 | New Brunswick. House of Assembly - 1851 - Страниц: 836
...the thickest parts of the woods. The youngest birds, however, still have some on the ground, and on the whole are becoming less wild, since I have forbidden...for, gentlemen, you are the only persons out of my famity that have fired a gun at Whitehead Island for several years ; and I dare say you will not commit... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1852 - Страниц: 594
...the old ones gradually began to put their nests on the trees in the thickest parts of the woods. Tho youngest birds, however, still have some on the ground,...strangers to rob their nests ; for, gentlemen, you arc the only persons out of my family that have fired a gun on White Head Island for several years... | |
 | 1854 - Страниц: 398
...the ground to placing them on the branches of trees. ' I was greatly surprised,' says he, ' to eee the nests placed on the branches, some near the top,...gentlemen, you are the only persons out of my family that havo fired a gun on White Head Island for several years past ; and I daresay you will not commit any... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin DeCosta - 1871 - Страниц: 298
...the thickest part of the woods. The youngest birds, however, still have some on the ground, and on the whole are becoming less wild since I have forbidden...gun on White Head Island for several years past.' I was much pleased with the humanity of our host, and requested him to let me know when all the gulls,... | |
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... moss and in open ground; but as my sons and the fishermen collected most of their eggs for winter use, and sadly annoyed the poor things, the old ones gradually began to put their nests on the trees in the thickest parts of the woods. The youngest... 