 The huntsmen proceed to a large plain, or rather desert, near the sea-side : they have hawks and greyhounds ; the former carried in the usual manner, on the hand of the huntsman ; the latter led in a leash by a horseman, generally the same who carries...  The Lives of Celebrated Travellers - עמוד 132מאת James Augustus St. John - 1831תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1827 - 680 דפים
...of other countries, I shall descrihe it, that such sportsmen as can read may judge of its merits. ' The huntsmen proceed to a large plain, or rather desert,...but if a herd, they wait till the dogs have fixed on a particular antelope. The hawks, skimming along near the ground, soon reach the deer, at whose... | |
 | John Malcolm - 1827 - 328 דפים
...that of other countries, I shall describe it, that such sportsmen as can read may judge of its merits. The huntsmen proceed to a large plain, or rather desert,...but if a herd, they wait till the dogs have fixed on a particular antelope. The hawks, skimming along near the ground, soon reach the deer, at whose... | |
 | 1827 - 576 דפים
...desert, near the seaside ; -they have hawks and grey-hounds; the former carried in the usual Dianner, on the hand of the huntsman; the latter led in a leash...but if a herd, they wait till the dogs have fixed on a particular antelope. The hawks, skimming along near the ground, soon reach the deer, at whose... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1827 - 634 דפים
...manner — on the hand of the huntsman ; the latter led in a leash by a horseman, generally the sartie who carries the hawk. When the antelope is seen, they...but if a herd, they wait till the dogs have fixed on a particular antelope^ Tlie hawks, slamming along near the ground, soon reach the deer, at whose... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1827 - 624 דפים
...the huntsman ; the latter led in a leash by a horseman, generally the same who carries the hawk. W^n the antelope is seen, they endeavour to get as near...but if a herd, they wait till the dogs have fixed on a particular antelope. The hawks, skimming along near the ground, soon reach the deer, at whose... | |
 | 1833 - 764 דפים
...endeavour to get as near as possible ; but the animal, the moment he observes them, goes oil' at n rate that seems swifter than the wind; the horsemen...it is a single deer, they at the same time fly the hawk; but if a herd, they wait till the dogs have fixed upon a particular antelope. The hawks skimming... | |
 | 1827 - 630 דפים
...; and the combination of hawks and dogs in catching the antelope is thus amusingly described : — 'The huntsmen proceed to a large plain, or rather...but if a herd, they wait till the dogs have fixed on a particular antelope. The hawks, skimming along near the ground, soon reach the deer, at whose... | |
 | Percy Bolingbroke St. John - 1838 - 208 דפים
...When the antelope is seen, they endeavour to get as near as possible ; but the animal, the moment he observes them, goes off at a rate that seems swifter...it is a single deer, they at the same time fly the hawk ; but if a herd, they wait till the dogs have fixed upon a particular antelope. The hawksj skimming... | |
 | 1841 - 660 דפים
...shall, therefore, here avail myself of his observations on this subject. " The huntsmen," he says, " proceed to a large plain, or rather desert, near the...but if a herd, they wait till the dogs have fixed on a particular antelope. The hawks, skimming along near the ground, soon reach the deer, at whose... | |
 | 1841 - 664 דפים
...shall, therefore, here avail myself of his observations on this subject. " The huntsmen," he says, " proceed to a large plain, or rather desert, near the...but if a herd, they wait till the dogs have fixed on a particular antelope. The hawks, skimming along near the ground, soon reach the deer, at whose... | |
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