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" ... or locust, that will attack each other with such ferocity as seldom to quit their hold without bringing away at the same time a limb of their antagonist. These little creatures are fed and kept apart in bamboo cages; and the custom of making them... "
Travels in China: Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons ... - Page 107
by Sir John Barrow - 1805 - 430 pages
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The New annual register, or General repository of history ..., Volume 25

1805 - 948 pages
...for the idle and dissipated. They have even extended their enquiries after fighting animals into die insect tribe, in which they have discovered a species...same time a limb of their antagonist. These little crea. tures are fed and kept apart in bamboo cages ; and die custom of making them devour each odier...
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The Annual Review and History of Literature, Volume 3

Books - 1805 - 984 pages
...classes in China: they train quails for the same wicked purpose, and having found a species of gryllui, that will attack each other with such ferocity as seldom to quit their hold without bringing away a limb of their antagonist, they keep these insects for the pleasure of seeing them devour each other...
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Belle Assemblée: Or, Court and Fashionable Magazine; Containing Interesting ...

Women - 1822 - 634 pages
...and have discovered a species of Gryllus, or Locust, that will attack each other with such velocity as seldom to quit their hold, without bringing away...a limb of their antagonist. These little creatures arc fed and kept apart in bamboo cages, and the custom of making them devour each other is so common,...
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Gallery of Nature and Art, Or a Tour Through Creation and Science ..., Volume 5

Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 728 pages
...insect tribe, and have discovered a ipecies ofgryllus, or locust, that will attack each other with saA ferocity as seldom to quit their hold, without bringing...kept apart in bamboo cages, and the custom of making *bem devour each other is so common that, during the summer months, scarcely a boy is to be seen without...
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The Principles of Population and Production

John Weyland - Malthusianism - 1816 - 538 pages
...inquiries after fighting animals into the insect tribe, and have been fortunate enough to discover a species of gryllus, or locust, that will attack...as seldom to quit their hold without bringing away a limb of their antagonist. (Barrow, p. 159-) In the summer months, hardly a boy is seen without his...
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The Principles of Population and Production as They are Affected by the ...

John Weyland - Economics - 1816 - 556 pages
...inquiries after fighting animals into the insect tribe, and have been fortunate enough to discover a species of gryllus, or locust, that will attack...as seldom to quit their hold without bringing away a limb of their antagonist. (Barrow, p. 159-) In the summer months, hardly a boy is seen without his...
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Anecdotes of Remarkable Insects: Selected from Natural History, and ...

Joseph Taylor - Insects - 1817 - 266 pages
...alludes). " They have even extended their inquiries after fighting animals into the insect tribe, and have discovered a species of Gryllus, or Locust, that...common, that during the summer months, scarcely a boy is to be seen without his cage of Grasshoppers." The Mantis Precaria, is a native of many parts of Africa,...
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Spirit of the English Magazines, Volume 12

1823 - 496 pages
...extended their enquiries after fighting animals to the insect tribe, and have discovered a species of locust that will attack each other with such ferocity...little creatures are fed and kept apart in bamboo cages,and the custom of making them devour each other is so common that, during the summer months,...
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The Gallery of Nature and Art: Or, a Tour Through Creation and Science, Volume 5

Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - Natural history - 1818 - 894 pages
...allude.) u They have even extended their enquiries aficr fighting aninaals into the insect tribe, and have discovered a species of gryllus, or locust, that...that, during the summer months, scarcely a boy is to be ieen without his cage of grasshoppers. " . Barrow. SECTION VI. Cochineal, Kermes, and Gum. Luc...
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A Collection of the Most Celebrated Voyages & Travels, from the ..., Volume 3

R. P. Forster - Voyages and travels - 1818 - 508 pages
...insect tribe, in which the? have discovered a species of gryUus, or locust, that will VoL. III. 2 S attack each other with such ferocity as seldom to...away at the same time a limb of their antagonist. The practice of flogging with the bamboo in universally practised, and none escape punishment from...
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