The banks of the lake, for about ten yards on each side of this ditch (or pipe, as it is called) are kept clear from reeds, coarse herbage, &c. in order that the fowl may get on them to sit and dress themselves. Across this ditch, poles on each side,... History and description of water birds - Стр. 2951816Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte - 1831 - Страниц: 344
...the lakes where they resort," says the correspondent of that ingenious author, " the most favourite haunts of the fowl are observed : then, in the most...and tied fast. These poles at the entrance form an arch, from the top of which to the water is about ten feet. This arch is made to decrease in height,... | |
| Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington - 1831 - Страниц: 384
...most favourite haunts of the fowl are observed : then, in the most sequestered part of this hauut, they cut a ditch about four yards across at the entrance,...and tied fast. These poles at the entrance form an arch, from the top of which to the water is about ten feet. This arch is made to decrease in height,... | |
| 1834 - Страниц: 306
...bending much for the first ten yards. The banks of the lake, for about ten yards on each side of thi« ditch (or pipe, as it is called) are kept clear from...and tied fast. These poles at the entrance form an arch, from the top of which to the water is about ten feet. This arch is made to decrease in height,... | |
| Mary Saunders - 1836 - Страниц: 316
...ditch is of a circular form, but does not bend much for the first ten yards. The banks of the lake on each side of this ditch (or 'pipe/ as it is called)...fowl may get on them to sit and dress themselves. Along the ditch, poles are driven into the ground, close to its edge, on each side, and the tops are... | |
| Thomas Miller - 1837 - Страниц: 466
...ditch is of a circular form, but does not bend much for the first ten yards. The banks of the lake on each side of this ditch (or " pipe," as it is called)...fowl may get on them to sit and dress themselves. Along the ditch poles are driven into the ground, close to its edge, on each side, and the tops are... | |
| 1837 - Страниц: 486
...ditch is of a circular form, but does not bend much for the first ten yards. The banks of the lake on each side of this ditch (or "pipe," as it is called)...clear from reeds, coarse herbage, &c., in order that tho fowl may get on them to sit and dress themselves. Along the ditch poles are driven into the ground,... | |
| 1843 - Страниц: 488
...ditch is of a circular form, but does not bend much for the first ten yards. The banks of the lake on each side of this ditch (or " pipe," as it is called)...fowl may get on them to sit and dress themselves. Along the ditch poles are driven into the ground, close to its edge, on each side, and the tops are... | |
| James Joseph Nolan - 1850 - Страниц: 208
...ditch is of a circular form, but does not bend much for the first ten yards. The banks of the lake on each side of this ditch (or "pipe," as it is called), are kept clear from reede, coarse herbage, 4c., In order that the fowl may get on them, to sit and dress themselves. Along... | |
| John Frost - 1856 - Страниц: 406
...ditch is of a circular form, but does not bend much for the first ten yards. The banks of the lake on each side of this ditch ("or pipe," as it is called) are kept clear from reeds, and coarse herbage, in order that the fowls may get on them to sit and dress themselves. Along the... | |
| Justus Hiddes Halbertsma - 1874 - Страниц: 568
...side of the ditch for „pipe" , as it it called) are kept clear from reeds , coarse herbage, et cœt. in order that the fowl may get on them to sit and dress themselves. Pennymagasine. 1835. p. 61 , a. eine-aei, n. ovum anatinum, eineaeisscyl, putamen ovi anatini; aeis-scyl,... | |
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