| 1849 - 970 Seiten
...idea of their number. Home say, there are us many ns seventy thousand of them at the city of Cunton alone. But let us be content with forty thousand....thousand wild swan closely packed together, floating cm some wide pond, and mostly restless, yuu would say they might cover many acres of their element.... | |
| John George Wood - 1870 - 918 Seiten
...seen the quarter of them. It is, indeed, impossible to give an idea of their number. Some say that there are as many as seventy thousand of them at the...with forty thousand. Then fancy forty thousand wild swans, closely packed together, floating on some wide pond, and mostly restless, and you would say... | |
| John George Wood - 1883 - 860 Seiten
...seen the quarter of them. It is, indeed, impossible to give an idea of their number. Some say that there are as many as seventy thousand of them at the city of Canton alone. But let us be content with fortv thousand. Then fancy forty thousand wild swans, closely packed together, floating on some wide... | |
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