I was astonished at their appearance. They were flying with great steadiness and rapidity at a height beyond gunshot, in several strata deep; and so close together that could shot have reached them, one discharge could not have failed of bringing down... Chambers's pocket miscellany - Sayfa 90Chambers W. and R., ltd, John Nyren tarafından - 1852Tam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
| Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington - 1831 - 380 sayfa
...creek called the Benson, where I had a more uninterrupted view, I was astonished at their appearance. They were flying, with great steadiness and rapidity,...bringing down several individuals. From right to left, far as the eye could reach, the breadth of this vast procession extended, seeming every where equally... | |
| Alexander Wilson - 1832 - 472 sayfa
...creek called the Benson, where I had a more uninterrupted view, I was astonished at their appearance. They were flying, with great steadiness and rapidity,...bringing down several individuals. From right to left, far as the eye could reach, the breadth of this vast procession extended, seeming every where equally... | |
| William Swainson - 1840 - 394 sayfa
...creek called the Benson, where I had a most uninterrupted view, I was astonished at their appearance. They were flying with great steadiness and rapidity,...bringing down several individuals. From right to left, far as the eye could reach, the breadth of this vast procession extended, seeming everywhere equally... | |
| Thomas Bingley - 1840 - 236 sayfa
...creek called the Benson, where I had a more uninterrupted view, I was astonished at their appearance. They were flying with great steadiness and rapidity, at a height beyond gun-shot, and several strata deep, and so close together, that could shot have reached them, one discharge could... | |
| 1846 - 872 sayfa
...rapidity, at a height 378 beyond gun-shot, in several ranks deep, and so close together, that, could a shot have reached them, one discharge could not have failed of bringing down several of them. From right to left, as far as the eye could reach, the breadth of this vast procession extended,... | |
| William Chambers - 1842 - 438 sayfa
...the space occupied by them. Wilson speaks of them as flying so closely together, that, if shot could have reached them, one discharge could not have failed of bringing down several individuals ; and there appeared to be many strata of them, one over the other. From right to left, as far as the... | |
| William Dowling - 1849 - 356 sayfa
...creek called the Benson, where I had a more uninterupted view, I was astonished at their appearance ; they were flying, with great steadiness and rapidity,...one discharge could not have failed of bringing down many of them. From right to left, as far as the eye could reach, the breadth of this vast procession... | |
| William Jardine, P. J. Selby - 1850 - 370 sayfa
...creek, called the Benson, where I had a more uninterrupted view, I was astonished at their appearance. They were flying with great steadiness and rapidity,...reach, the breadth of this vast procession extended, seeming every where equally crowded. Curious to determine how long this appearance would continue,... | |
| William John Broderip - 1852 - 446 sayfa
...rapidity at a height above gun-shot, in several strata deep, and close together. On they came, and from right to left as far as the eye could reach, the breadth of this vast winged procession, everywhere equally crowded, extended. He took out his watch to note the time, and... | |
| Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1856 - 588 sayfa
...creek called the Beneou, where I had a more uninterrupted view, I was astonished at their appearance; they were flying with great steadiness and rapidity,...strata deep, and so close together that, could shot hare reached them, one discharge could not hare failed of bringing down several individuals. From right... | |
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