 ... again. What is the cause of this difference in their shyness? Do they mistake a man in the distance for their chief enemy the puma? Or does curiosity overcome their timidity? That they are curious is certain; for if a person lies on the ground, and...  Wonders of the Animal Kingdom: Mammalia - Pagina 274door Wonders - 1847 - 390 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1844 - 288 pagina’s
...come suddenly on a solitary Guanaco, the animal will generally stand motionless, intently gazing upon him. " What is the cause," says Mr. Darwin, " of this...air, they will almost always approach by degrees to reconnoitre him. It was an artifice that was frequently practised Tiy our sportsmen with success ;... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1846 - 396 pagina’s
...intently gaze at him; then perhaps move on a few yards, turn round, and look again. What is the cause of this difference in their shyness ] Do they mistake...the puma ? Or does curiosity overcome their timidity 1 That they are curious is certain ; for if a person lies on the ground, and plays strange antics,... | |
 | 1849 - 428 pagina’s
...intently gaze at him; then, perhaps, move on a few yards, turn round, and look again. What is the cause of this difference in their shyness ? Do they mistake...air, they will almost always approach by degrees to reconnoitre him. It was an artifice that was frequently practised by our sportsmen with success; and... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1863 - 832 pagina’s
...motionless, and intently gaze at him ; then, perhaps, move on a few yards, turn round, and look again. That they are curious is certain ; for if a person lies on the ground aud plays strange antics, such as throwing up his feet in the air, they will almost always approach... | |
 | John Tillotson - 1869 - 442 pagina’s
...motionless, and intently gaze at him, then perhaps move on a few yards, turn round, and look again. That they are curious is certain, for if a person...such as throwing up his feet in the air, they will approach by degrees to reconnoitre him. This is an artifice frequently practised by sportsmen with... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1871 - 546 pagina’s
...intently gaze at him ; then perhaps move on a few yards, turn round, and look again. What is the cause of this difference in their shyness ? Do they mistake...air, they will almost always approach by degrees to reconnoitre him. It was an artifice that was repeatedly practised by our sportsmen with success, and... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1871 - 838 pagina’s
...motionless, and intently gaze at him ; then, perhaps, move on a few yards, turn round, and look again. That they are curious is certain ; for if a person...air, they will almost always approach by degrees to reconnoitre him. This is an artifice frequently practised by sportsmen with success, as it has, moreover,... | |
 | John Hogg (publisher.) - 1878 - 536 pagina’s
...intently gaze at him ; then, perhaps, move on a few yards, turn round, and look again. What is the cause of this difference in their shyness? Do they mistake...air, they will almost always approach by degrees to reconnoitre him. It was an artifice that was frequently practised by our sportsmen with success ; and... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1879 - 254 pagina’s
...intently gaze at him; then perhaps move on a few yards, turn round, and look again. What is the cause of this difference in their shyness? Do they mistake...air, they will almost always approach by degrees to examine him. It was a trick repeatedly practised by our sportsmen with success, and it had, moreover,... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Manufactures - 1887 - 866 pagina’s
...on a few yards, turn around, and gaze again. What is tho cause of this difference in their shyness f Do they mistake a man in the distance for their chief...the puma, or does curiosity overcome their timidity f That they are curious is certain, for if a person lies ou the ground »ud plays strange antics, such... | |
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