 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 822 σελίδες
...of the back to the tail, while those on the sides are perpendicular or spiral. This animal, with us, may be called the British tiger. It is the fiercest and most destructive beast we have ; making dreadful havoc among our poultry, lambs, and kids. It inhabits the most mountainous and woody... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1832 - 366 σελίδες
...black list that runs from the head along the middle of the back to the tail. " This animal with us may be called the British Tiger. It is the fiercest and most destructive beast we have ; making dreadful havock among our poultry, lambs, and kids. It inhabits the most mountainous and woody... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1832 - 364 σελίδες
...black list that runs from the head along the middle of the back to the tail. " This animal with us may be called the British Tiger. It is the fiercest and most destructive beast we have ; making dreadful havock among our poultry, lambs, and kids. It inhabits the most mountainous and woody... | |
 | Charles Henry Ross - 1868 - 376 σελίδες
...eagerly after their eggs, of which they are passionately fond. Regarding the wild Cat, Pennant says, " It may be called the ' British Tiger': it is the fiercest and most destructive beast we have ; making dreadful havoc amongst our poultry, lambs and birds. It inhabits the most mountainous and... | |
 | Golden childhood - 1879 - 214 σελίδες
...hunted in those days, and its skin was considered valuable. For Pennant, an old writer, says — " The wild cat may be called the British tiger ; it...is the fiercest and most destructive beast we have, making dreadful havoc amongst our poultry, lambs, and kids. It inhabits the most mountainous and woody... | |
 | 1879 - 404 σελίδες
...hunted in those days, and its skin was considered valuable. For Pennant, an old writer, says — " The wild cat may be called the British tiger; it is the fiercest and most destructive beast we have, making dreadful havoc amongst our poultry, lambs, and kids. It inhabits the most mountainous and woody... | |
 | William Percival Westell - 1910 - 554 σελίδες
...appear to be able to say a good word for this ferocious Carnivore, and Mr. Pennant has stated that it "may be called the British Tiger; it is the fiercest and most destructive beast we have, making dreadful havoc amongst our poultry, lambs and kids. It inhabits the most mountainous and woody... | |
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... tiger, pointing from the back downwards, rising from a black list that runs from the head along the middle of the back to the tail. 