 ... men drive them from thence upon aboord into their boats by hundreds at a time, as if God had made the innocency of so poor a creature to become such an admirable instrument for the sustentation of man.  Proceedings - עמוד 674מאת Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1880תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | Richard Whitbourne - 1870 - 56 דפים
...infinitly, vpon a certain flat Hand, that men driue them from thence vpon a boord, into their boates by hundreds at a time ; as if God had made the innocency of fo poore a creature to become fuch an admirable inftrument for the fuftentation of man." Of scarcely... | |
 | Nuttall Ornithological Club - 1876 - 504 דפים
...upon a boord into their Boates by hundreds at a time ; as if God had made the innocencie of so poore a creature to become such an admirable instrument for the sustentation of man."+ The same bird is also referred to by Josselyn as the " Wobble." He says : " The Wobble, an ill shaped... | |
 | William Yarrell - 1884 - 558 דפים
...infinitely, upon a certain flat Hand, that men drive them from thence upon a boord, into their boates by hundreds at a time, as if God had made the innocency of so poore a creature, to become such an admirable instrument for the sustentation of man." How long this... | |
 | United States National Museum - 1891 - 1232 דפים
...they multiply so infinitely upon a certain flat iland that men drive them from thence upon a board into their boats by hundreds at a time, as if God had made the innocency of so poore a creature to become such an admirable instru ment for the sustentation of man." In more recent... | |
 | United States National Museum - 1889 - 1242 דפים
...they multiply so infinitely upon a certain flat iland that men drive them from thence upon a board into their boats by hundreds at a time, as if God had made the innoceucy of so poore a creature to become such an admirable instru merit for the snstentation of man."... | |
 | Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell - 1895 - 266 דפים
...they multiply so infinitely upon a certain flat Hand, that men drive them from thence upon a boord into their boats by hundreds at a time ; as if God had made the innocency of so poore a creature to become such an admirable instrument for the sustentation of man." Then, as now,... | |
 | Charles Wendell Townsend - 1905 - 366 דפים
...they multiply so infinitely, upon a certain flat Island that men drive them from thence upon a board into their Boats by hundreds at a time ; as if God had made the innocencie of so poore a creature to become such an admirable instrument for the sustentation of man."... | |
 | Samuel Purchas - 1906 - 590 דפים
...upon a boord into their Boates by hundreds at a time; as if God had made the innocencie of so poore a creature to become such an admirable instrument for the sustentation of men. There are also Godwits, Curlewes, and a certaine kinde of Fowle are called Oxen and Kine, with... | |
 | John Guille Millais - 1907 - 572 דפים
...they multiply so infinitely upon a certaine flat island, that men drive them from thence upon a boord, into their boats by hundreds at a time : as if God had made the innocency of so poore a creature to become such an admirable instrument for the sustenation of man." He thus describes... | |
 | United States National Museum - 1919 - 880 דפים
...enlightened of the human race at the present day. Richard Whitbourne (1622) wrote: God made the innocencie of so poor a creature to become such an admirable Instrument for the sustentation of man. The reasons for the slaughter of this bird were primarily for food, later for bait, for its fat and... | |
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