 ... indeed, is it for him to keep the upright position for a few seconds, under the direction of his keeper, that he is obliged, in the performance of his task, to raise his arms above his head, and throw them behind him, to keep his balance. His progressive...  The Naturalist's Library - Side 39af Sir William Jardine - 1833Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Clarke Abel - 1818 - 502 sider
...throw them behind him to keep his balance. His progressive motion on a flat surface is accomplished by placing his bent fists upon the ground and drawing his body between his arms : moving in this manner, he strongly resembles a person decrepid in the legs, supported on stilts.... | |
 | Georges Léopold C.F.D. baron de Cuvier - 1827 - 728 sider
...throw them behind him, to keep his balance. His progressive motion on a flat surface is accomplished by placing his bent fists upon the ground, and drawing his body between his arms : moving in this manner, he strongly resembles a person decrepit in the legs, supported on stilts.... | |
 | Georges baron Cuvier - 1827 - 510 sider
...throw them behind him, to keep his balance. His progressive motion on a flat surface is accomplished by placing his bent fists upon the ground, and drawing his body between his arms : moving in this manner, he strongly resembles a person decrepit in the legs, supported on stilts.... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 382 sider
...incapable of walking in an upright posture. His progressive motion, on a flat surface, was accomplished by placing his bent fists upon the ground and drawing his body between his arms. In sitting, he turned his legs under him. After his arrival in Java he was allowed to be at liberty,... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 1178 sider
...throw them behind him, to keep his balance. His progressive motion on a flat surface is accomplished by placing his bent fists upon the ground, and drawing his body between his arms: moving in this manner, he strongly resembles a person decrepit in the legs, supported on stilts. In... | |
 | William Jardine - 1833 - 346 sider
...throw them behind him to keep his balance. His progressive motion on a flat surface is accomplished by placing his bent fists upon the ground, and drawing his body between his arms ; moving in this manner, he strongly resembles a person decrepid in the legs, supported on stilts.... | |
 | Frederic Shoberl - 1834 - 330 sider
...throw them behind him to keep his balance. His progressive motion on a flat surface is accomplished by placing his bent fists upon the ground, and drawing his body between his arms : moving in this manner, he strongly resembles a person decrepid in the legs, supported on stilts.... | |
 | 1834 - 700 sider
...throw them behind him, to keep his balance. His progressive motion on a flat surface is accomplished by placing his bent fists upon the ground, and drawing his body between his arms : moving in this manner, he strongly resembles a person decrepit in the legs, supported on crutches.... | |
 | William Jardine - 1866 - 458 sider
...throw them behind him to keep his balance. His progressive motion on a flat surface is accomplished by placing his bent fists upon the ground, and drawing his body between his arms ; moving in this manner, he strongly resembles a person decrepid in the legs, supported on stilts.... | |
 | William Bingley - 1871 - 1056 sider
...incapable of walking in an upright posture. His progressive motion, on a flat surface, was accomplished by placing his bent fists upon the ground and drawing his body between Lls arms. In sitting, he turned his legs under him. After his arrival in Java he was allowed to be... | |
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