 | Jared Sparks - 1834 - Страниц: 430
...Ibis, Mr. Bartram says, " It is a pleasing sight, at times of high winds and heavy thunder-storms, to observe the numerous squadrons of these Spanish...driving to and fro, turning and tacking about high in the air ; when, by their various evolutions in the different and opposite currents of the wind,... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1834 - Страниц: 454
...with considerable descriptive power. For example, in speaking of the White Ibis, Mr. Bartram says, " It is a pleasing sight, at times of high winds and heavy thunder-storms, to observe the numerous squadrons of these Spanish curlews, driving to and fro, turning... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1834 - Страниц: 434
...with considerable descriptive power. For example, in speaking of the White Ibis, Mr. Bartram says, " It is a pleasing sight, at times of high winds and heavy thunder-storms, to observe the numerous squadrons of these Spanish curlews, driving to and fro, turning... | |
 | Edward Lueders - 1989 - Страниц: 140
...its wholeness, and the paradisal, human capacity for wonder. William Bartram in his Travels wrote, It is a pleasing sight at times of high winds and...observe the numerous squadrons of these Spanish curlews (White ibises) driving to and fro, turning and tacking about, high up in the air, when by their various... | |
 | William Bartram - 2007 - Страниц: 437
...with their strong pinching bills drag them out: all the three species are esteemed excellent food. It is a pleasing sight at times of high winds and...driving to and fro, turning and tacking about, high np in the air, when by their various evolutions in the different and opposite currents of the wind... | |
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... excellent food. IT is a pleasing sight at times of high winds and heavy thunder storms, to observe the numerous squadrons of these Spanish curlews driving to and fro, turning and tacking about, high up in the air, when by their various evolutions... 