would "fish with horses." We found it difficult to form an idea of this extraordinary...fish issue from the mud, and excites them to combat; they swim on the surface of the water, and crowd under the bellies of the horses and moles. A contest... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt - 1840 - 294 str.
...thirty horses and mules, which they forthwith drove into the pool. A singular scene then ensued. " The extraordinary noise caused by the horses' hoofs,...makes the fish issue from the mud, and excites them io combat. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling COMBAT BETWEEN THE EELS AND HORSES. 117 large... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1849 - 688 str.
...discovered which abounds with them, a number of wild horses and mules are surrounded and forced into it. " The extraordinary noise caused by the horses' hoofs makes the fish issue from the sand, and incites them to combat. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling large aquatic serpents,... | |
 | John Esaias Warren - 1851 - 284 str.
...discovered which abounds with them, a number of wild horses and mules are surrounded and forced into it. "The extraordinary noise caused by the horses' hoofs makes the fish issue from the sand, and incites them to combat. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling large aquatic serpents,... | |
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We found it difficult to form an idea of this extraordinary manner of fishing; but we soon saw our guides return from the savannah, which they had been scouring for wild horses and mules. They brought about thirty with them, which they forced to enter... 
