 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1839 - 614 דפים
...of sallying from their reed-grown coverts to graze by the serene light of the moon; never, however, venturing to any distance from the river, the strong-hold...which is placed in a prominence, so as to resemble the garretwindow of a Dutch-house, they require the perfection of rifle practice, and after a few shots... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1839 - 602 דפים
...shore amid ooze and mud ; * Voyage dans 1'Empire Olhoman, &c., tome iv. VOL, LXIV. NO. cxxvii. o. but but shots were more constantly to be had at their...a prominence, so as to resemble the garret- window o a Dutch-house, they require the perfection of rifle practice, and lifter a few shots become exceedingly... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1839 - 606 דפים
...shore amid ooze and mud; * VdyagK dans 1'Empire Othomaii. &c., tome iv. VOL. LXIV. NO. cxxvn. q but I L but shots were more constantly to be had at their...which is placed in a prominence, so as to resemble the garret-window of a Dutch-house, they require the perfection of rifle practice, and after a few shots... | |
 | Charles Wilkins Webber - 1852 - 622 דפים
...the smallest alarm. Occasionally during the day they were to be seen basking on the shore amid oose and mud, but shots were more constantly to be had...in a prominence so as to resemble the garret window in a dutch house, they require the perfection of rifle practice, and after a few shots, become exceedingly... | |
 | Charles Wilkins Webber - 1852 - 620 דפים
...the smallest alarm. Occasionally during the day they were to be seen basking on the shore amid oose and mud, but shots were more constantly to be had...however, or in the eye, which is placed in a prominence BO as to resemble the garret window in a dutch house, they require the perfection of rifle practice,... | |
 | John George Wood - 1855 - 432 דפים
...during the day, they were to be seen basking on the shore, amid ooze and' mud ; but shots were most constantly to be had at their uncouth heads, when...surface. Vulnerable only behind the ear, however, or the eye, which is placed in a prominence, so as to resemble the garret window of a Dutch house, they... | |
 | John George Wood - 1855 - 410 דפים
...during the day, they were to be seen basking on the shore, amid ooze and mud ; but shots were most constantly to be had at their uncouth heads, when...surface. Vulnerable only behind the ear, however, or the eye, which is placed in a prominence, so as to resemble the garret window of a Dutch house, they... | |
 | John George Wood - 1855 - 478 דפים
...during the day, they were to be seen basking on the shore, amid ooze and mud ; but shots were most constantly to be had at their uncouth heads, when...surface. Vulnerable only behind the ear, however, or the eye, which is placed in a prominence, so as to resemble the garret window of a Dutch house, they... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1861 - 354 דפים
...Occasionally, during the day, they were to be seen basking on the shore amid ooze and mud, but shots were most constantly to be had at their uncouth heads when protruded...in a prominence so as to resemble the garret window in a Dutch house, they require the perfection of rifle practice, and after a few shots become exceedingly... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1887 - 886 דפים
...Occasionally, during the day, they were to be seen basking on the shore, amid ooze and mud; but shots were most constantly to be had at their uncouth heads, when...surface. Vulnerable only behind the ear however, or the eye, which is placed in a prominence, so as to resemblt the garret window of a Dutch house, they... | |
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... of the moon ; never, however, venturing to any distance from the river, the stronghold to which they betake themselves on the smallest alarm. Occasionally, during the day, they were to be seen basking on the shore, amid ooze and... 
