 | 1843 - 854 sivua
...hesitate on occasion to betake itself to the water. Sometimes when met with in a thicket or stoney place, it will stand and gaze upon the intruder, as...at least as courageous as the tiger or the lion.' Mr. Bell was informed by the Rev. FW Hope that the latter, while shooting in Shropshire, was attracted... | |
 | William Jardine - 1838 - 496 sivua
...it does not hesitate on occasion to betake itself to the water. Sometimes when met with in athicket or stony place, it will stand and gaze upon the intruder,...is at least as courageous as the tiger or the lion. When coloured red it is generally named the Stoat, when white the Ermine. In the latter state the fur... | |
 | William MacGillivray - 1838 - 428 sivua
...it does not hesitate on occasion to betake itself to the water. Sometimes when met with in athicket or stony place, it will stand and gaze upon the intruder,...is at least as courageous as the tiger or the lion. When coloured red it is generally named the Stoat, when white the Ermine. In the latter state the fur... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1843 - 840 sivua
...hesitate on occasion to betake itself to the water. Sometimes when met with in a thicket or shraey place, it will stand and gaze upon the intruder, as...proportion to its size, it is at least as courageous as the tiïer or the lion.' Mr. Bell was informed by the Rev. FW Hope that ihe latter, while shooting in Shropshire,... | |
 | 1857 - 532 sivua
...hesitate on occasion to betake itself to the v?ater. Sometimes when met with in a thicket or stoney place, it will stand and gaze upon the intruder, as...at least as courageous as the tiger or the lion." Mr. Bell was informed by the Rev. FW Hope that the latter, while shooting in Shropshire, was attracted... | |
 | 1857 - 530 sivua
...met with in a thicket or stoney place, it will stand and gaze upoc the intruder, as if conscious^of security ; and, although its boldness has been exaggerated...at least as courageous as the tiger or the lion." Mr. Bell was informed by the Rev. FW Hope that the latter, while shooting in Shropshire, was attracted... | |
 | 1877 - 1236 sivua
...grou'e, hare, or other animal strong enough to carry it off, and it does not hesitate, on occasion, to betake itself to the water. Sometimes, when met...at least as courageous as the tiger or the lion." The subject of our third illustration is that well-known animal, the raccoon. We have all been made... | |
 | William MacGillivray - 1866 - 464 sivua
...not hesitate on occasion to betake itself to the water. Sometimes when met with in a thicket or stonj place, it will stand and gaze upon the intruder, as...cannot be denied that, in proportion to its size, ft is at least as courageous as the tiger or the lion. When coloured red it is generally named the... | |
 | Elliott Coues - 1877 - 416 sivua
...water. Sometimes, when mot with in a thicket or stony place, it will stand and gaze upon the intrnder, as if conscious of security; and, although its boldness...their way into books of natural history, it cannot bs denied that, in proportion to its size, it is at least as courageous as the tiger or the lion."... | |
 | Francis Henry Buzzacott - 1913 - 556 sivua
...grouse, hare, or other animal strong enough to carry it off, and it does not hesitate, on occasion, to betake itself to the water. Sometimes, when met...at least as courageous as the tiger or the lion." In Siberia, ermines are taken in traps baited with flesh: and in Norway they are either shot with blunt... | |
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Sometimes when met with in a thicket or stoney place, it will stand and gaze upon the intruder, as if conscious of security ; and, although its boldness has been exaggerated in the popular stories which have made their way into books of natural history,... 