| 单词 | cayman |
| 例句 | One of these pets is a cayman, "part alligator, part crocodile". Tiger, Tiger: What is the point of reading this memoir of abuse? 2011-03-27T00:05:57Z Called “how to cook curry goat — 3 amigos cayman cookout,” the work will be sold starting on Thursday to benefit the Cayman Food Bank. Anthony Bourdain Remembered by Friends 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Like Weisberger noted, there are also caymans and owls, and a watchful eye must always be kept out for the mosquitoes on the course. Capybaras, among other wildlife, become stars of the Olympic golf course - Golf Digest 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z Even before reaching the reserve, my kids spot iguanas, turtles and caymans on the Guayabero River and gawk at an 80-pound catfish reeled in by an angler. A Family Vacation in the Land of Guerrillas 2013-10-20T05:05:26Z But the fact remains that the South American cayman, one of the most formidable-looking brutes in all the world, is a cowardly beast and by no means greatly to be feared. Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \\"Big Fish,\\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. 2012-04-09T02:00:30.007Z No caymans were near; having attracted them by his vocalization he had left them in the lurch, and was content. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z There was also danger from the caymans, which at that period of the year are most dangerous, and most frequently attack small boats. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 30 of 55 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XXX, 1640 2012-03-06T03:00:26.127Z They take their name from being a resort for the cayman, or alligator, who frequent these shores for the purpose of depositing their eggs in the sand. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z To this animal, whatever it might be, jaguar, snake, or cayman, they dedicated the child, whose patron god it became. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z The crocodile and cayman occur in the swampy littoral of the south. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z Meanwhile the caymans also had turned upstream, and swam after the jaguar, like an idle crowd following at the heels of a street singer. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z On the coast the trenches and canals are full of alligators, but the great cayman is found only in the rivers of the interior. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z If the Indians refused their help, the cayman could not be taken alive at all, and if they gave it, it was only at the price of injuring the animal and spoiling its skin. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z He had streams to ford, dark with caymans, and he had to traverse woods where the jaguars howled. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z I also had a hut built, and put an Indian to live in it, whose duty was to keep constant watch and to let me know as soon as the cayman returned to the river. The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines 2011-10-22T02:00:26.240Z They were in fact the snouts of alligators, or caymans as they are known in Venezuela. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z The cayman did not abandon his intended victim till my bark conveyed me among the standing trees, when I seized the opportunity of climbing up one of considerable height. The Emigrant's Lost Son or, Life Alone in the Forest 2011-10-13T02:00:39.777Z He would take the mast of the canoe, which was about eight feet long, and would thrust it down the cayman’s throat, if it showed any signs of attacking him. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z On the latter, the rather exciting sport of tortoise-hunting may be enjoyed, and the sportsman may chance an unpleasant encounter with the dangerous, but easily avoided cayman. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z Several Indians began to drag it toward the bank, and presently, to our great joy, we saw the cayman upon the surface of the water, expiring. The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines 2011-10-22T02:00:26.240Z At the further end of the recess, just beyond the stern of the hydroplane, a cayman slipped off the bank into the water and swam away. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z The habits of the whole family—gavials and alligators, crocodiles, caymans, and jacarés—are so much alike, that it seems a cruelty to separate them. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z To Waterton the only fear was, lest the rope should prove too weak for the strain, in which case he and the cayman would promptly disappear into the depths of the Essequibo. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z There are caymans under the water, and every cayman is a spirit.... The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z The bullets rebounded from the monster's scales, which they were unable to penetrate; the keener lances made their way between the scales and entered the cayman's body some eight or ten inches. The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines 2011-10-22T02:00:26.240Z You will say: 'His Excellency sends a spy to feed the caymans.' Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z Among American reptiles are the boa-constrictor, the rattlesnake, the alligator or cayman, the iguana and other large lizards, large frogs and toads. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide For this purpose he took some Indians with him to the Essequibo, which falls into the sea not far from Demerara, and was known to be a famous place for caymans. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z But huge alligators or caymans abounded in Cuban waters, and the footprints which frightened Columbus's explorers were doubtless made by them. The History of Cuba, vol. 1 The accidents occasioned by these caymans are frequent and terrible, and I have seen more than one Indian fall victims to them. The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines 2011-10-22T02:00:26.240Z Once or twice in the darkness the vessel ran aground, and the fear of lurking caymans made them careful how they moved to get her off. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z Sir Charles Lyell relates that green rafts composed of canes and brush-wood are occasionally carried down the Parana River in South America by inundations, bearing on them the tiger, cayman, squirrels, and other quadrupeds. The History of the European Fauna For a long time he had set his heart on catching a cayman, a kind of alligator that is found in the rivers of Guiana. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z Habitations of reptiles.—Of the great saurians, the gavials which inhabit the Ganges differ from the cayman of America, or the crocodile of the Nile. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology On reaching home, I found my friends uneasy on my account; for, not having heard from me, they feared I had fallen victim to the caymans or the pirates. The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines 2011-10-22T02:00:26.240Z "His Excellency sends a spy to feed the caymans." Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z Nunneries, with a crocodile for the Abbess, gave way to scenes in the Placers, where Nuns were gold-washing, and Friars riding down cataracts on caymans. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas As one cayman called another answered; and although caymans are not very common anywhere, that night you would have thought that the world was full of them. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z He determined to catch a cayman or alligator, and at last hooked one with a curious wooden hook of four barbs made for him by an Indian. Wanderings in South America The traveler describes the cayman, which is of enormous size—the whale of the oozy lagoon. The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines 2011-10-22T02:00:26.240Z I did that on the bank out of range of the caymans--they're not partial to journeys on land. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z I had a lively recollection of Waterton riding close to the water's edge on the back of an American cayman, and I had a confused notion of sacred crocodiles on the banks of the Nile. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. Then he was put to death, and so ended the chase of the cayman. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z We found a cayman, ten feet and a half long, fast p. 24to the end of the rope. Wanderings in South America Meanwhile the cayman reared his enormous head out of the water, threw himself upon the horse, and seized him by the saddle. The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines 2011-10-22T02:00:26.240Z He shuddered and spat at a cayman that was lumbering away from his batal�e. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 We were about to follow this advice, when another man, more rash than his comrades, said: “I’m not afraid of caymans!” and spurred his horse into the stream. Adventures in the Philippine Islands But the watchers on shore pulled the rope too soon, and the cayman dropped the bait at once. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z I had come above three hundred miles on purpose to get a cayman uninjured, and not to carry back a mutilated specimen. Wanderings in South America But the wound was insufficient to check the cayman's progress, and it disappeared with its prey. The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines 2011-10-22T02:00:26.240Z “Repeat that, cayman,” he cried furiously, “and this finds your wicked heart!” Carmen Ariza We perceived this movement, and quickly cried out: “Run, run, or the cayman will have you!” Adventures in the Philippine Islands But the cayman was not to be caught without a struggle. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z After repeated attempts to regain his liberty, the cayman gave in, and became tranquil through exhaustion. Wanderings in South America Nevertheless, this little bullet-hole was the cause of its death; and here it is to be noted that the slightest wound received by the cayman is incurable. The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines 2011-10-22T02:00:26.240Z I knew not at what moment I should feel the jaws of a cayman seize upon me! Carmen Ariza I also had a hut built, and put an Indian to live in it, whose duty was to keep constant watch, and to let me know as soon as the cayman returned to the river. Adventures in the Philippine Islands Let them conceal a hook in the bait ever so cleverly, the cayman was sure to be cleverer than they, and when morning came, the bait was always gone and the hook always left. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z He told me afterwards, he thought he should have dropped down dead with fright, for he was firmly persuaded, if I had caught him, I should have bundled him into the cayman’s jaws. Wanderings in South America Perceiving that the saddle was not what he wanted, the cayman dropped it and advanced upon the Indian. The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines 2011-10-22T02:00:26.240Z “What made you ill, cayman?” he shouted, drawing nearer to the shrinking Diego and shaking a great fist in his face. Carmen Ariza The lance thrust which had slain the cayman was a chance—a sort of miracle. Adventures in the Philippine Islands The Indians, however, had no intention of allowing the cayman to beat them in the long run, and one of them invented a new hook, which this time was destined to better luck. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z The people pulled the cayman to the surface; he plunged furiously as soon as he arrived in these upper regions, and immediately went below again on their slackening the rope. Wanderings in South America It was fortunate the cayman had not taken the wrong prey. The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines 2011-10-22T02:00:26.240Z Like a cayman I seized her and dragged her into an alley. Carmen Ariza But the wound was insufficient to check the cayman’s progress, and it disappeared with its prey. Adventures in the Philippine Islands A gigantic cayman, or shark, has been caught in the harbour. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba I was apprehensive the rope might break, and then there would have been every chance of going down to the regions under water with the cayman. Wanderings in South America When the colony of Jala-Jala had been a few years founded, the caymans disappeared from its neighborhood. The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines 2011-10-22T02:00:26.240Z Then into the circle of light swam the masks of giant alligators and strange, tusked caymans. In the Morning of Time Nevertheless, this little bullet hole was the cause of its death; and here it is to be observed, that the slightest wound received by the cayman is incurable. Adventures in the Philippine Islands Look, M. L'Encuerado!" cried the boy; "here is an alligator or cayman, a relation of the lizards, and an enemy of man. Adventures of a Young Naturalist The people now dragged us about forty yards on the sand; it was the first and last time I was ever on a cayman’s back. Wanderings in South America The horse made an effort, the girths broke, and, while the cayman crunched the leather, the steed reached dry land. The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines 2011-10-22T02:00:26.240Z They found those natives enveloped in the most barbarous idolatry, adoring the sun, the moon, the cayman, and other filthy animals. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 28 of 55 1637-38 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Suddenly, three or four caymans which lay in waiting under the water, threw themselves upon him; horse and rider disappeared, and for some minutes afterwards the water was tinged with blood. Adventures in the Philippine Islands The English of the district always called them crocodiles, and to me they certainly seemed to differ from the alligator or cayman, whose acquaintance I afterwards made amongst the lagoons of the Southern United States. The Golden Magnet These savage saurians are called indiscriminately, though improperly, alligators, crocodiles, and caymans. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America At the period at which I first occupied my habitation and began to colonize the village of Jala-Jala, caymans abounded upon that side of the lake. The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines 2011-10-22T02:00:26.240Z The cayman, found in the East Indies and in tropical South America, is different in some respects from either. Down South or, Yacht Adventure in Florida He had scarcely got half-way across, when we perceived a monstrous cayman rise and advance to meet him. Adventures in the Philippine Islands He is living now in the wilderness in an effort to atone for his terrible sins. 205-14 A caiman, or cayman, is a species of alligator. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 The largest, the jacare-uassu, or great cayman, is often found from fifteen to twenty feet long, and of enormous bulk. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America The cayman now seemed to have recovered from his surprise and plunged furiously, and lashed the sand with his long tail. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure The cayman, not liking the morsel, looked about for something more to his taste. A Voyage round the World A book for boys Believing himself secure, he drew his cutlass, and watched the movements of the cayman, which, meanwhile, had reached the horse just as, the Indian quitted the animal. Adventures in the Philippine Islands Know me as the renowned slayer of caymans!” The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela Humboldt mentions another instance, where an Indian, landing on the banks of a shallow lagoon, was seized by a cayman. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America After some further struggling the cayman gave in. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure After this our journey was enlivened by all sorts of horrible accounts of adventures with caymans, till we neared the spot where we expected to find some buffaloes. A Voyage round the World A book for boys This process at an end, we took counsel as to what we should do with the dead cayman. Adventures in the Philippine Islands “If the cayman had come near me, he would have had to repent of his boldness,” he observed. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco Schombergh once saw an enormous cayman seize one of a smaller species, and bear it away—not, however, without a desperate struggle. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America When canoeing down the noble river Essequibo I had an adventure with a cayman, which we caught with a shark hook baited with the flesh of the acouri. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure “Take care of the cayman,” was the warning given by all. A Voyage round the World A book for boys At the period at which I first occupied my habitation, and began to colonise the village of Jala-Jala, caymans abounded on that side of the lake. Adventures in the Philippine Islands “No fear, Massa Guy,” answered Maco; “while we make noise like this, the caymans take care not to come near us.” The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco While the corial was being drawn across the rapids, two of the Indians took up the cayman in order to lay it in a more convenient position. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America The cayman was ten and a half feet long. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure The next instant, to our horror, the cayman had him shrieking in his jaws, and with his writhing body disappeared beneath the surface of the stream! A Voyage round the World A book for boys A month after the frightful occurrence the cayman was found dead upon the bank, five or six leagues from my house. Adventures in the Philippine Islands We took care to make a great noise to keep the caymans at a distance, lest any of them should think fit to grab at our animals’ legs. Manco, the Peruvian Chief An Englishman's Adventures in the Country of the Incas They could never afterwards be persuaded to touch a cayman. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America It was the first time I was ever on a cayman's back. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure “Oh, I care not for caymans; I would fight with a dozen of them!” was the answer given, we were told. A Voyage round the World A book for boys Presently I fell asleep; when I awoke, the dog had disappeared, the cayman, luckily for me, not mistaking his prey. Adventures in the Philippine Islands “Well, I believe it was only a cayman or an alligator, or one of those sort of brutes, after all,” he exclaimed, drawing a deep breath, like a man relieved from a heavy care. Manco, the Peruvian Chief An Englishman's Adventures in the Country of the Incas The caymans, alarmed by the uproar, keep at a distance; but the savage little caribes frequently attack them, and many thus fall. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America “That’s all—is it?” he continued, pointing to the dead cayman. The Rifle Rangers The cayman made directly for the horse, and seized him with his huge jaws by the body. A Voyage round the World A book for boys The drama was over: the cayman’s stomach was his tomb. Adventures in the Philippine Islands "At its entrance, planted on both sides of the narrow pass, are Eries, well provided with bows and arrows and spears, waiting as a cunning cayman waits in the sedge for the unsuspecting water-duck." Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 Huge caymans abound in the river, and lie like logs of wood at the foot of the cataracts or rapids, watching stealthily to catch and swallow whatever the fierce current may bring down to them. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America The girls were near the centre; but the cayman had got the start of me, and the water, three feet deep, impeded my progress. The Rifle Rangers Their corpses drifted downstream, to catch in the oars of the canoas, a horrible feast for the caymans. On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. It is on the border of the small lake—where the Indians never go, through fear of the caymans—that almost all the aquatic birds of the grand lake resort to lay their eggs. Adventures in the Philippine Islands "There are indeed Eries waiting on both sides of the narrow pass, as a cayman waits for a water-duck." Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 When we go from some villages to others, we cross many deep rivers, which are all generally full of caymans or crocodiles. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 22 of 55 1625-29 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. Suddenly I saw that the cayman had swerved. The Rifle Rangers In memory of these departed ones, they keep their little idols—some of stone, wood, bone, ivory, or a cayman's teeth; others of gold. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 12 of 55 1601-1604 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Soon, however, finding that his prey had escaped, the cayman dropped the saddle, and made towards the Indian. Adventures in the Philippine Islands The black bear could then converse with the cayman, and the whispers of the porpoise in the ears of the walruss and the flounder expressed the thoughts which were passing in his mind. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 These caymans have a strong resemblance to the crocodiles of the river Nile. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 04 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time On came the cayman with the velocity of vengeance. The Rifle Rangers They held the cayman in the utmost veneration; and, whenever they made any statement about it, when they descried it in the water, they called it Nono, which means "grandfather." The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 12 of 55 1601-1604 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century The cayman does not masticate, he snaps off a huge lump with his teeth, and swallows it entire. Adventures in the Philippine Islands Here on the Paraguay the natives hold them in much respect, whereas the caymans are not feared at all. Through the Brazilian Wilderness With a dull, heavy splash an occasional cayman plunged in from the bank. The Lost World A fearful object met my eyes—the cayman of Mexico! The Rifle Rangers The second night's attempt upon the cayman was a repetition of the first, quite unsuccessful. Wanderings in South America Our guides conjectured that the animal's legs had been seized by the caymans which are very numerous in those parts. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 The Paraguayan caymans are not ordinarily dangerous to man; but they do sometimes become man-eaters and should be destroyed whenever the opportunity offers. Through the Brazilian Wilderness "I knew," said the young girl of Uritucu coolly, "that the cayman lets go his hold, if you push your fingers into his eyes." Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 The cayman plunged sullenly into the sedgy water; and the “Sajou” monkey, suspended by his prehensile tail from some overhanging bough, oscillated to and fro, and filled the air with his hideous, half-human cries. The Rifle Rangers The Daddy made three or four meals on this cayman while it was not absolutely putrid, and salted the rest. Wanderings in South America The inhabitants give to one of these animals the name of cayman, to the other that of crocodile; or, as they say commonly in Spain, of cocodrilo. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 The huge caymans and crocodiles of the Amazon are far more dangerous, and the colonel knew of repeated instances where men, women and children had become their victims. Through the Brazilian Wilderness "The more aged the cayman, the more bitter is his bark." Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 No loathsome leprosy had eaten his enemy's flesh; neither cayman nor crocodile, neither Juba snake nor poisonous spider had marked him for its prey. Phantom Fortune, a Novel About an hour before sunset we reached the place which the two men who had joined us at the falls pointed out as a proper one to find a cayman. Wanderings in South America The animal called the cayman, at Batabano, died on the way, and was not brought to us, so that we could make no comparison of the two species.* Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 Evidently they did not molest either cayman or capybara while it was unwounded; but blood excited them to frenzy. Through the Brazilian Wilderness Mr. Waterton tells me that the crocodile does not change—that a cayman, in fact, or an alligator, is just as good for riding upon as he was in the time of the Pharaohs. Miscellaneous Essays Pretend that those thirty pesos had been lost in gambling or had fallen into the water and been swallowed by a cayman.” The Reign of Greed We were at supper when the Indian, who seemed to have had one eye on the turtle-pot and the other on the bait in the river, said he saw the cayman coming. Wanderings in South America In that island Dampier was struck with the great difference between the caymans and the American crocodiles. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 A dead cayman floated down-stream, with a black vulture devouring it. Through the Brazilian Wilderness The cayman of South America is very ferocious, and is popularly styled the hyena of the alligator tribe. An Englishman's Travels in America His Observations of Life and Manners in the Free and Slave States Pretend that the cayman has grown some,” old Selo consoled him. The Reign of Greed During the night the jaguars roared and grumbled in the forest as though the world was going wrong with them, and at intervals we could hear the distant cayman. Wanderings in South America After having described, though not always with perfect correctness, several of the characteristics which distinguish crocodiles from caymans, he traces the geographical distribution of those enormous saurians. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 We saw caymans and capybaras sitting socially near one another on the sandbanks. Through the Brazilian Wilderness “A cayman!” repeated everyone, as the word ran from mouth to mouth in the midst of fright and general surprise. The Social Cancer It seems that formerly the river, as well as the lake, was infested with caymans, so huge and voracious that they attacked bankas and upset them with a slap of the tail. The Reign of Greed By the time the cayman was within two yards of me I saw he was in a state of fear and perturbation. Wanderings in South America They assured us that the latter has most agility, and measures most in height: his snout is more pointed than that of the cayman, and they are never found together. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 It was a jacare-tinga or small cayman about five feet long. Through the Brazilian Wilderness Silently he looked off toward the mountain and moved the pole about in the water, then without raising it murmured in a low voice: “A cayman!” The Social Cancer Mr. Waterton tells me that the crocodile does not change,—that a cayman, in fact, or an alligator, is just as good for riding upon as he was in the time of the Pharaohs. The English Mail-Coach and Joan of Arc As there was nothing particular in this animal I thought it better to attend to the apparatus for catching the cayman than to go in quest of the couguar. Wanderings in South America A narrow border encloses figures of armadilloes, caymans, jaguars, and other animals peculiar to the new world. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 More than once in the drier parts of the marsh we met small caymans making their way from one pool to another. Through the Brazilian Wilderness There appear old glass trays, on the bottoms of which are sketched miniature lakes with little fishes, caymans, shell-fish, seaweeds, coral, and glassy stones of brilliant hues. The Social Cancer One horrible thought glanced across the minds of both Kennedy and the doctor: caymans swarm in these waters! Five Weeks in a Balloon We found a cayman ten feet and a half long fast to the end of the rope. Wanderings in South America At this moment Torres rushed from the cabin, hatchet in hand, and struck such a terrific blow that its edge sunk into the jaw of the cayman and left him defenseless. Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon Near the first of these we saw a small cayman, a jacare-tinga. Through the Brazilian Wilderness Yesterday morning the incident of the cayman became known through the town. The Social Cancer The natives at once despise and fear the great cayman. The Naturalist on the River Amazons He told me afterwards he thought he should have dropped down dead with fright, for he was firmly persuaded if I had caught him I should have bundled him into the cayman's jaws. Wanderings in South America It is on these huge beaches that the caymans are born, live, and die, not without affording extraordinary examples of longevity. Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon He said that swimmers feared it even more than the big cayman, because they could see the latter, whereas the former lay hid at the bottom of the water. Through the Brazilian Wilderness “I have never yet seen a live cayman,” murmured Maria Clara. The Social Cancer On mud banks we saw the crocodile, "cayman" they call it. 1492 I was apprehensive the rope might break, and then there would have been every chance of going down to the regions under water with the cayman. Wanderings in South America IN THE MORNING, after a night which was scarcely sufficient to calm so much excitement, they unmoored from the cayman beach and departed. Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon Undoubtedly the caymans were subsisting largely on these piranhas. Through the Brazilian Wilderness “The cayman seems to have been the only unlucky one.” The Social Cancer We met footprints of some great animal, and presently, being beside a stream, we made out upon a mud bank those crocodiles that the Indians call "cayman." 1492 The people now dragged us above forty yards on the sand: it was the first and last time I was ever on a cayman's back. Wanderings in South America Fragoso pulled out his arm in time, but he could not avoid the chock of the cayman, and was hurled back into the river, whose waters reddened all around. Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon In these waters the capybaras and small caymans paid no attention to one another, swimming and resting in close proximity. Through the Brazilian Wilderness That’s not sand, but a tough hide, the back of a cayman. The Social Cancer We spent best part of the fourth night in trying for the cayman, but all to no purpose. Wanderings in South America After repeated attempts to regain his liberty the cayman gave in and became tranquil through exhaustion. Wanderings in South America Go to the Rio Negro, and there you will see caymans by the score. Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon Two small caymans, of the common species, with prominent eyes, were at the bank where we moored, and betrayed an astonishing and stupid tameness. Through the Brazilian Wilderness The waves curled up behind the body of the cayman, raising “mountains of foam whereon the smooth, rich sunlight glitters,” as the poet says. The Social Cancer The Indians, three in number, accompanied us in their own curial, and, on entering the river, pointed to a place a little way above well calculated to harbour a cayman. Wanderings in South America The people pulled the cayman to the surface; he plunged furiously as soon as he arrived in these upper regions, and immediately went below again on their slackening the rope. Wanderings in South America The man beneath the liquid mass can easily bear the additional pressure, and if anything was to be feared below the waters it was rather some cayman who might there be met with. Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon It was tenanted by the small caymans and by capybaras— the largest known rodent, a huge aquatic guinea-pig, the size of a small sheep. Through the Brazilian Wilderness It was a large one, as Leon had said, speckled, and on its back grew the green moss which is to the caymans what gray hairs are to men. The Social Cancer He said it was to let the cayman hear that something was going on. Wanderings in South America First one emitted this horrible noise, and then another answered him; and on looking at the countenances of the people round me I could plainly see that they expected to have a cayman that night. Wanderings in South America "Perhaps," said Fragoso, "they might ask the opinions of the caymans, dolphins, and manatees, for they certainly prefer the black waters to the others to enjoy themselves in." Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon But the tables were readily turned if any caymans were injured. Through the Brazilian Wilderness The day was now declining apace, and the Indian had made his instrument to take the cayman. Wanderings in South America I had come above three hundred miles on purpose to get a cayman uninjured, and not to carry back a mutilated specimen. Wanderings in South America We had now no more hopes of taking a cayman till the return of night. Wanderings in South America It was the carcass of a huge cayman, already reduced to a skeleton, and which the current of the Rio Negro had swept into the bed of the Amazon. Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon I stayed one day in Georgetown, and then set off the next morning for headquarters in Mibiri Creek, where I finished the cayman. Wanderings in South America I had now been eleven months in the forests, and collected some rare insects, two hundred and thirty birds, two land-tortoises, five armadillos, two large serpents, a sloth, an ant-bear and a cayman. Wanderings in South America I hired a negro from her and a coloured man who pretended that they knew the haunts of the cayman and understood everything about taking him. Wanderings in South America We ought to have been successful, considering our vigilance and attention, and that we had repeatedly seen the cayman. Wanderings in South America Benito recoiled, and, in spite of the assertions of the pilot, the thought recurred to him that some living cayman might even then be met with in the deeps near the Bar of Frias! Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon At midnight two of our people went to this sandbank while the rest stayed to watch the cayman. Wanderings in South America Perhaps no animal in existence bears more decided marks in his countenance of cruelty and malice than the cayman. Wanderings in South America I was a day and a half in dissecting our cayman, and then we got all ready to return to Demerara. Wanderings in South America In the meantime we set the shark-hook, but it availed us naught: a cayman came and took it, but would not swallow it. Wanderings in South America |
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