 | William Ellis - 1829 - 610 pages
...rain-drop, supposing they must have fallen from the clouds with the rain. Eels are great favourites, and are tamed, and fed till they attain an enormous size....surface of the water, and eaten with confidence out of his master's hand. The sea-fish are numerous; among the principal is the salmon. The bonito, the flying... | |
 | William Ellis - 1831 - 446 pages
...precincts of the temple, or in its immediate vicinity; now they are eaten by whomsoever they are caught. Most of their fish is very good, and furnishes a dish...rocks, and in other places, to which they suppose the sea and the river never gain access, and where the water collected is entirely what falls from... | |
 | William Ellis - 1831 - 448 pages
...precincts of the temple, or in its immediate vicinity ; now they are eaten by whomsoever they are caught. Most of their fish is very good, and furnishes a dish...confidence out of its master's hand. Connected with the fresh- water fish, a phenomenon is often observed, for which the natives are puzzled to account. In... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1832 - 430 pages
...generally remained, excepting when called by the person who fed them. I nave been several times'with the young chief when he has sat down by the side of...and eaten with confidence out of its master's hand." Ellis, Polyn. Res. v. 2, p. 286. (26) Dr. Smith describes the old carp at Chantilly as so tame, that... | |
 | 1832 - 670 pages
...generally remained, except when called by the person who fed them. I have been several times with tke young chief, when he has sat down by the side of the...surface of the water, and eaten with confidence out of hi* master's hands. — Ellis' t Potynetiin Rcteurchet. A pike in a pond at Ely became so tame, as... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1832 - 440 pages
...several times with the young chief when he has sat down by the side of the hole ; and by giving a sbrill sort of whistle, has brought out an enormous eel,...moved about the surface of the water, and eaten with confldenceout of its master's hand."— Ellis Polyn Res. vol. ii. p. 286. t Dr. Smith descrihes the... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1832 - 456 pages
...the young chief when he has sat down by the side of the hole ; and by giving a shrill sort of whuKle, has brought out an enormous eel, which has moved about the surface of toe water, and eaten with confidence out of it« master's hand." — Ellis, Polyu. R«-», vol. II.... | |
 | 1833 - 438 pages
...except when called by the person who feeds them. Mr. Ellis says, that he has been several times with a young chief, when he has sat down by the side of the...surface of the water, and eaten with confidence out of his master's bands. THE LOST BOY. In one of the new counties of Georgia, not long ago, an occurrence... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1833 - 424 pages
...several times with the young chief when he has sat down by the side of the hole; and by giving a sbrill sort of whistle, has brought out an enormous eel,...water, and eaten with confidence out of its master's hand."—Ellis Polvn Res. vol. ii. p. 286. ' t Dr. Smith describes the old carp at Chantilly as so... | |
 | Edward Mammatt - 1836 - 370 pages
...kept in large holes, two or three feet deep, partially filled with water. On the sides of these pits they generally remained, excepting when called by...and eaten with confidence out of its master's hand.' " 'Most of the writers on the habits of the Eel have described them as making two migrations in each... | |
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These pets are kept in large holes, two or three feet deep, partially filled with water. On the sides of these pits they generally remained, excepting when called by the person who fed them. I have been several times with the young chief, when he has... 
