 | William Bingley - Animal behavior - 1803 - 624 pages
...head up in a corner* — When the Tortoise is attended to, it becomes an excellent barometer : when it walks elate, and, as it were, on tiptoe, feeding with great earnestness, in a morning, it will, almost invariably, be found to rain before night. — Mr. White was much taken... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 728 pages
...length, and six and a balf io bread ih. best attire, shuffling away on the first sprinklings, and miming its head up in a corner. If attended to, it becomes...were on tiptoe, feeding with great earnestness, in a rooming, so sure will it rain before night. It is totally a diurnal animal, and never pretends to... | |
 | Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - Natural history - 1818 - 894 pages
...species; the ihtlt measuring ten inches in length, and six and a half in breadth. best attire, shuffling away on the first sprinklings, and running its head...it walks elate, and, as it were on tiptoe, feeding wilh great earnestness, in a morning, so sure will it rain before night. It is totally a diurnal animal,... | |
 | Gilbert White - Natural history - 1822 - 380 pages
...does it discover as much solicitude about rain as a lady dressed in all her best attire, shuffling away on the first sprinklings, and running its head...were on tiptoe, feeding with great earnestness in a morning, so sure will it rain before night. It is totally a diurnal animal, and never pretends to... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 858 pages
...rain as a lady dressed in all her best attire, shuffling away on the first spriaklings, and cunning its head up in a corner. If attended to, it becomes...were on tiptoe, feeding with great earnestness in a morning, so sure will it rain before night. It is totally a diurnal animal, and never pretende to... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 350 pages
...head up into a corner. When the Tortoise is attended to, it becomes an excellent barometer: if it walk elate, and, as it were, on tiptoe, feeding with great earnestness, in a morning, there will almost invariably be rain before night. Mr. White was much pleased with the sagacity... | |
 | Georges baron Cuvier - Zoology - 1831 - 722 pages
...yet does it discover as much solicitude about rain, as a lady dressed in her best attire, shuffling away on the first sprinklings, and running its head...were on tip-toe, feeding with great earnestness in a morning, so sure it will rain before night. It is totally a diurnal animal, and never pretends to... | |
 | Georges baron Cuvier - Reptiles - 1831 - 782 pages
...yet does it discover as much solicitude about rain, as a lady dressed in her best attire, shuffling away on the first sprinklings, and running its head...were on tip-toe, feeding with great earnestness in a morning, so sure it will rain before night. It is totally a diurnal animal, and never pretends to... | |
 | Gilbert White - Natural history - 1832 - 354 pages
...does it discover as much solicitude about rain as a lady dressed in all her best attire, shuffling away on the first sprinklings, and running its head...were on tiptoe, feeding with great earnestness in a morning, so sure will it rain before night. It is totally a diurnal animal, and never pretends to... | |
 | Sharon Turner - Creation - 1832 - 430 pages
...than this creature, night and day, in scooping the earth, and forcing its great body into the cavity If attended to, it becomes an excellent weather-glass...were on tiptoe, feeding with great earnestness in a morning, so sure it will rain before night I was much taken with its sagacity in discerning those... | |
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No part of its behaviour ever struck me more than the extreme timidity it always expresses with regard to rain; for though it has a shell that would secure it against the wheel of a loaded cart, yet does it discover as much solicitude about rain as a... 
