| Francis Parkman - 1920 - 420 pages
...gaze intently with their great round eyes, then suddenly leap aside, and stretch lightly awayjaver the prairie, as swiftly as a race-horse. Squalid,...supplicating attitude, and yelping away most vehemently, whisking his little tail with every squeaking cry he uttered. Prairie-dogs are not fastidious in their... | |
| William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck, Lura E. Runkel - 1921 - 618 pages
...through the hollows and sandy ravines. Several times I passed through villages of prairie dogs, which sat, each at the mouth of his burrow, holding his...supplicating attitude and yelping away most vehemently, ener30 getically whisking his little tail with every squeaking cry he uttered. Prairie dogs are not... | |
| William Harris Elson - 1921 - 520 pages
...through the hollows and sandy ravines. Several times I passed through villages of prairie dogs, which sat, each at the mouth of his burrow, holding his...supplicating attitude and yelping away most vehemently, enerso getically whisking his little tail with every squeaking cry he uttered. Prairie dogs are not... | |
| Charles Herbert Sylvester - 1922 - 526 pages
...sneaked through the hollows and sandy ravines. Several times I passed through villages of prairie dogs, who sat, each at the mouth of his burrow, holding...his little tail with every squeaking cry he uttered. Prairie dogs are not fastidious in their choice of companions; various long, checkered snakes were... | |
| Melvin Everett Haggerty - 1927 - 586 pages
...sneaked through the hollows and sandy ravines. Several times I passed through villages of prairie dogs, who sat, each at the mouth of his burrow, holding...supplicating attitude and yelping away most vehemently, whisking his little tail with every squeaking cry he uttered. Prairie dogs are not fastidious in their... | |
| Francis Parkman - 2007 - 329 pages
...sneaked through the hollows and sandy ravines. Several times I passed through villages of prairie dogs, who sat, each at the mouth of his burrow, holding...most vehemently, energetically whisking his little taU with every squeaking cry he uttered. Prairie dogs are not fastidious in their choice of companions... | |
| Francis Parkman - 1910 - 550 pages
...as they are always bold when in the neighborhood of buffalo, they would approach to look at me, gaze intently with their great round eyes, then suddenly...supplicating attitude, and yelping away most vehemently, whisking his little tail with every squeaking cry he uttered. Prairie-dogs are not fastidious in their... | |
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