 When, then, the Indians reach the place where the gold is, they fill their bags with the sand and ride away at their best speed ; the ants, however, scenting them, as the Persians say, rush forth in pursuit. Now, these animals are so swift, they declare,...  The Coasts of Illusion: A Study of Travel Tales - Page 63by Clark Barnaby Firestone - 1924 - 410 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Herodotus - 1858 - 658 pages
...reach the place where the gold is, they fill their bags with the sand, and ride away at their best speed : the ants, however, scenting them, as the Persians...gold-gatherer could escape. During the flight the male camels, which are not so fleet as the females, grow tired, and begin to drag, first one, and then the other... | |
 | Herodotus - 1859 - 552 pages
...reach the place where the gold is, they fill their bags with the sand, and ride away at their best speed : the ants, however, scenting them, as the Persians...therefore, that the Indians get a start while the ants are leg, between the horse and the camel. In each the leg is composed of four bones which are united by... | |
 | Herodotus, George Rawlinson - 1862 - 548 pages
...Indians reach the place where the gold is, they nil their bags with the sand, and ride away at their best speed : the ants, however, scenting them, as the Persians...say, rush forth in pursuit. Now these animals are, they declare, so swift, that there is nothing in the world like them : if it were not, therefore, that... | |
 | Herodotus - 1862 - 548 pages
...reach the place where the gold is, they fill their bags with the sand, and ride away at their best speed : the ants, however, scenting them, as the Persians...say, rush forth in pursuit. Now these animals are, they declare, so swift, that there is nothing in the world like them : if it were not, therefore, that... | |
 | Herodotus - 1866 - 560 pages
...where the gold is, they fill their bags with the sand, and ride away at their best speed : the auts, however, scenting them, as the Persians say, rush...therefore, that the Indians get a start while the ants are leg, betwecu the horse and the camel. In each the leg ¡з composed of four bones which are united... | |
 | Herodotus - 1875 - 556 pages
...reach the place where the gold is, they fill their bags with the sand, and ride away at their best speed : the ants, however, scenting them, as the Persians...they declare, that there is nothing in the world like thorn : if it were not, therefore, that the Indians get a start while the ants are log, between the... | |
 | Herodotus - 1875 - 656 pages
...reach the place where the gold is, they fill their hags with the sand, and ride away at their best speed : the ants, however, scenting them, as the Persians...say, rush forth in pursuit. Now these animals are, they declare, во swift, that there is nothing in the world like them : if it were not, therefore,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1877 - 460 pages
...reach the place where the gold is, they fill their bags with the sand, and ride away at their best speed ; the ants, however, scenting them, as the Persians...a start while the ants are mustering, not a single gold* See Lassen's Indische Alterthumskunde, ii. p. 539. Josephus (Antiq. 1. 3. 3.) and many of the... | |
 | John Wilson - 1877 - 712 pages
...reach the place where the gold is, they fill their bags with the sand, and ride away at their best speed ; the ants, however, scenting them, as the Persians...in the world like them ; if it were not therefore, thai the Indians get a start while the ants are mustering, not a single gold* See Lasseu's Indische... | |
 | Royal Geological Society of Ireland - 1880 - 324 pages
...Indians reach the place where the gold is, they fill thenbags with the sand and ride away at their best speed : The ants, however, scenting them, as the Persians...that there is nothing in the world like them : if it was not, therefore, that the Indians get a start while the ants are mustering, not a single gold-gatherer... | |
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