 | Frederick William Beechey - 1843 - 392 páginas
...are so numerous, that we have frequently seen an uninterrupted line of them extending full half way over the bay, or to a distance of more than three...might have been about six yards broad and as many deep ; so that, allowing sixteen birds to a cubic yard, there must have been nearly four millions of birds... | |
 | 1843 - 590 páginas
...naturalists. ' They are so numerous, that we have frequently seen an uninterrupted line of them extending to a distance of more than three miles, and so close...column, on an average, might have been about six yards broa(i, and as many deep— so that, allowing sixteen birds to a cubic yard, there must have been nearly... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - 1846 - 574 páginas
...be so numerous, that " we have frequently seen an uninterrupted line of them extending full half way over the bay, or to a distance of more than three...thirty have fallen at one shot. This living column might be about six yards broad and as many deep ; so that allowing sixteen birds to a cubic yard, there... | |
 | Peter Lund Simmonds - 1852 - 424 páginas
...are so numerous that we have frequently seen an uninterrupted line of them extending full half way over the bay, or to a distance of more than three...have been about six yards broad, and as many deep ; so that, allowing sixteen birds to a cubic yard, there must have been nearly four millions of birds... | |
 | David Landsborough - 1852 - 206 páginas
...from the myriads of small birds of that name which frequent its base. They are so numerous, that we have frequently seen an uninterrupted line of them...miles, and so close together that thirty have fallen at a shot. This living column on an average might have been about six yards broad, and as many deep. There... | |
 | Adam White - 1855 - 378 páginas
...are so numerous, that we have frequently seen an uninterrupted line of them extending full half way over the bay, or to a distance of more than three...might have been about six yards broad and as many deep ; so that, allowing sixteen birds to a cubic yard, there must have been nearly four millions of birds... | |
 | Samuel Mosheim Smucker - 1857 - 1074 páginas
...bark of the seal." The little auks or rotges (the Alca alle) are stated to be so numerous, that " we have frequently seen an uninterrupted line of them...thirty have fallen at one shot. This living column might be about six yards broad and as many deep ; so that, allowing sixteen birds to a cubic yard,... | |
 | Francis Orpen Morris - 1857 - 430 páginas
..."they are so numerous, that we have often seen an uninterrupted line of them extending full half way over the Bay, or to a distance of more than three miles. This column, on the average, might have been about six yards broad, and as many deep. There must have... | |
 | Peter Lund Simmonds - 1860 - 336 páginas
...are so numerous that we have frequently seen an uninterrupted line of them extending full half way over the bay, or to a distance of more than three...have been about six yards broad, and as many deep ; so that, allowing sixteen birds to a cubic yard, there must have been nearly four millions of birds... | |
 | Zachariah Atwell Mudge - 1875 - 316 páginas
...of sea-fowl, says : " We have frequently seen an uninterrupted line of them, extending full half way over the bay, or to a distance of more than three...thirty have fallen at one shot. This living column might be about six yards broad and as many deep ; so that, allowing six birds to a cubic yard, there... | |
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They are so numerous that we have frequently seen an uninterrupted line of them extending full half way over the bay, or to a distance of more than three miles, and so close together that thirty have fallen at one shot. This living column, on an average,... 
