 | Arthur Edmondston - Shetland (Scotland) - 1809 - 362 pages
...account they suffer greatly, having little else to feed upon, for weeks in succession, but the sea-weed growing on the shores, or what has been drifted on,...utterly unable to explain by what process of sensation, recollection, or instinct it is effected. From remaining quiet on the hills, and endeavouring to browse... | |
 | Books - 1811 - 576 pages
...with snow, no food is provided for them ; so that they are constrained to have recourse to sea-weed. It is curious to ' observe with what precision they...ebb commences. This I can state to be an absolute facr, although I am utterly unable to explain by what process of sensation or of instinct it is effected.... | |
 | Anonymous - History - 1812 - 512 pages
...avidity as often to be lost by going too far from the land at low water. In Zetland, Dr. Edmonson says, it is curious to observe with what precision they leave the hills and betake themselves to the sea side at the moment the ebb commences. Mr. Hooker has seen women and children on the coast of Caithness... | |
 | Medicine - 1812 - 570 pages
...for them. On this latter account they surfer greatly, having little else to feed upon, for several weeks in succession, but the sea- weed growing on...is effected. From remaining quiet on the hills, and endeavoring to browse on their summits, a whole Hock is seen suddenly to run towards the sea-shore,... | |
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... are never taken under cover in the winter time ; nor in case of snow, is there any food provided for them. On this latter account, they suffer greatly, having little else to feed upon, for weeks in succession, but the sea- weed growing on the shores,... 