 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1821 - 768 pages
...half the number of steps of any other animal, and therefore with less fatigue. These advantages give him a solid and easy gait, on a ground where all other...praise to the Creator, who in his wisdom has given the camel to the African as he has bestowed the rein-deer on the Laplander. Lieutenant Pottinger, in his... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1821 - 788 pages
...hal! '»er of steps < and therefore with less fatigue. .>na solid and easy gait, on a ground wh> v animals walk with slow, short, and uncertain steps,...praise to the Creator, who in his wisdom has given the camel to the African as he has bestowed the rein-deer •tilander. •(linger, in his travels in Beloochistan,... | |
 | 1831 - 320 pages
...half the number of steps of any other animal, and therefore with less fatigue. These advantages give him a solid and easy gait on a ground where all other...intended by nature for these journeys, affords a new proof of the wisdom and bounty of the Creator, who has given the camel to the African, as kindly as... | |
 | 1834 - 438 pages
...any other animal, and herefore with less fatigue. These advantages give him > solid and easy gait ou a ground where all other animals walk with slow, short, and uncertain steps, and in a tottering manner. Lieutenant Pottinger, In his travels in Beloochislan, a province of India, gives an interesting account... | |
 | John Kitto - 1835 - 344 pages
...animals, and therefore with only half the fatigue. These advantages give the camel a firm and easy gait on ground where all other animals walk with slow, short, and uncertain steps, and in a tottering manner. Thus the camel, which seems specially framed for such circumstances, compels us to admire the wisdom... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - 1838 - 672 pages
...steps of any other animal, and therefore wiA less fatigue. These advantages give him a solid and ea*j gait on a ground where all other animals walk with...affords a new motive of praise to the Creator, who, in hu wisdom, Ims given the camel to the African, as the reindeer to the Laplander. PHENOMENON OF SAND.... | |
 | 1854 - 798 pages
...the number of steps of any other animal, and therefore with less fatigue. These advantages give it a solid and easy gait on a ground where all other...animals walk with slow, short, and uncertain steps. In fact, it is only in mounting or descending, or upon a wet and marshy soil, that it becomes unsteady... | |
 | 1854 - 816 pages
...the number of steps of any other animal, and therefore with less fatigue. These advantages give it a solid and easy gait on a ground where all other...animals walk with slow, short, and uncertain steps. In fact, it is only in mounting or descending, or upon a wet and marshy soil, that it becomes unsteady... | |
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... hair, and which he keeps half shut ; the construction of his feet, broad and cushion-like, prevents his treading deep into the sand : his long legs enable him to pass the same space with only half the number of steps of any other animal, and therefore... 