 | 1827 - 394 pages
...waddling gait, but sometimes accelerating his motion with bis hands, and occasionally impelling VOL. XI. himself forward with the bough of a tree. His motion...he gained, by one spring, a very lofty branch, and bound« ed from one branch to another with the ease and alacrity of a common monkey. Had the country... | |
 | 1828 - 614 pages
...vacillating: it was necessary to see him amongst trees, in order to estimate his agility and strength.On being driven to a small clump, he gained by one spring...been covered with wood, it would have been almost imposable to prevent his escape, as his mode of travelling from one tree to another is described to... | |
 | Thomas Little - 1828 - 286 pages
...to see him amongst trees, to estimate bis agility and strength. On being driven to a small clump, be gained, by one spring, a very lofty branch, and bounded,...another, with the ease and alacrity of a common monkey. The rapidity of his progress equalled that of a swift horse. Even amidst the few trees, on the .spot,... | |
 | Sir William Jardine - Mammals - 1833 - 420 pages
...when assisted by his hands or a stick, it was slow and vacillating ; it was necessary to see him among trees, in order to estimate his agility and strength....one branch to another with the ease and alacrity of another monkey. Had the country been covered with wood, it would have been almost impossible to prevent... | |
 | William Jardine - Monkeys - 1833 - 346 pages
...when assisted by his hands or a stick, it was slow and vacillating ; it was necessary to see him among trees, in order to estimate his agility and strength....one branch to another with the ease and alacrity of another monkey. Had the country been covered with wood, it would have been almost impossible to prevent... | |
 | 1834 - 576 pages
...the trees to estimate his strength and agility. 'On being driven to a small clump,' says Dr. Abel, ' he gained by one spring a very lofty branch, and bounded from one branch to another with the swiftness of a common monkey, his progress being as rapid as that of a swift horse. After receiving... | |
 | 1838 - 866 pages
...rest of the adventure will, however, tell better in Dr. Abel's own words : — " On being driven te a small clump, he gained, by one spring, a very lofty branch, ana bounded from one branch to another with the swiftness of a common monkey, his progress being as... | |
 | Thomas Bingley - 1839 - 324 pages
...to assist him in moving forward. When he reached the trees, however, his behaviour was different. " On being driven to a small clump, he gained by one...branch, and bounded from one branch to another with the swiftness of a common monkey, his progress being as rapid as that of a swift horse. After receiving... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - Animals - 1848 - 924 pages
...accelerating hi* motion with his handa, and oocailonollT impelling himself forward by the bough of a tree. On being driven to a small clump, he gained by one...branch, and bounded from one branch to another with the swiftness of a common monkey, hi» progrès* being as rapid as that of a swift horse. After receiving... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1861 - 824 pages
...accelerating his motion with his hands, and occasionally impelling himself forward by the bough of a tree. On being driven to a small clump, he gained by one spring a very lofty bough, and bounded from one branch to another with the swiftness of a common monkey, his progress being... | |
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His motion on the ground was plainly not his natural mode of progression, for even when assisted by his hands or a stick, it was slow and vacillating : it was necessary to see him amongst trees in order to estimate his agility and strength. On being driven... 
