| Charles Darwin - 1846 - 716 דפים
...place we observed to the south a ragged cloud of a dark, reddishbrown colour. At first we thought that it was smoke from some great fire on the plains; but...with the aid of a light breeze, they overtook us at the rate of ten or fifteen miles an hour. The main body filled the air from a height of twenty feet,... | |
| Ebenezer Meriam - 1847 - 224 דפים
...place, we observed to the South a ragged cloud of a dark reddish brown color. At first we thought that it was smoke from some great fire on the plains ;...and, with the aid of a light breeze, they overtook us .it the rate of ten or fifteen miles an hour. The main body filled the air from a height of twenty... | |
| Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.) - 1877 - 1046 דפים
...first we thought it was caused by some great fire on the neighboring plains, but we soon found thar it was a swarm of locusts. They were flying northward,...with the aid of a light breeze they overtook us at the rate of ten or fifteen miles an hour. The maiu body filled the air from a height of twenty feet... | |
| United States Entomological Commission - 1878 - 832 דפים
...a dark reddish-brown color. At first we thought it was caused by gome great fire on tho neighboring plains, but we soon found that it was a swarm of locusts....with the aid of a light breeze they overtook us at the rate of ten or fifteen miles an hour. The main body filled the air from a height of twenty feet... | |
| United States Entomological Commission - 1878 - 828 דפים
...caused by some great fire on the neighboring plains, but we soon fonnd that it was a swarm of locnsts. They were flying northward, and with the aid of a light breeze they overtook us at the rate of ten or fifteen miles an hour. The main body filled tbe air from a height of twenty feet... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1879 - 452 דפים
...Plata) we observed to the south a ragged cloud, of a dark reddish -brown color. At first we thought that it was smoke from some great fire on the plains; but...found that it was a swarm of locusts. They were flying ARGENTINE REPUBLIC, northward ; and, with the aid of a light breeze, they overtook us at a rate of... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1884 - 574 דפים
...place, we observed to the south a ragged cloud of a dark reddish-brown colour. At first we thought that it was smoke from some great fire on the plains ;...miles an hour. The main body filled the air from a neight of twenty feet, to that, as it appeared, ef two or three thousand above the ground ; " and the... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1896 - 542 דפים
...place, we observed to the south a ragged cloud of a dark reddish-brown colour. At first we thought that it was smoke from some great fire on the plains ; but we soon found that it was a swarm of locusts. Thev were (lying northward ; and with the aid of a light breeze, they overtook us at a rate of ten... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1908 - 542 דפים
...place, we observed to the south a ragged cloud of a dark reddish-brown colour. At first we thought that it was smoke from some great fire on the plains; but...soon found that it was a swarm of locusts. They were flyin g northward; and with the aid of a light breeze, they overtook us at a rate of ten or fifteen... | |
| James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, Louis Herbert Gray - 1916 - 940 דפים
...has a typical value : ' . . . * ragged cloud of a dark reddish-brown colour. At first we thought that it was smoke from some great fire on the plains ;...found that It was a swarm of locusts. They were flying ... at a rate of ten or fifteen miles an hour. The main body filled the air from a height of twenty... | |
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