 | 1839 - 444 pages
...at a certain season of the year •a extraordinary kind of bird, which they call \\ rukh, makes it: appearance from the southern region. In form it is...eagle, but it is incomparably greater in size, being so largo anc strong u to seize an elephant with its talons, and to lift it in the air vhenee it lets it... | |
 | 1841 - 794 pages
...report that at a certain season of the year, an extraordinary kind of bird, which they call a rukh', makes its appearance from the southern region. In...talons, and to lift it into the air ; from whence it lets it fall to the ground, in order that, when dead, it may prey upon the carcase. Persons who... | |
 | Arabic literature - 1841 - 782 pages
...report that at a certain season of the year, an extraordinary kind of bird, which they call a rukh', makes its appearance from the southern region. In...incomparably greater in size ; being so large and strong aa to seize an elephant with its talons, and to lift it into the air ; from whence it lets it fall... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Asia - 1844 - 336 pages
...certain season of the year, an extraordinary kind of bird, called a rukh, arrives there from the south. In form it is said to resemble the eagle, but it is incomparably beyond it in size, being so large and strong that it is able to seize an elephant in its talons and... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - Mythology, Classical - 1846 - 462 pages
...report that at a certain season of the year an extraordinary kind of bird, which they call a Rukh, makes its appearance from the southern region. In...talons, and to lift it into the air ; from whence it lets it fall to the ground, in order that when dead it may prey upon the carcase. Persons who have... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1886 - 574 pages
...rukh, makes its appearance from the southern regions. In form it is said to resemble the eagle, but is incomparably greater in size, being so large and strong as to seize an elephant, from whence it lets it fall to the ground. Persons who have seen this bird assert that when the wings... | |
 | Boys - 1852 - 466 pages
...report that at a certain season of the year an extraordinary kind of bird, which they call a Rukh, makes its appearance from the southern region. In...its talons, and to lift it into the air; from whence it lets it fall to the ground, in order that when dead it may prey upon the carcase. Persons who have... | |
 | Marco Polo - Asia - 1854 - 544 pages
...report that at a certain season of the year, an extraordinary kind of bird, which they call a rukh, makes its appearance from the southern region. In...its talons, and to lift it into the air, from whence it lets it fall to the ground, in order that when dead it may prey upon the carcase. Persons who have... | |
 | Marco Polo - Asia - 1854 - 548 pages
...report that at a certain season of the year, an extraordinary kind of bird, which they call a rukh, makes its appearance from the southern region. In...its talons, and to lift it into the air, from whence it lets it fall to the ground, in order that when dead it may prey upon the carcase. Persons who have... | |
 | Marco Polo - Asia - 1854 - 586 pages
...report that at a certain season of the year, an extraordinary kind of bird, which they call a rukh, makes its appearance from the southern region. In...its talons, and to lift it into the air, from whence it lets it fall to the ground, in order that when dead it may prey upon the carcase. Persons who have... | |
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The people of the island report that at a certain season of the year, an extraordinary kind of bird, which they call a rukh, makes its appearance from the southern region. In form it is said to resemble the eagle, but it is incomparably greater in size;... 
