 | 1902 - Страниц: 500
...consisting of male and female. Writing of one of the vast flocks of these Pigeons Wilson proceeds, " From right to left as far as the eye could reach,...the time, and sat down to observe them. It was then half past one ; I sat for more than an hour but instead of a diminution of this] prodigious procession,... | |
 | Edward Howe Forbush - 1912 - Страниц: 708
...steadiness and rapidity, at a height beyond gunshot, several strata deep, very close together, and " from right to left as far as the eye could reach,...procession extended; seeming everywhere equally crowded." From halfpast 1 to 4 o'clock in the afternoon, while he was travelling to Frankfort, the same living... | |
 | Edward Howe Forbush - 1912 - Страниц: 714
...steadiness and rapidity, at a height beyond gunshot, several strata deep, very close together, and "from right to left as far as the eye could reach,...procession extended; seeming everywhere equally crowded." From half past 1 to 4 o'clock in the afternoon, while he was travelling to Frankfort, the same living... | |
 | Kentucky Geological Survey - 1925 - Страниц: 416
...Benson, where I had a more uninterrupted view, I was astonished at their appearance. From right to left, far as the eye could reach, the breadth of this vast...the time and sat down to observe them. It was then half past one. I sat for more than an hour, but, instead of a diminution of this prodigious procession,... | |
 | Edward Howe Forbush - 1927 - Страниц: 678
...steadiness and rapidity, at a height beyond gunshot, several strata deep, very close together, and " from right to left as far as the eye could reach,...procession extended; seeming everywhere equally crowded." From halfpast 1 to 4 o'clock in the afternoon, while he was traveling to Frankfort, the same living... | |
 | Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba - 1905 - Страниц: 16
...that could shot have reached them, one discharge could not have failed to bring down several birds. From right to left, as far as the eye could reach, the breadth of this vast flock extended, seeming everywhere equally crowded. Curious to note, how long this flight would continue,... | |
 | Arthur Cleveland Bent - 1932 - Страниц: 618
...close together, that could a shot have reached them, one discharge could not have failed of bringing down several individuals. From right to left as far...procession extended, seeming everywhere equally crowded * * •. It was then half past one. I sat for more than an hour, but instead of diminution of thla... | |
 | Illinois State Historical Society - 1922 - Страниц: 604
...that could shot have reached them one discharge would not have failed of bringing down several birds. From right to left, as far as the eye could reach, the breadth of the vast procession reached, seeming everywhere crowded. Curious to determine how long this appearance... | |
 | Peter Friederici - 1999 - Страниц: 148
...discharge could not have failed of bringing down several individuals," he wrote. "From right to left, far as the eye could reach, the breadth of this vast procession extended, seeming every where equally crowded." Wilson conservatively estimated that the flock held over 2.2 billion... | |
 | 1908 - Страниц: 734
...flying in with great steadiness and rapidity, at a height beyond gunshot, in several stratas deep. From right to left as far as the eye could reach,...procession extended, seeming everywhere equally crowded. At four o'clock, Wilson crossed the Kentucky river at Frankfort, yet the living torrent seemed as numerous... | |
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I was astonished at their appearance. They were flying with great steadiness and rapidity, at a height beyond gunshot, in several strata deep, and so close together, that could shot have reached them, one discharge could not have failed of bringing down... 
