 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1836 - 612 pages
...Bourchier, these valuable animals were placed in a good situation, where nothing is wanting for their comfort. With the view of preparing them for the temperature...removed, I have not thought it advisable that they Bhould be clothed. During the last week the cold has been much greater than they have hitherto experienced... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1836 - 606 pages
...Bourchier, these valuable animals were placed in a good situation, where nothing is wanting for their comfort. With the view of preparing them for the temperature...been much greater than they have hitherto experienced ; hut they have, thanks to the kindness of Mr. Bourchier, everything that can be desired. ' These four... | |
 | English literature - 1836 - 1184 pages
...Bourchier, these valuable animals were placed in a good situation, where nothing is wanting for their comfort. With the view of preparing them for the temperature...eventually be removed, I have not thought it advisable that • Another trial was reserved for me: that of transporting the animals, by bark, from Wadi Haifa to... | |
 | Wonders - Animals - 1847 - 444 pages
...Bourchier, these valuable animals were placed in a good situation, where nothing was wanting for their comfort. With the view of preparing them for the temperature of the country to which they are to be removed, I have not thought it advisable that they should be clothed. During the last week... | |
 | Zoological Society of London. Gardens, Philip Lutley Sclater - 1870 - 74 pages
...Bourchier, these valuable animals were placed in a good situation, where nothing is wanting for their comfort. With the view of preparing them for the temperature...advisable that they should be clothed. During the lost week the cold has been much greater than they have hitherto experienced ; but they have, thanks... | |
 | Physics - 1836 - 610 pages
...Bourchier, these valuable animals were placed in a. good situation, where nothing is wanting for their comfort. With the view of preparing them for the temperature...the kindness of Mr. Bourchier, everything that can he desired. " These four Giraffes, three males and one female, are so interesting and so beautiful,... | |
 | WM. OGDEN NILES - 1837 - 438 pages
...Bourcnier, these valuable animals were placed in a good situation, where nothing is wanting for their comfort. With the view of preparing them for the temperature of the country to which they will evenn tnally be removed, I have not thought it advisable that they should be clothed. During the last... | |
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... twenty-four days, with the weather very tempestuous. " I arrived at Malta on the 21st of November. We were there detained in quarantine for twenty-five days, after which, through the kind care of Mr. Bourchier, these valuable animals were placed in... 