 | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1872 - 966 pages
...seizes his jaws with the other, keeping them closed with an iron grasp, so that the animal is powerless. Gazelles are seized in the same way, except those...transfers his grasp to the throat, avoiding the horns. It is a fine sight to see the great birds sweeping up to their prey. " I saw at Maralbashee a Punjabee,... | |
 | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1874 - 616 pages
...seizes his jaws with the other, keeping them closed with an iron grasp, so that the animal is powerless. Gazelles are seized in the same way, except those...fastens on to the loins of the animal, and watching hie opportunity, transfers his grasp to the throat, avoiding the horns. It is a fine sight to see the... | |
 | Sir Thomas Douglas Forsyth - 1875 - 654 pages
...grasp so that the animal is powerless. From the great ease with which an eagle disposes of a full grown fox, I could see that a wolf would have no better...The burgoot, however, is not very easy to manage, and requires the whole of one man's care. Its dash and courage are great, but if flown unsuccessfully... | |
 | James Edmund Harting - 1891 - 380 pages
...vignette of an eagle seizing a fox is given on p. 88 of the work quoted.] The author continues : — " From the great ease with which an eagle disposes of...The burgoot, however, is not very easy to manage, and requires the whole of one man's care. Its dash and courage are great, but if flown unsuccessfully... | |
 | James Edmund Harting - 1891 - 378 pages
...the work quoted.] The author continues : — " From the great ease with which an eagle disposes of u full-grown fox I could see that a wolf would have...The burgoot, however, is not very easy to manage, and requires the whole of one man's care. Its dash and courage are great, but if flown unsuccessfully... | |
 | James Edmund Harting - 1898 - 302 pages
...closed with an iron grip, so that the animal is powerless. (A sketch of this forms a vignette p. 88). From the great ease with which an Eagle disposes of...The Burgoot, however, is not very easy to manage, and requires the whole of one man's care. Its dash and courage are great, but if flown unsuccessfully... | |
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From the great ease with which an eagle disposes of a full-grown fox I could see that a wolf would have no better chance. Gazelles are seized in the same way, except those with horns, in which case the eagle first fastens on to the loins of the animal,... 