 | Sir James Emerson Tennent - Natural history - 1859 - 732 pages
...unfrequented portions of the eastern province, to which Europeans rarely resort, and where the pea -fowl are unmolested by the natives, their number is so...sport " to destroy them ; and their cries at early morning are so tumultuous and incessant as to banish sleep, and amount to an actual inconvenience.... | |
 | 1860 - 656 pages
...trees. Nothing to be met with in demesnes in England can give an adequate idea either of the size or the magnificence of this matchless bird, when seen in..."sport" to destroy them; and their cries at early morning are so tumultuous and incessant, as to banish sleep, and amount to an actual inconvenience.... | |
 | 1860 - 580 pages
...to choose it for his resting-place, whence he droops his wings and suspends his Birds— Bats. 205 gorgeous train, or spreads it in the morning sun,...sport" to destroy them ; and their cries at early morning are so tumultuous and incessant, as to banish sleep, and amount to an actual inconvenience.... | |
 | English literature - 1860 - 580 pages
...bough, he is certain to choose it for his resting-place, whence he droops his wings and suspends his In some of the unfrequented portions of the eastern...sport" to destroy them ; and their cries at early morning are so tumultuous and incessant, as to banish sleep, and amount to an actual inconvenience.... | |
 | John Kitto - Religion - 1861 - 516 pages
...are said to be gold, silver, apes, and peacocks. In Ceylon, apes, peafowl, and elephants abound. " In some of the unfrequented portions of the eastern...sport ' to destroy them ; and their cries at early morning are so tumultuous and incessant as to banish sleep, and amount to an actual inconvenience."... | |
 | John Kitto - Religion - 1861 - 516 pages
...are said to be gold, silver, apes, and peacocks. In Ceylon, apes, peafowl, and elephants abound. " In some of the unfrequented portions of the eastern...sport ' to destroy them ; and their cries at early morning are so tumultuous and incessant as to banish sleep, and amount to an actual inconvenience."... | |
 | 1861 - 632 pages
...and suspends his gorgeous train, or spreads it iu the morning sun to drive off the damps and dews of night. In some of the unfrequented portions of the...which Europeans rarely resort, and where the pea-fowl is unmolested by the natives, their number is so extraordinary, that, regarded as game, it ceases to... | |
 | London Zoo (London, England) - 1867 - 74 pages
...eastern province," says Sir James Emerson Tennent, in his interesting work on the latter country, " to which Europeans rarely resort, and where the Pea-fowl...be sport to destroy them, and their cries at early morning are so tumultuous and incessant as to banish sleep and amount to an actual inconvenience !... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1868 - 860 pages
...where I stood for near an hour.' Sir James Emerson Teunent, also, in his work on Ceylon, says that ' in some of the unfrequented portions of the eastern...sport " to destroy them ; and their cries at early morning are so tumultuous and incessant as to banish sleep, and amount to an actual inconvenience.'... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1868 - 854 pages
...where I stood for near an hour.' Sir James Emerson Tennent, also, in his work on Ceylon, says that ' in some of the unfrequented portions of the eastern...sport " to destroy them ; and their cries at early morning are so tumultuous and incessant as to banish sleep, and amount to an actual inconvenience.'... | |
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In some of the, unfrequented portions of the eastern province, to which Europeans rarely resort, and where the pea-fowl are unmolested by the natives, their number is so extraordinary, that, regarded as game, it ceases to be "sport" to destroy them; and... 
