Whether the latter in his rage was bent on capturing his prize, and would retain his hold though at the hazard of his life, or whether in his terrible swoop he had struck his crooked talons so deep in the back of the salmon, he could not extricate himself,... The Adirondack, Or, Life in the Woods - Sida 202efter J. T. Headley - 1861 - 275 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
| J. T. Headley - 1849 - 346 sidor
...relentless foe on his back. He could not keep the eagle down, nor the bird carry him up — and so now i beneath, and now upon the surface, they struggled...avoirdupois weight, and ever after tried his tackle on smaller fish. As for the poor salmon, if he survived the severe laceration, he doubtless never fully... | |
| Joel Tyler Headley - 1851 - 334 sidor
...gone down. This time they were absent a full half minute, and Beach said he thought it was all over with, his bird. He soon, however, reappeared with...avoirdupois weight, and ever after tried his tackle on smaller fish. As for the poor salmon, if he survived the severe laceration, he doubtless never fully... | |
| Enoch Lewis, Samuel Rhoads - 1851 - 842 sidor
...whether in his terrible swoop he had struck Ыз crooked talons so deep in the back of the salmon that he could not extricate himself, the hunter said he...have been glad to have let go, long before he did. — Exchange paper. THE BANK OF ENGLAND. An American correspondent of the New York Independent, writing... | |
| David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1852 - 250 sidor
...not extricate himself, the^hunter could not tell. 20. The latter, however, was doubtless the case, and he would have been glad to have let go long before...afternoon in studying avoirdupois weight, and ever after that tried his tackle- on smaller fish. As for the poor salmon, if he survived the severe laceration,... | |
| 1852 - 432 sidor
...his crooked talons so deep in the back of the salmon that he could not extricate himself, the hnnter said he could not tell. The latter, however, was doubtless...have been glad to have let go long before he did." — This must have been a sight worth witnessing, Mr. Editor, must it not ? How exciting, when the... | |
| Joel Tyler Headley - 1853 - 316 sidor
...latter in his rage was bent on capturing his prize, and would retain his hold though THE ADIRONDACK. at the hazard of his life, or whether in his terrible...avoirdupois weight, and ever after tried his tackle on smaller fish. As for the poor salmon, if he survived the severe laceration, he doubtless never fully... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1858 - 348 sidor
...whether in his terrible swoop he had stuck his crooked talons so deep in the back of the salmon that he could not extricate himself, the hunter said he...have been glad to have let go long before he did. • IIV. — KITTEN GOSSIP. WlSTWOOD. [From a volume of poems recently published in England by 31.... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 390 sidor
...whether in his terrible swoop he had stuck his crooked talons so deep in the back of the salmon that he could not extricate ' himself, the hunter said...have been glad to have let go long before he did. 1 Hos-Tll-'j-TY. Enmity; hatred. 8 Pf.i'ioN? (-yun?). Joints of the wing furthest from the body ; wings,... | |
| James Stuart Laurie - 1863 - 264 sidor
...he had stuck his crooked talons so deep in the back of the salmon that he could not extricate them, the hunter said he could not tell. The latter, however, was doubtless the truth; and the eagle would have been glad to have let go long before he did. Life in ike Woods. TJndiversified,... | |
| Joel Tyler Headley - 1864 - 484 sidor
...they had gone down. This time they were absent a full half minute, and Beach said he thought it was all over FIGHT BETWEEN A TROUT AND EAGLE. 209 with...avoirdupois weight, and ever after tried his tackle on smaller fish. As for the poor salmon, if he survived the severe laceration, he doubtless never fully... | |
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