 ... the herbage only on one side of its path ; and I perceived that it was lame in one leg, from the faint impression which that particular foot had produced upon the sand. " I concluded that the animal had lost one tooth, because, wherever it had grazed,...  The New Fourth Reader - Page 154by Richard Gilmour - 1885 - 286 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Caleb Colton - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1821 - 280 pages
...had produced upon the sand ; I concluded that the animal had lost one tooth, because wherever it had grazed, a small tuft of herbage was left uninjured, in the centre of its bite. As to that which formed the burthen of the beast, the busy ants informed me that it was com on the... | |
 | Agriculture - 1825 - 538 pages
...had produced upon the sand ; I concluded that the animal haJ lost one tooth, because wherever it had grazed, a small tuft of herbage was left uninjured, in the centre of its bite. As to that which formed the burthen of the beast, the busy ants informed me that it was corn on the... | |
 | 1825 - 492 pages
...had produced u pou the sand; I concluded that the animal bad lost one tooth, because wherever it had grazed, a small tuft of herbage was left uninjured, in the centre of its bite. A« to that which formed the i .ni ii-ii of the beast, the busy unts informed me that it was corn on... | |
 | Civilization - 1832 - 406 pages
...had produced upon the sand ; I concluded that the animal had lost one tooth, because wherever it had grazed, a small tuft of herbage was left uninjured, in the centre of its bite. As to that which formed the burden of the beast, the busy ants informed me that it was corn on the... | |
 | 1834 - 536 pages
...had produced upon the sand. I concluded that the animal had lost one tooth, because, wherever it had grazed, a small tuft of herbage was left uninjured in the centre of its bite. As to that which formed the burden of the beast, the busy ants informed me that it was corn on the... | |
 | 1835 - 430 pages
...had produced upon the sand ; I concluded that the animal had lost one tooth, because wherever it had grazed, a small tuft of herbage was left uninjured in the centre of its bite. As to that which formed the burden of the beast, the busy ants informed me that it was corn on the... | |
 | 1835 - 430 pages
...had produced upon ihe sand; I concluded that the animal had lost one tooth, because wherever it had grazed, a small tuft of herbage was left uninjured in the centre of its bite. As to that which formed the burden of the beast, the busy ants informed me that it was corn on the... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...had produced on the sand ; I concluded, that the animal had lost one tooth, because wherever it had grazed, a small tuft of herbage was left uninjured, in the centre of its bite. 8. " As to that which formed the burden of the beast, the busy ants informed me that it was corn on... | |
 | Saturday magazine - 1840 - 1078 pages
...had produced upon the sand. I concluded that the animal had lost one tooth, because, whereever it had grazed, a small tuft of herbage was left uninjured in the centre of its bite. As to that whicli formed the burden of the beast, the busy ants informed me that it was corn on the... | |
 | George Merriam - Reader (Elementary) - 1841 - 308 pages
...preparing ui for usefulness. " I concluded that the animal had lost one tooth, because, wherever it had grazed, a small tuft of herbage was left uninjured in the centre of its bite. As to that which formed the burden of the beast; the busy ants informed me that it was corn on the... | |
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