 | Samuel Roper - 1832 - 178 pages
...multitudes, I rose, and counting the dots then put down, found that one hundred and sixty-three had been made in twentyone minutes. I travelled on, and still met...the light of noonday was obscured as by an eclipse ; the dung fell in spots, not unlike melting flakes of snow ; and the continued buzz of wings had a... | |
 | John James Audubon - 1832 - 564 pages
...found that 163 had been made in twenty-one minutes. I travelled on, and still met more the farther I proceeded. The air was literally filled with Pigeons;...the light of noon-day was obscured as by an eclipse; the dung fell in spots, not unlike melting flakes of snow; and the continued buzz of wings had a tendency... | |
 | Books - 1832 - 650 pages
...and sixtythree had been made in twenty-one minutes. He then travelled on, and still met more as he proceeded. The air was literally filled with pigeons...the light of noon-day was obscured as by an eclipse, the dung fell in spots not unlike melting flakes of snow, and the continued buzz of wings had a tendency... | |
 | Edward Jesse - Animal behavior - 1832 - 340 pages
...and sixty-three had been made in twenty-one minutes. He then travelled on, and still met more as he proceeded. The air was literally filled with pigeons;...the light of noon-day was obscured as by an eclipse, the dung fell in spots not unlike melting flakes of snow, and the continued buzz of wings had a tendency... | |
 | Alexander Wilson - Birds - 1832 - 472 pages
...numbers than I thought I had ever seen them before. I travelled on, and still met more, the farther I proceeded. The air was literally filled with Pigeons. The light of the noon day was obscured as by an eclipse. The dung fell in spots not unlike melting flakes of snow... | |
 | Children's periodicals - 1844 - 372 pages
...in countless multitudes, I rose, and counting the dots then put down, found that 163 had been made in twenty-one minutes. I travelled on, and still met...as by an eclipse, and the continued buzz of wings seemed to lull the senses. It is extremely interesting to see flock after flock performing exactly... | |
 | Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) - Birds - 1835 - 604 pages
...and sixty-three had been made in twenty-one minutes. I travelled on, and still met more the farther I proceeded. The air was literally filled with pigeons...the light of noonday was obscured as by an eclipse ; the dung fell in spots not unlike melting flakes of snow, and the continued buzz of wings had a tendency... | |
 | James Rennie - Birds - 1835 - 408 pages
...and sixty-three had been made in twenty-one minutes. I travelled on, and still met more the farther I proceeded. The air was literally filled with pigeons;...the light of noon-day was obscured as by an eclipse ; the dung tell in spots, not unlike melting flakes of snow; and the continued buzz of wings had a... | |
 | 1836 - 282 pages
...in countless multitudes, I rose, and counting the dots then put down, found that 1G3 had been made in twenty-one minutes. I travelled on, and still met...light of noon-day was obscured as by an eclipse, and tic continued buzz of wings seemed to lull the senses. It is extremely interesting to see Hock after... | |
 | Henry Duncan - Natural theology - 1836 - 430 pages
...found 163 had been made in twenty-one minutes. I travelled on, and still met more, the farther they proceeded. The air was literally filled with pigeons;...the light of noon-day was obscured as by an eclipse; the dung fell in spots, not unlike melting flakes of snow; and the continued buzz of wings had a tendency... | |
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The air was literally filled with Pigeons; the light of noon-day was obscured as by an eclipse; the dung fell in spots, not unlike melting flakes of snow; and the continued buzz of wings had a tendency to lull my senses to repose. 
