 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte - Birds - 1831 - 392 pages
...hogsheads, were formed on every tree, in all directions. Here and there the perches gave way under the weight with a crash, and, falling to the ground, destroyed...confusion. I found it quite useless to speak, or even to shout, to those persons nearest me. The reports, even, of the nearest guns, were seldom heard ; and... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington - Birds - 1831 - 760 pages
...directious. Here and there the perches gave way under the weight with a crash, and, falling to' the gronnd, destroyed hundreds of the birds beneath, forcing down...every stick was loaded. It was a scene of uproar and contusion. I found it quite useless to speak, or even to shout, to those persons nearest me. The reports,... | |
 | Alexander Wilson - Birds - 1832 - 472 pages
...hog-heads, were formed on every tree, in all directions. Here and there the perches gave way under the weight with a crash, and, falling to the ground, destroyed...confusion. I found it quite useless to speak, or even to shout, to those persons who were nearest me. The reports, even, of the nearest guns, were seldom heard... | |
 | Simpkin, Marshall & Co - 1832 - 1114 pages
...large as hogsheads were formed on the branches all round. Here and there the perches gave way under the weight with a crash, and falling to the ground, destroyed...confusion. I found it quite useless to speak, or even to shout to those persons who were nearest to me. Even the reports of the guns were seldom heard, and... | |
 | Samuel Roper - 1832 - 178 pages
...as hogsheads, were found on the branches all round ; here and there the perches gave way under the weight with a crash, and falling to the ground, destroyed...confusion ; I found it quite useless to speak, or even shout to those persons who were nearest to me ; even the reports of the guns were seldom heard, and... | |
 | John James Audubon - 1832 - 564 pages
...formed on the branches all round. Here and there the perches gave way underthe weight with acrash, and falling to the ground, destroyed hundreds of the...confusion. I found it quite useless to speak, or even to shout to those persons who were nearest to me. Even the reports of the guns were seldom heard, and... | |
 | Books - 1832 - 650 pages
...as hogsheads, were formed on the branches all round. Here and there the perches gave way under the weight, with a crash, and falling to the ground, destroyed...the dense groups with which every stick was loaded. The pigeons kept constantly coming, and it ivas past midnight before a decrease in the number of those... | |
 | Edward Jesse - Animal behavior - 1832 - 342 pages
...as hogsheads, were formed on the branches all round. Here and there the perches gave way under the weight, with a crash, and falling to the ground, destroyed...the dense groups with which every stick was loaded. The pigeons kept constantly coming, and it was past midnight before a decrease in the number of those... | |
 | Children's periodicals - 1844 - 372 pages
...solid masses as large as hogsheads were formed on the branches all around. Here and there the perches gave way under their weight, with a crash, and falling...confusion. I found it quite useless to speak, or even to shout to those persons who were nearest to me. Even the reports of the guns were seldom heard, and... | |
 | Horse racing - 1833 - 776 pages
...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, destroyed...confusion. I found it quite useless to speak, or even to shout to those persons who were nearest to me. Even the reports of the gun were seldom heard, and I... | |
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Here and there the perches gave way under the weight with a crash, and falling to the ground, destroyed hundreds of the birds beneath, forcing down the dense groups with which every stick was loaded. 
