 | Sir John Richardson, William Swainson, William Kirby - Zoology - 1829 - 418 pages
...attitude prevents it seeing the ground distinctly ; and as the weight is carried very high upon its elevated legs, it is said sometimes to trip by treading...occurrence that the elk was believed by the ancients to have frequent attacks of epilepsy, and to be obliged to smell its hoof before it could recover;... | |
 | William Smith, Charles Anthon - Classical antiquities - 1843 - 1152 pages
...attitude prevents its seeing the ground distinctly; and, as the weight is carried veryliigh upon the elevated legs, it is said sometimes to trip by treading on its fore heels, or otherwise, and occasionally to give itself a heavy fall. It is probably owing to this... | |
 | John Frost - California - 1850 - 558 pages
...progress it holds the .nose up, so as to lay the horns horizontally back. This attitude prevents it seeing the ground distinctly, and as the weight is...itself a heavy fall. It is probably owing to this occurcnce that the Elk was believed by the ancients and the vulgar to have frequent attacks of epilepsy,... | |
 | Adventure and adventurers - 1851 - 484 pages
...attitude prevents its seeing the ground distinctly ; and as the weight is carried very^igh upon the elevated legs, it is said sometimes to trip by treading...occurrence that the elk was believed by the ancients to have frequent attacks of epilepsy, and to be obliged to smell its hoof before it could recover ;... | |
 | Hunting - 1853 - 498 pages
...attitude prevents its seeing the ground distinctly ; and as the weight is carried very high upon the elevated legs, it is said sometimes to trip by treading...occurrence that the elk was believed by the ancients to have frequent attacks of epilepsy, and to be obliged to smell its hoof before it could recover ;... | |
 | John Frost - Hunting - 1879 - 484 pages
...atti tude prevents its seeing the ground distinctly ; and as the weight is carried very high upon the elevated legs, it is said sometimes to trip by treading...occurrence that the elk was believed by the ancients to have frequent attacks of epilepsy, and to be obliged to smell its hoof before it could recover;... | |
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... a trot to a gallop. It does not leap, but steps without effort over a fallen tree, a gate, or a split fence. During its progress it holds the nose up, so as to lay the horns horizontally back. This attitude prevents its seeing the ground distinctly,... 