 Mammoth ; the proprietor was content with his profit from the tusks, and the Jakutski of the neighbourhood had cut off the flesh, with which they fed their dogs during the scarcity. Wild beasts, such as white bears, wolves, wolverines, and foxes, also...  The American Journal of Science and Arts - Page 151847Full view - About this book
 | 1820 - 450 pages
...; the proprietor was content with his profit from the tusks, and the Jakutski of the neighbourhood had cut off the flesh, with which they fed their dogs...scarcity. Wild beasts, such as white bears, wolves, wolverenes, and foxes, also fed upon it, and the traces of their footsteps were seen around. The skeleton,... | |
 | William Jardine - Birds - 1836 - 384 pages
...mentioned, page 137, note. content with his profit from the tusks, and the Jakutski of the neighbourhood had cut off the flesh with which they fed their dogs...scarcity. Wild beasts, such as white bears, wolves, wolverenes, and foxes, also fed upon it, and the traces of their footsteps were seen around. The skeleton,... | |
 | 1844 - 546 pages
...the same place, though altogether mutilated. The people of the neighbourhood had cut off portions of the flesh, with which they fed their dogs during the scarcity, wild beasts also fed upon it, but the bones remained attached by their ligaments, the head was covered with a dry... | |
 | Richard Owen - Birds, Fossil - 1846 - 622 pages
...Mammoth; the proprietor was content with his profit from the tusks ; and the Jakutski of the neighbourhood had cut off the flesh, with which they fed their dogs...scarcity. Wild beasts, such as white bears, wolves, wolverenes, and foxes, also fed upon it, and the traces of their footsteps were seen around. ' ' The... | |
 | Arts - 1850 - 270 pages
...The discoverer was contented with his profit for the tusks, and the Yakoutski of the neighbourhood had cut off the flesh, with which they fed their dogs;...of its flesh, remained whole, with the exception of a fore-leg. The head was covered with a dry skin; one of the ears, well preserved, was furnished with... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1850 - 794 pages
...the tusks, and the Yakoutsk! of the neighbourhood had cut off the flesh, with which they fed then- dogs ; during the scarcity, wild beasts, such as white...seen around. The skeleton, almost entirely cleared of ita flesh, remained whole, with the exception of a fore-leg. The head was covered with a dry skin ;... | |
 | Household words - 1852 - 274 pages
...carcass. The proprietor was contented with his profit for the tusks ; and the Jakutski of the neigborhood had cut off the flesh, with which they fed their dogs. During the scarcity, wild boasts, such as white bears, wolves, wolverines, and foxes, also fed upon it ; and the traces of their... | |
 | John George Wood - 1855 - 432 pages
...found the mammoth still in the same place, but altogether mutilated. The Jakutski of the neighbourhood had cut off the flesh, with which they fed their dogs...its flesh, remained whole, with the exception of one fore leg, probably dragged off by the bears. The spine, with other parts of the skeleton, still held... | |
 | John George Wood - Animal behavior - 1855 - 410 pages
...found the mammoth still in the same place, but altogether mutilated. The Jakutski of the neighbourhood had cut off the flesh, with which they fed their dogs...its flesh, remained whole, with the exception of one fore leg, probably dragged off by the bears. The spine, with other parts of the skeleton, still held... | |
 | William Jardine - Pachydermata - 1856 - 380 pages
...mentioned, page 137, note. content with his profit from the tusks, and the Jakutski of the neighbourhood had cut off the flesh with which they fed their dogs...scarcity. Wild beasts, such as white bears, wolves, wolverenes, and foxes, also fed upon it, and the traces of their footsteps were seen around. The skeleton,... | |
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