 I stood looking at them until the air was darkened with their masses, while the plain on which we stood became densely covered with them. Far as my eye could reach— east, west, north, and south — they stretched in one unbroken cloud, and more than...  The New sporting magazine - Seite 3331851Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John William Carleton - 1851 - 514 Seiten
...snowstorm, flying slow and steady, about a hundred yards from the ground. I stood looking at them until the air was darkened with their masses, while the plain...in the 8th chapter : " In the forenoon I observed the base of an extensive range of hills to the northward concealed for miles, as if by thick clouds... | |
 | 1851 - 896 Seiten
...ground. I stood looking at them until the air was darkened with their masses, while the plain on which we stood became densely covered with them. Far as my...was particularly struck with this most wonderful and truly interesting sight ; and I remember at the time my feeling was one of self-gratification at having... | |
 | Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming - 1850 - 340 Seiten
...ground. I stood looking at them until the air was darkened with their masses, while the plain on which we stood became densely covered with them. Far as my...was particularly struck with this most wonderful and truly interesting sight ; and I remember at the time my feeling was one of self-gratulation at having... | |
 | Samuel Phillips - 1852 - 316 Seiten
...I stood looking at them until the air was darkened with flieir masses, while the plain on which we stood became densely covered with them. Far as my...elapsed before their devastating legions had swept by." On the earth, or in the air — birds, beasts, or insects — it is all the same. " The most extraordinary... | |
 | Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming - 1855 - 440 Seiten
...ground. I stood looking at them until the air was darkened with their masses, while the plain on which we stood became densely covered with them. Far as my...was particularly struck with this most wonderful and truly interesting sight ; and I remember at the time my feeling was one of self-gratulation at having... | |
 | John George Wood - 1855 - 478 Seiten
...ground. I stood looking at them until the air was darkened with their masses, while the plain on which we stood became densely covered with them. Far as my...elapsed before their devastating legions had swept by " Locusts afford fattening and wholesome food to man, birds, and all sorts of beasts ; cows and horses,... | |
 | Roualeyn Gordon Cumming - 1856 - 434 Seiten
...flying slow and steady, about a hundred yards from the ground. I remained looking at them until the air was darkened with their masses, wh•ile the plain...was particularly struck with this most wonderful and truly interesting eight ; and I remember at the time my feeling was one of selfgratulation at having... | |
 | Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming - 1860 - 650 Seiten
...stood looking at them until the air was darkened with their masses, •while the plain on which we stood became densely covered with them. Far as my...was particularly struck with this most wonderful and truly interesting sight ; and I remember at the time my feeling was one of self-gratulation at having... | |
 | Worthington Hooker - 1860 - 384 Seiten
..."I stood looking at them until the air was darkened with their masses, while the plain on which we stood became densely covered with them. Far as my...elapsed before their devastating legions had swept by." These insects sometimes make incursions into Europe. One of these is described by Professor Jaeger,... | |
 | John George Wood - 1863 - 830 Seiten
...I stood looking at them until the air was darkened with their masses, wliile the plain on which we stood became densely covered with them. Far as my...elapsed before their devastating legions had swept by. . . . Locusts afford fattening and wholesome food to man, birds, and all sorts of beasts ; cows and... | |
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