 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 - Page 90by Chambers W. and R., ltd, John Nyren - 1852Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington - Birds - 1831 - 380 pages
...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 - Birds - 1832 - 472 pages
...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 - Animal behavior - 1840 - 394 pages
...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 - Animals - 1840 - 236 pages
...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... | |
 | Children's literature - 1846 - 872 pages
...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 - Zoology - 1842 - 438 pages
...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 pages
...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 - Pigeons - 1850 - 370 pages
...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 - Animal behavior - 1852 - 446 pages
...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 - American essays - 1856 - 588 pages
...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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