 Towards the approach of day, the noise in some measure subsided, long before objects were distinguishable, the Pigeons began to move off in a direction quite different from that in which they had arrived the evening before, and at sunrise all that were...  Lessons derived from the animal world - Page 321by C. T - 1847Full view - About this book
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1885 - 264 pages
...hours afterwards, informed me he had heard it distinctly when three J miles distant from the spot. Towards the approach of day, the noise in some measure...sunrise all that were able to fly had disappeared. Audubm. clr'-cum-stan-ces im-mense' ln-clined' neigh'-bour-hcod as-sure' con'-se-quent-ly pro-oeed'-ed... | |
 | P. Goyen - English language - 1894 - 148 pages
...all that were able to fly had disappeared.' Analysis : s pigeons began to te different from 1 I A. The pigeons began to move off in a direction^ quite different from that I if . complex Rel. cl. : in which they had arrived the evening before 1 and B. at sunrise all had... | |
 | Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - New Hampshire - 1901 - 398 pages
...hours afterwards, informed me he had heard it distinctly when three miles distant from the spot. Toward the approach of day the noise in some measure subsided....direction quite different from that in which they arrived the evening before, and by sunrise all that were able to fly had disappeared. The howlings... | |
 | Indiana. Commissioner of Fisheries and Game - Birds - 1902 - 674 pages
...from the spot. Toward tho approach of day the noise rather subsided, but, long ere objects were at all distinguishable, the pigeons began to move off in...sunrise all that were able to fly had disappeared. The bowlings of the wolves now reached my ears, and the foxes, lynxes, cougars, bears, raccoons, opossums... | |
 | Clarence Moores Weed, Ned Dearborn - Birds - 1903 - 444 pages
...two hours afterwards, informed me he had heard it distinctly when three miles distant from the spot. Towards the approach of day the noise in some measure...direction quite different from that in which they arrived the evening before, and by sunrise all that were able to fly had disappeared. The bowlings... | |
 | Franklin Thomas Baker, George Rice Carpenter, Jennie Freeborn Owens - 1906 - 504 pages
...number of those that arrived. The uproar continued the whole night. 10 Towards the approach of the day, the noise in some measure subsided. Long before...sunrise all that were able to fly had disappeared. 15 The howlings of the wolves now reached our ears, and the foxes, lynxes, cougars, bears, raccoons,... | |
 | Books and bookselling - 1881 - 782 pages
...that, " long before objects were distinguishable" — the adjective I have italicised — he saw that " the pigeons began to move off in a direction quite...sunrise all that were able to fly had disappeared." The shadows, however, had not quite avaunted — Richard was hardly himself yet — for before the sun... | |
 | Rudolf Cronau - Natural resources - 1908 - 170 pages
...venture within the line of devastation. The uproar continued the whole night. Toward the approach of day, the pigeons began to move off in a direction quite different from that in which they had arrived. And at sunrise all that were able to fly had disappeared. "The howling of the wolves now reached our... | |
 | Franklin Thomas Baker - 1909 - 504 pages
...number of those that arrived. The uproar continued the whole night. 10 Towards the approach of the day, the noise in some measure subsided. Long before...sunrise all that were able to fly had disappeared. 15 The howlings of the wolves now reached our ears, and the foxes, lynxes, cougars, bears, raccoons,... | |
 | Franklin Thomas Baker - Readers - 1910 - 504 pages
...number of those that arrived. The uproar continued the whole night. 10 Towards the approach of the day, the noise in some measure subsided. Long before...sunrise all that were able to fly had disappeared. 15 The bowlings of the wolves now reached our ears, and the foxes, lynxes, cougars, bears, raccoons,... | |
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