 | 1819 - 424 Seiten
...•в which herds of hogs were fattening. Hawks, buzzards, .-nd eagles, were Railing about in grc;it numbers, and seizing the squabs from their nests at...crowding and fluttering multitudes of Pigeons, their wing» roaring like thunder, mingled with the frequent crash of falling timber, for now the axemen... | |
 | Journal - 1844 - 280 Seiten
...pigeons, which had been precipitated from above, and on which herds of hogs were fattening. Hawks, buzzards, and eagles, were sailing about in great numbers, and seizing the young from their nests at pleasure, while, from twenty feet upwards to the top of the trees, the view... | |
 | Journal - 1844 - 296 Seiten
...fattening. Hawks, buzzards, and eagles, were sailing about in great numbers, and seizing the young from their nests at pleasure, while, from twenty feet upwards to the top of the trees, the view through the woods presented a perpetual tumult of crowding and fluttering... | |
 | Bourne Hall Draper - 1845 - 510 Seiten
...buzzards, and eagles, were sailing about in great numbers, devouring the young ones as they chose, while from twenty feet upwards, to the tops of the...mingled with the frequent crash of falling timber ; for the axemen were at work, cutting down those trees that seemed to be most crowded with nests ; they... | |
 | Wonders - 1848 - 496 Seiten
...squab Pigeons, which had been precipitated from above, and on which herds of hogs were feeding. Hawks, Buzzards, and Eagles were sailing about in great numbers,...roaring like thunder, mingled with the frequent crash of fallen timber ; for now the axe-men were at work cutting down those trees that seemed to be most crowded... | |
 | 1848 - 808 Seiten
...pigeons, which had been precipitated from above, and on which herds of hogs were fattening. Hawks, buzzards and eagles were sailing about in great numbers,...from their nests at pleasure, while from twenty feet upward to the tops of the trees, the view through the woods presented a perpetual tumult of crowding... | |
 | William Dowling - 1849 - 356 Seiten
...pigeons, which had been precipitated from above, and on which herds of hogs were fattening. Hawks, buzzards, and eagles were sailing about in great numbers, and seizing the squabs from the nests at pleasure ; while, from twenty feet upwards to the top of the trees, the view through the... | |
 | John Howard Hinton - 1850 - 1008 Seiten
...pigeons, which had been precipitated from above, and on which herds of hogs were fattening. Hawks, buzzards, and eagles, were sailing about in great...presented a perpetual tumult of crowding and fluttering mul- ) titudes of pigeons, their wings roaring like thunder, mingled with the frequent crash | of falling... | |
 | William Jardine, P. J. Selby - 1850 - 370 Seiten
...pigeons, which had been precipitated from above, and on which herds of hogs were fattening. Hawks, buzzards, and eagles, were sailing about in great numbers, and seizing the squabs from the nests at pleasure ; while, from twenty feet upwards to the top of the trees, the view through the... | |
 | 1852 - 58 Seiten
...Hawks, buzzards, and eagles were sailing about in great numbers, devouring the young ones as they chose, while from twenty feet upwards, to the tops of the...mingled with the frequent crash of falling timber ; for the axemen were at work, cutting down those trees that seemed to be most crowded with nests ; they... | |
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The ground was strewed with broken limbs of trees, eggs, and young Squab Pigeons, which had been precipitated from above, and on which herds of hogs were fattening. 
