 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1807 - Počet stránok 472
...form, is not to be exceeded in the animal race : in height it is allowed to be about seven inches, and twelve from the point of the nose to the insertion of the tail ; its legs are not much thicker than the shank of a tobacco-pipe, and it appears exactly like the miniature... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - Počet stránok 716
...may add, the most beautiful. Its legs at the smallest part are not much thicker than a tobacro-pipe ; it is not more than seven inches in height, and about...very short and glossy. These elegant little creatures arc natives of Senegal and the hottest parts of Africa ; they are likewise, found in India, and in... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - Počet stránok 496
...smallest part, are not much thicker than the shank of a tobacco pipe ; it is about seven inches high, and about twelve from the point of the nose to the insertion of the tail. It is the most delicately shaped animal in the world, being completely formed like a stag in miniature... | |
 | Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia - 1834 - Počet stránok 482
...Dimensions. The following measurement was taken by Dr. LEE, of Alabama, of a specimen in the flesh. Length, from the point of the nose to the insertion of the tail, 20 in. Length, of the head, 44 of the ears (posteriorly,) 3l Height, from the fore shoulder, 1 1 Length,... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1819 - Počet stránok 432
...may add, the most beautiful. Its legs at the smallest part are not much thicker than a tobacco-pipe ; it is not more than seven inches in height, and about...broad, and its horns, which are straight, and scarcely twn inches long, are black, and shining as jet; the colour of the hair is a reddish brown; in some... | |
 | William John Burchell - 1824 - Počet stránok 690
...be an undescribed species. * In size it is not larger than the domestic cat, as the skins measured from the point of the nose to the insertion of the tail, not more than from sixteen to eighteen inches. The general color of this animal is tawny, or that of... | |
 | George Robert Waterhouse - 1848 - Počet stránok 628
...Bachman) were taken by Dr. Lee, from a specimen of the Marsh Hare, in the flesh :— Inches. Lines. Length from the point of the nose to the insertion of the tail ... ... 20 0 of head 4 3 " of ears posteriorly .. ... ... 3 10J Height to shoulder 11 0 Length of hind... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - Počet stránok 248
...smallest part are not much thicker than the shank of a tobacco-pipe. It is about seven inches high, and about twelve from the point of the nose to the insertion of the tail. It is the most delicately shaped animal in the world, being completely formed like a stag in miniature,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - Počet stránok 674
...smallest part, are not much thicker than the shank of a tobacco pipe ; it is about seven inches high, and about twelve from the point of the nose to the insertion of the tail. It is the most delicately shaped animal in the world, being completely formed like a stag in miniature... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1853 - Počet stránok 1254
...smallest part, are not much thicker than the flank of a tobacco-pipe ; it is about seven inches high, and about twelve from the point of the nose to the insertion of the tail. It is the most delicately shaped animal in the world, being completely formed like a stag in miniature—... | |
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... a tobacco pipe ; it is about seven inches high, and about twelve from the point of the nose to the insertion of the tail. It is the most delicately shaped animal in the world, being completely formed like a stag in miniature ; except that its horns,... 
