 In the rainy season," says M. Humboldt, " the horses that wander in the savannah, and have not time to reach the rising grounds of the llanos, perish by hundreds amidst the overMowings of the rivers. The mares are seen, followed by their colts, swimming,...  Physical Geography - Pàgina 52per H. J. Lloyd - 1828Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - 1819 - 590 pàgines
...year. The swellings of the rivers Apure, Meta, and Oroonoko, are also periodical. In the rainy season the horses, that wander in the savannah, and have...rising grounds of the Llanos, perish by hundreds. The mares are seen, followed by their colts *, swimming during a part of the day to feed upon the grass,... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - 1819 - 602 pàgines
...year. The swellings of the rivers Apure, Meta, and Oroonoko, are also periodical. In the rainy season the horses, that wander in the savannah, and have...rising grounds of the Llanos, perish by hundreds. The mares are seen, followed by their colts *, swimming during a part of the day to feed upon the grass,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1819 - 592 pàgines
...found to be 200 toises. This river, like the Meta and the Oroonoko, has its periodical swellings, when the horses that wander in the savannah and have not...reach the rising grounds of the Llanos, perish by thousands. The mares, followed by their colts, may be seen swimming about, and feeding on the grass... | |
 | 1819 - 596 pàgines
...found to be 206 toises. This river, like the Meta and the Oroonoko, has its periodical swellings, when the horses that wander in the savannah and have not...reach the rising grounds of the Llanos, perish by thousands. The mares, followed by their colts, may be seen swimming about, and feeding on the grass... | |
 | Alexander Walker - 1822 - 844 pàgines
...Meta, and Orinoco, are also periodical. In the rainy season, the horses that wander in the savannahs, and have not time to reach the rising grounds of the Llanos, perish by hundreds. The mares are seen followed by their colts, swimming during a part of the day to feed upon the grass,... | |
 | Alexander Walker - 1822 - 846 pàgines
...Meta, and Orinoco, are also periodical. In the rainy season, the horses that wander in the savannahs, and have not time to reach the rising grounds of the Llanos, perish by hundreds. The mares are seen- followed by their colts, swimming during a part of the day to feed upon the grass,... | |
 | Josiah Conder - 1830 - 360 pàgines
...Meta, and the Orinoco, are also periodical. In the rainy season, the horses that wander in the savanna, and have not time to reach the rising grounds of the llanos, perish by hundreds. The mares are seen, followed by their colts, swimming during a part of the day to feed upon the grass,... | |
 | 1834 - 578 pàgines
...the temperate regions, the animals are of much smaller dimensions ; and the only beasts of prey are the wolf, the bear, the lynx, and the wild boar ;...grounds of the llanos, perish by hundreds amidst the overMowings of the rivers. The mares are seen, followed by their colts, swimming, during a, part of... | |
 | 1834 - 574 pàgines
...the temperate regions, the animals are of much smaller dimensions ; and the only beasts of prey are the wolf, the bear, the lynx, and the wild boar ;...grounds of the llanos, perish by hundreds amidst the overhowings of the rivers. The mares are seen, followed by their colts, swimming, during a part of... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1854 - 332 pàgines
...of the llanos endure on these occasions are thus descrihed hy the same authori "In the rairy season the horses that wander in the savannah, and have not...to reach the rising grounds of the llanos, perish hy hundreds amidst the overflowings of the rivers. The mares are seen followed hy their foals swimming... | |
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