When the Indians reach the place where the gold is, they fill their bags with the sand, and ride away at their best speed: the ants, however, scenting them, as the Persians say, rush forth in pursuit. Indian Caste - Page 323by John Wilson - 1877Full view - About this book
| Herodotus - History, Ancient - 1859 - 552 pages
...sun elsewhere. Towards evening the coolness increases, till about sunset it becomes very cold.9 105. When the Indians reach the place where the gold is,...therefore, that the Indians get a start while the ants are leg, between the horse and the camel. In each the leg is composed of four bones which are united by... | |
| Herodotus - Greece - 1862 - 548 pages
...sun elsewhere. Towards evening the coolness increases, till about sunset it becomes very cold.* 105. When the Indians reach the place where the gold is,...say, rush forth in pursuit. Now these animals are, they declare, so swift, that there is nothing in the world like them : if it were not, therefore, that... | |
| Herodotus, George Rawlinson - History, Ancient - 1862 - 548 pages
...about sunset it becomes very cold.9 105. When the Indians reach the place where the gold is, they nil their bags with the sand, and ride away at their best...say, rush forth in pursuit. Now these animals are, they declare, so swift, that there is nothing in the world like them : if it were not, therefore, that... | |
| Herodotus - Greece - 1866 - 560 pages
...sun elsewhere. Towards evening the coolness increases, till about sunset it becomes very cold.9 105. When the Indians reach the place where the gold is,...the sand, and ride away at their best speed : the auts, however, scenting them, as the Persians say, rush forth in pursuit. Now these animals are so... | |
| Herodotus - Greece - 1875 - 556 pages
...sun elsewhere. Towards evening the coolness increases, till about sunset it becomes very cold.' 105. When the Indians reach the place where the gold is,...they declare, that there is nothing in the world like thorn : if it were not, therefore, that the Indians get a start while the ants are log, between the... | |
| Herodotus - 1875 - 656 pages
...before experienced so sudden a transition from heat to cold, and con49б QUEST OF GOLD. ВоокШ. 105. When the Indians reach the place where the gold is, they fill their hags with the sand, and ride away at their best speed : the ants, however, scenting them, as the Persians... | |
| Royal Geological Society of Ireland - Geology - 1880 - 324 pages
...very much better. . . . When, then, the Indians reach the place where the gold is, they fill thenbags with the sand and ride away at their best speed :...that there is nothing in the world like them : if it was not, therefore, that the Indians get a start while the ants are mustering, not a single gold-gatherer... | |
| Herodotus - Greece - 1880 - 660 pages
...most rapidly. I have never before experienced so sudden a transition from heat to cold, and con105. When the Indians reach the place where the gold is,...say, rush forth in pursuit. Now these animals are, they declare, so swift, that there is nothing in the world like them : if it were not, therefore, that... | |
| Mineral industries - 1919 - 528 pages
...camels can run as fast as horses, while they bear burdens very much better. When the Indians therefore have thus equipped themselves, they set off in quest...say, rush forth in pursuit. Now these animals are, they declare, so swift, that there is nothing in the world like them; if it were not, therefore, that... | |
| Royal Dublin Society - Natural history - 1880 - 712 pages
...female camels can run as fast as horses, while they bear burdens very much better. . . . When, then, the Indians reach the place where the gold is, they fill their bags with the sand and tide away at their best speed : the ante, however, scenting them, as the Persians say, rush forth in... | |
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