 | Children's periodicals - 1844 - 372 pages
...show them the way. All this was the work of a few minutes, whilst the hunter had again advanced a few steps nearer. He was just preparing to make the last...met his astonished eyes. The old chamois, fixing her legs firmly on the rock behind, had stretched her body to its utmost length, and planted her fore..feet... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1843 - 852 pages
...seemed impossible. When the old one caught sight of him, and measured with a glance the unfavorable disposition of the rocks, she sprung upon the hunter...The old chamois, fixing her hind legs firmly on the NN 2 rock behind, had stretched her body to its utmost length, and planted her fore feet on the rock... | |
 | 1843 - 746 pages
...seemed impossible. When the old one caught sight of him, and measured with a glance the unfavorable disposition of the rocks, she sprung upon the hunter...circumstance he referred to in speaking of the chamois 1 cunning, met his astonished eyes. The old chamois, fixing her hind legs firmly on the NN 2, rock... | |
 | Robert Smith - Society of Friends - 1846 - 434 pages
...repeated again and again, her firm and graceful leap, to show them the way. All tl*s was the work of a lew minutes whilst the hunter had again advanced some...The old Chamois, fixing her hind legs firmly on the rocks behind, had stretched her body to its utmost length, and planted her forefeet on the rock above,... | |
 | 1846 - 486 pages
...graceful leap, to show them the way. All this was the work of I a few minutes, whilst the hunter had j again advanced some steps nearer. He ¡ was just preparing to make the last effort, j when the following picture, which was the particular circumstance he referred to in speaking of the... | |
 | Henry Clay Watson - Sports - 1855 - 536 pages
...round them with her cries, as if to warn them of their danger, and then leaped up the before named fragments of rock, from which the second but more...his astonished eyes : The old chamois, fixing her legs firmly on the rock behind, had stretched her body to its utmost length, and planted her fore feet... | |
 | Alfred May - English language - 1864 - 252 pages
...the rocks, that were too high for them, and in vain the mother repeated, again and again, her sure and graceful leap to show them the way. All this was...He was just preparing to make the last effort, when he saw with amazement the means taken by the mother to save her young. She had fixed her hind-legs... | |
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... was to be won. She then leaped down again to her little ones, and seemed to encourage them to attempt the leap. In vain the little creatures sprang and wounded their foreheads against the rocks that were too high for them, and in vain the mother repeated... 