Which preposition to use with animal

of Occurrences 396%

There were two white animals of the hog kind, a male and a female lama, three goats, besides several birds, about the size of a turkey, some tortoises, and other amphibious animals.

in Occurrences 391%

We found thousands of their eggs, some on the surface and some buried in the sand, and if one in a dozen of them brings forth a turtle, there will be no lack of the animal in the neighborhood.

with Occurrences 147%

She had a way of speaking of the animals with a smile, as a nice occupation to keep the children quiet.

to Occurrences 104%

The Kernal, a gray-headed old war-worn vetenary, alited from his hoss, and tide the animal to the bed-post.

for Occurrences 102%

The hunting did not appeal to me particularly, because it seemed to me useless to kill so large an animal for so small a spoil.

on Occurrences 91%

When I arose from my knees, I made out an animal on the hill crest looking at me, but before I could distinguish its characteristics it had disappeared.

from Occurrences 74%

But although Cuvier's leading diagnosis of the animal from the plant will not stand a strict test, it remains one of the most constant of the distinctive characters of animals.

as Occurrences 66%

The Arctic and Atlantic seas, he says, are as full of fishes and other animals as those of the tropics.

at Occurrences 63%

Raising old "Lucretia Borgia" to my shoulder, I fired, and killed the animal at the first shot.

by Occurrences 52%

Thou mightest as well seek to illustrate the habits of animals by establishing a menagerie in which panthers should eat grass, and antelopes be dieted on rabbits.

than Occurrences 32%

"I am a stronger animal than you.

into Occurrences 30%

We pushed our boat back towards the open water, when we heard the plunge of some animal into the lake, on the other side of the island.

like Occurrences 27%

This was not the effect of mere novelty, for animals like the ambâ and birds like the esve, trained to the performance of services congenial to their natural habits, however dissimilar to Terrestrial species, had not the same air of singularity, or rather of monstrosity.

without Occurrences 25%

But if we watch more closely still, we should find that the plants could not live without the animals, nor the animals without the plants, nor either of them without the soil beneath our feet, and the air and rain above our heads.

under Occurrences 17%

Besides skill in driving, he should possess a good general knowledge of horses; he has usually to purchase provender, to see that the horses are regularly fed and properly groomed, watch over their condition, apply simple remedies to trifling ailments in the animals under his charge, and report where he observes symptoms of more serious ones which he does not understand.

out Occurrences 13%

" But, leaving wheels and animals out of the question, the free mountaineer with a sack of bread on his shoulders and an ax to cut steps in ice and frozen snow can make his way across the range almost everywhere, and at any time of year when the weather is calm.

over Occurrences 12%

I mean the infant science of Bio-geologythe science which treats of the distribution of plants and animals over the globe, and the cause of that distribution.

before Occurrences 11%

You would thereby avoid confounding the noble animals before you with the no less useful, but undeniably less attractivein an aesthetic point of viewanimals which belong to the bovine race.

during Occurrences 11%

After all had taken their seats, he said he would like to know what the members had been doing for animals during the past fortnight.

around Occurrences 10%

Our wild animals around here are getting pretty well killed off, but there are lots in other places.

through Occurrences 10%

His only chance of capturing a wild courser lay in his skill in casting the spear, which might enable him to pierce the animal through the upper part of the neck, and thus produce a temporary insensibility, during which time he might be secured without any permanent injury.

against Occurrences 8%

This sense warns the animal against swallowing deleterious substances.

among Occurrences 7%

There was no kind of animals among them excepting parrots, which they carried to barter with the Christians among the articles already mentioned, and in this trade they continued on board the ships till night, when they all returned to the shore.

towards Occurrences 7%

We had headed the animal towards the island, with our three boats so arranged, as that he could swim in no other direction, without running one of them down.

about Occurrences 7%

His huge legs were crooked like those of a great ape; and, indeed, there was something animal about his whole appearance, something for he was bearded up to his eyes, and it was a paw rather than a hand which still clutched me by the collar.

Which preposition to use with  animal