 | Robert Smith - Society of Friends - 1846 - 434 pages
...cross each other at right angles, and which are also made very smooth ; at each intersection of these paths an albatross constructs her nest, while in the centre of each littls square is a penguin's nest, so that each albatross is surrounded by fouf penguins. In this regular... | |
 | Gardening - 1855 - 494 pages
...cross each other at right angles, and which are also made very smooth ; at each intersection of these paths an albatross constructs her nest, while in the...that each albatross is surrounded by four penguins. In this regular manner the wide area is occupied by these feathered sojoumcrs of different species,... | |
 | Friedrich Gerstäcker - Adventure stories - 1857 - 392 pages
...albatross constructs its nest, and in the centre of each little square a penguin builds one also. Thus each albatross is surrounded by four penguins, and...penguin has an albatross for its neighbour, in four different directions. The entire enclosure is occupied in this regular manner ; at convenient distances,... | |
 | Mrs. D. B. Bates - California - 1857 - 352 pages
...squares, formed by narrow paths which cross each other at right angles. At each intersection of these paths, an albatross constructs her nest ; while in the centre of each square is a penguin's nest. Although the penguin and albatross profess such sincere attachment for... | |
 | Mrs. D. B. Bates - California - 1858 - 380 pages
...squares, formed by narrow paths which cross each other at right angles. At each intersection of these paths, an albatross constructs her nest ; while in the centre of each square is a penguin's nest. Although the penguin and albatross profess such sincere attachment for... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Bible stories - 1860 - 372 pages
...which cross each other at right angles, and which are also very smooth. At each intersection 7 of these paths an albatross constructs her nest, while in the...penguins, and each penguin has an albatross for its neighbor in four directions. 6. In this regular manner is the whole space occupied by these feathered... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Readers - 1860 - 368 pages
...which cross each other at right angles, and which are also very smooth. At each intersection7 of these paths an albatross constructs her nest, while in the...penguins, and each penguin has an albatross for its neighbor in four directions. 6. In this regular manner is the whole space occupied by these feathered... | |
 | John Bunyan McCure - Australia - 1876 - 546 pages
...other at right angles, and which are also made very smooth. At each intersection of these paths an albatross is surrounded by four penguins; and each...different species, leaving at convenient distances accommodation for some other kinds of oceanic birds, such as the shag, or green cormorant, and another... | |
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Having thus finished their little works of defence on the three landsides, they next lay out the whole area in little squares of equal sizes, formed by narrow paths which cross each other at right angles, and which are also made very smooth. At each intersection... 
