 Thousands were soon knocked down by the pole-men. The birds continued to pour in. The fires were lighted, and a magnificent, as well as wonderful and almost terrifying, sight presented itself. The Pigeons, arriving by thousands, alighted everywhere, one...  The Country Gentleman's Magazine - עמוד 136מאת Simpkin, Marshall & Co - 1832תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | Rudolf Cronau - 1908 - 164 דפים
...The pigeons, arriving by the thousands, alighted everywhere, one above another, until solid masses were formed on the branches all round. Here and there...under the weight with a crash, and falling to the rnund, destroyed hundreds of the birds beneath, forcing down the dense groups with which every stick... | |
 | Franklin Thomas Baker - 1909 - 504 דפים
...almost terrifying, sight presented itself. The pigeons, arriving by thousands, alighted everywhere, one above another, until solid masses as large as...round. Here and there the perches gave way under the 25 crash, and falling to the ground, destroyed hundreds of the birds beneath, forcing down the dense... | |
 | Franklin Thomas Baker - 1910 - 504 דפים
...almost terrifying, sight presented itself. The pigeons, arriving by thousands, alighted everywhere, one above another, until solid masses as large as...round. Here and there the perches gave way under the 25 crash, and falling to the ground, destroyed hundreds of the birds beneath, forcing down the dense... | |
 | Otto Arthur Rothert - 1913 - 530 דפים
...sunsetl, alighted everywhere, one above another until solid masses were formed on the branches all around. Here and there the perches gave way under the weight with a crash, and, falling on the ground, destroyed hundreds of the birds beneath, forcing down the dense groups with which every... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1920 - 390 דפים
...almost terrifying sight presented itself. 14. The pigeons, arriving by thousands, alighted everywhere, one above another, until solid masses, as large as...perches gave way under the weight with a crash, and failing to the ground destroyed hundreds of the birds beneath, forcing down the dense groups with which... | |
 | Kentucky Geological Survey - 1925 - 416 דפים
...almost terrifying sight presented itself. The pigeons, arriving by thousands, alighted everywhere, one above another, until solid masses as large as hogsheads were formed on the branches all around. Here and there the perches gave way under the weight with a crash, and, falling to the ground... | |
 | 1925 - 414 דפים
...almost terrifying sight presented itself. The pigeons, arriving by thousands, alighted everywhere, one above another, until solid masses as large as hogsheads were formed on the branches all around. Here and there the perches gave way under the weight with a crash, and, falling to the ground... | |
 | Donald Culross Peattie - 1991 - 628 דפים
...almost terrifying sight presented itself. The pigeons, arriving by thousands, alighted everywhere, one above another, until solid masses as large as...the ground destroyed hundreds of the birds beneath." So together they fell, bird and tree, from their supreme place in the history of American Nature. For... | |
 | Otto A. Rothert - 1984 - 516 דפים
...sunset], alighted everywhere, one above another until solid masses were formed on the branches all around. Here and there the perches gave way under the weight with a crash, and, falling on the ground, destroyed hundreds of the birds beneath, forcing down the dense groups with which every... | |
 | Anthony N. Penna - 1999 - 324 דפים
...sounded like a gale passing through the rigging of a close-reefed vessel, thousands alighted everywhere, one above another, until solid masses as large as hogsheads were formed on the branches all around It was a scene of uproar and confusion." 36 He believed that he had witnessed the migration... | |
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