 Suddenly there burst forth a general cry of "Here they come!" The noise which they made, though yet distant, reminded me of a hard gale at sea passing through the rigging of a close-reefed vessel. As the birds arrived and passed over me, I felt a current...  Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom - Page 296by Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1845 - 336 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Maurice Paterson - 1880 - 328 pages
...they come ! ' The noise which they made, though yet distant, reminded me of a hard gale at sea passing through the rigging of a close-reefed vessel. As the...me. Thousands were soon knocked down by the polemen. 5. "The birds continued to pour in. The fires were lighted, and a magnificent as well as wonderful... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1885 - 264 pages
...come!' 13. The noise which they made, though yet distant, reminded me of a hard gale at sea passing through the rigging of a close-reefed vessel. As the...surprised me. Thousands were soon knocked down by the pole men. The birds continued to pour in. The fires were lighted, and a magnificent as well as wonderful... | |
 | William Martin - Children's literature - 1863 - 390 pages
...to me like the wind blowing through the rigging of a close-reefed vessel during a hard gale at sea. As the birds arrived and passed over me, I felt a current of air that surprised me. Thousands of them were soon knocked down by the polemen, yet the number of birds kept increasing. The fires were... | |
 | Hugh Alexander Macpherson - Falconry - 1897 - 654 pages
...Audubon of the sound of a hard gale at sea passing through the rigging of a closely-rigged vessel. " Thousands were soon knocked down by the polemen. The...The fires were lighted, and a magnificent as well as wonderful and almost terrifying sight presented itself. The pigeons, arriving by thousands, alighted... | |
 | Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - New Hampshire - 1901 - 398 pages
...they come.' The noise which they made, though yet distant, reminded me of a hard gale at sea, passing through the rigging of a close-reefed vessel. As the...surprised me. Thousands were soon knocked down by the pole men. The birds continued to pour in. The fires were lighted, and a magnificent as well as wonderful... | |
 | Indiana. Commissioner of Fisheries and Game - Birds - 1902 - 674 pages
...they come!" The noise which they made, though yet distant, reminded me of a hard gale at sea, passing through the rigging of a close-reefed vessel. As the...surprised me. Thousands were soon knocked down by polcmen. The current of birds, however, still kept increasing. The fires were lighted, and a most magnificent... | |
 | Clarence Moores Weed, Ned Dearborn - Birds - 1903 - 438 pages
...they come.' The noise which they made, though yet distant, reminded me of a hard gale at sea passing through the rigging of a close-reefed vessel. As the...surprised me. Thousands were soon knocked down by the pole men. The birds continued to pour in. The fires were lighted, and a magnificent as well as wonderful... | |
 | Franklin Thomas Baker, George Rice Carpenter, Jennie Freeborn Owens - 1906 - 504 pages
...come ! " The noise which they made, though yet distant, re-i5 minded me of a hard gale at sea, passing through the rigging of a close-reefed vessel. As the...surprised me. Thousands were soon knocked down by the pole men. The birds continued to pour in. The fires were lighted, and a 20 magnificent, as well as... | |
 | Rudolf Cronau - Conservation of natural resources - 1908 - 164 pages
...they come!' The noise which they made, though yet distant, reminded me of a hard gale at sea, passing through the rigging of a close-reefed vessel. As the...a current of air that surprised me. Thousands were seen knocked down by the pole-men. The birds continued to pour in. The fires were lighted, and a magnificent,... | |
 | Franklin Thomas Baker - 1909 - 504 pages
...come ! " The noise which they made, though yet distant, re-15 minded me of a hard gale at sea, passing through the rigging of a close-reefed vessel. As the...surprised me. Thousands were soon knocked down by the pole men. The birds continued to pour in. The fires were lighted, and a 20 magnificent, as well as... | |
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