 | John James Audubon - 1832 - 564 pages
...surprised me. Thousands were soon knocked down by the pole-men. The birds continue 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 above another, until solid masses as large... | |
 | Samuel Roper - 1832 - 178 pages
...surprised me. 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 every where* one above another, until solid masses, as... | |
 | Simpkin, Marshall & Co - 1832 - 1114 pages
...surprised me. 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 every where, one above another, until solid masses as... | |
 | Children's periodicals - 1844 - 372 pages
...surprised me. 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 in thousands, alighted everywhere, one above another, until solid masses as large... | |
 | Horse racing - 1833 - 776 pages
...surprised me. 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 every where, one above another, until solid masses as... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - Natural history - 1834 - 682 pages
...demands investigation on the part of naturalists; for, hitherto, all these wild beasts which Mr. Audubon has introduced into his description have only been...firing by seeing the shooters reloading." " O judgment ! thou art fled to brutish beasts, and men have lost their reason," if they can bring themselves to... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - Natural history - 1834 - 688 pages
...naturalists; for, hitherto, all these wild beasts which Mr. Audubon has introduced into his description haiie only been known as animals of nocturnal movements,...firing by seeing the shooters reloading." " O judgment ! thou art fled to brutish beasts, and men have lost their reason," if they can bring themselves to... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - Natural history - 1834 - 698 pages
...unheeded by them ; and it was only 't sunrise that they seemed aware of being in dangerous company, nnd found that it was high time to sneak off from a place...firing by seeing the shooters reloading." " O judgment ! thou art fled to brutish beasts, and men have lost their reason," if they can bring themselves to... | |
 | Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) - Birds - 1835 - 604 pages
...surprised me. 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 every where, one above another, until solid masses as... | |
 | 1836 - 282 pages
...surprised me. 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 in thousands, alighted everywhere, one above another, until solid masses as large... | |
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... which they made, though yet distant, reminded me of a hard gale at sea passing through the rigging of a close-reefed vessel. As the birds arrived and passed over me, I felt a current of air that surprised me. 
