 ... the wires been sufficiently wide to have admitted her teeth or paws to reach it. I was surprised at this occurrence, as I had been led to believe that the harvest mouse was merely a granivorous animal. I caught the fly, and made it buzz in my fingers...  The European Magazine, and London Review - Page 4531809Full view - About this book
 | 1810 - 492 pages
...occurrence, as I had been led to believe that the harvest mouse was merely a granivorous animal. I caught the fly, and made it buzz in my fingers against the...out of her hiding-place, and, running to the spot, I 436 MJS.CELLANY. seized and devoured it. From this time I fed her with insects, whenever I could... | |
 | Enos Bronson - 1810 - 456 pages
...occurrence, as I had been led to believe that the harvest mouse was merely a grani voraus animal. I caught the fly and made it buzz in my fingers against the...usually shy and timid, immediately came out of her hiding place, and running to the spot, seized and devoured it. From this time I fed her with insects,... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1829 - 364 pages
...grass ; but their grand rendezvous seems to be in corn ricks, into which they are carried at harvest. A my fingers against the wires. The mouse, though usually shy and timid, immediately came out of her hiding place, and, running to the spot, seized and devoured it. From this time I fed her with insects... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1832 - 354 pages
...occurrence, as I had been led to believe that the harvest mouse was merely a granivorous animal. I caught the fly, and made it buzz in my fingers against the wires. The mousA, though usually shy and timid, immediately came out of her hiding place, and, running to the... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1837 - 680 pages
...occurrence, as I had been led to believe that the harvest mouse was merely a granivorous animal. I caught the fly, and made it buzz in my fingers against the...spot, seized and devoured it. From this time I fed her with insects whenever I could get them ; and she always preferred them to every other kind of food... | |
 | Thomas Bell - 1837 - 554 pages
...occurrence, as I had been led to believe that the Harvest Mouse was merely a granivorous animal. I caught the fly and made it buzz in my fingers against the...spot, seized and devoured it. From this time I fed her with insects, whenever I could get them ; and she always preferred them to every other kind of food... | |
 | Thomas Miller - 1837 - 466 pages
...occurrence, as I had been led to believe that the harvest-mouse was merely a granivorous animal. I caught the fly, and made it buzz in my fingers against the...spot, seized and devoured it. From this time I fed her with insects whenever I could get them, and she always preferred them to every other kind of food that... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1837 - 678 pages
...occurrence, as I had been led to believe that the harvest mouse was merely a granivorous animal. I caught the fly, and made it buzz in my fingers against the...spot, seized and devoured it. From this time I fed her with insects whenever I could get them ; and she always preferred them to every other kind of food... | |
 | Philip Henry Gosse - 1848 - 320 pages
...occurrence, as I had been led to believe that the Harvest Mouse was merely a granivorous animal. I caught the fly, and made it buzz in my fingers against the...seized and devoured it. From this time, I fed her with insects, whenever I could get them; and she always preferred them to every other kind of food... | |
 | 1848 - 796 pages
...granivorous animal. I caught the fly, and made it bu¿z in my fingers against the wires. The moute, though usually shy and timid, immediately came out...spot, seized and devoured it. From this time I fed her with insects whenever I could get them ; and she always preferred them to every other kind of food... | |
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