 | 1835 - 428 pages
...DANGEROUS BATHING IN these shallow waters are caught great quantities of fish, by forming curved lines or pallisades some way out to sea, with palm branches,...happened the water was scarcely four feet in depth. MISCELLANIES. ACCURACY. No doubt the Yankees sometimes laugh at the account which our travellers" give... | |
 | 1835 - 466 pages
...the grasp of one of these animals: on this, with his other foot, he tried to disengage himself, hut this limb was immediately seized by another of the...scarcely four feet in depth. The polypus, after having entwined its arms round its prey, adheres to it by suction, for which purpose the under part of its... | |
 | 1835 - 428 pages
...tried to disengage himself, but this limb was immediately seized by another of the monster's arms j he then with his hands endeavoured to free himself,...happened the water was scarcely four feet in depth. MISCELLANIES. ACCURACY. No doubt the Yankees sometimes laugh at the account which our travellers give... | |
 | Thomas Beale (surgeon.) - 1839 - 426 pages
...retained when it recedes. The horrid polypus, which is, however, greedily eaten, abounds, and some are of enormous size. They prove at times highly dangerous...happened, the water was scarcely four feet in depth." Other species of these surprising animals, as the calamaries, or " flying squid," as they are termed... | |
 | M. S. Lovell - 1867 - 296 pages
...the poor man was shortly found drowned, with all his limbs firmly bound together by the twining arms of the fish ; and it is extraordinary, that where this happened, the water was scarcely four feet deep. Fredol, in ' Le Monde de la Mer,' states that the famous diver Piscinola, who at the desire of... | |
 | William Morris Davis - 1874 - 420 pages
...polypus, and the poor man was shortly after found drowned, with all his limbs bound together by the arms of the fish. And it is extraordinary that where this...happened the water was scarcely four feet in depth." Much to the satisfaction of the bow-oar, and to the dis.taste of old Ben, the learned mate continued... | |
 | Armand Landrin - 1875 - 352 pages
...all his limbs strongly bound together by the twining arms of the fish. It is an extraordinary fact that where this happened the water was scarcely four feet in depth." (463) 3 34 MR. BEALE'S EXPERIENCE. We find it difficult to accept the details of the foregoing anecdote,... | |
 | 1847 - 844 pages
...all his limbs strongly bound together, by the arms and legs. of the fish; and it is extracrdinary, t,hat where th,is happened,, the water was scarcely four feet in depth." To this sad anecdote we will app-nd a more fortunate case, whivh befel Mr. Beale, the well-known celologist,... | |
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... this limb was immediately seized by another of the monster's arms ; he then with his hands endeavoured to free himself, but these also in succession were firmly grasped by the polypus, and the poor man was shortly after found drowned, with all his... 