| Zoological Society of London - 1834 - 178 стор.
...Such expanses of water are by the Colonists called " ponds." The animals may be readily recognised by their dark bodies just seen level with the surface,...the water around them by their paddling action. On the slightest alarm they instantly disappear ; and indeed they seldom remain longer on the surface... | |
| Saturday magazine - 1840 - 1078 стор.
...from the bank on which we wore then standing. In such circumstances they may be readily recognised by their dark bodies, just seen level with the surface,...cause their instant disappearance, so acute are they hi sight or hearing, or perhaps in both, and they seldom re-appear when they have been frightened.... | |
| William Jardine - 1841 - 466 стор.
...excavation of their burrows. Such expanses of water are by the Colonists called "ponds." The animals may be readily recognized by their dark bodies just...the water around them by their paddling action. On the slightest alarm they instantly disappear ; and indeed they seldom remain longer on the surface... | |
| 1844 - 372 стор.
...from the bank on which we were then standing. In such circumstances they may be readily recognised by their dark bodies, just seen level with the surface,...stationary, as the slightest noise or movement of hi- body would cause their instant disappearance, so acute are they in sight or hearing, or perhaps... | |
| Philip Henry Gosse - 1848 - 320 стор.
...excavation of their burrows. Such expanses of water are by the colonists called ponds. The animals may be readily recognized by their dark bodies just...the water around them by their paddling action. On the slightest alarm they instantly disappear; and, indeed, they seldom remain longer on the surface... | |
| John George Wood - 1875 - 462 стор.
...their dark bodies just seen level with the surface, above which the head is slightly raised, and by tho circles made in the water around them by their paddling...perfectly stationary, as the slightest noise or movement will cause the timid creature instantly to disappear, so acute are they in sight or hearing, or perhaps... | |
| John Hogg (publisher.) - 1878 - 536 стор.
...extremity sufficient for the accommodation of old and young. When in the water, the animals are recognised by their dark bodies, just seen level with the surface,...slightly raised, and by the circles made in the water by their paddling action. Their movements are so rapid, and their sense of danger so lively, that the... | |
| Richard Lydekker - 1894 - 488 стор.
...situations for the construction of their burrows. "In such circumstances they may be readily recognised by their dark bodies just seen level with the surface,...perfectly stationary, as the slightest noise or movement will cause the timid creature instantly to disappear, so acute are they in sight or hearing, or perhaps... | |
| 1835 - 1076 стор.
...Such expanses of water are by the Colonists called " ponds." The animals may be readily recognised by their dark bodies just seen level with the surface,...the water around them by their paddling action. On the slightest alarm they instantly disappear ; and indeed they seldom remain longer on the surface... | |
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