The American Poultry Yard: Comprising the Origin, History, and Description of the Different Breeds of Domestic Poultry ...C. M. Saxton, 1850 - 322 sidor |
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... called the " Persian bird , " and how it reigned over that country before Darius and Megabazus ( B.c. 521 ) . Not only do the classic poets and historians speak of the high antiquity of the fowl , but medals and coins proclaim the same ...
... called the " Persian bird , " and how it reigned over that country before Darius and Megabazus ( B.c. 521 ) . Not only do the classic poets and historians speak of the high antiquity of the fowl , but medals and coins proclaim the same ...
Sida 14
... called Nature , have the things which we see , and the diver- sities in our living fellow creatures , been brought about . No ; most thankfully , no ! Then would matters have been far less harmoniously , far less benignantly arranged ...
... called Nature , have the things which we see , and the diver- sities in our living fellow creatures , been brought about . No ; most thankfully , no ! Then would matters have been far less harmoniously , far less benignantly arranged ...
Sida 29
... , full , broad breasts , little waste in offal , and the * So called from Dorking , a town in Surrey , England , which brought them into modern repute . large quantity of good profitable flesh , the flavor and. THE DOMESTIC FOWL . 29 ...
... , full , broad breasts , little waste in offal , and the * So called from Dorking , a town in Surrey , England , which brought them into modern repute . large quantity of good profitable flesh , the flavor and. THE DOMESTIC FOWL . 29 ...
Sida 36
... called " carrotty . " They are not less thrifty than other chickens , and feather somewhat more uniformly than either the black Spanish or the Malay . A peculiarity in the cockerels is , that they do not show even the rudiments of their ...
... called " carrotty . " They are not less thrifty than other chickens , and feather somewhat more uniformly than either the black Spanish or the Malay . A peculiarity in the cockerels is , that they do not show even the rudiments of their ...
Sida 39
... called the " St. Jago fowl , " from the suppo- sition that they came from an island of that name , one of the Cape Verds , ) and the Cochin - China fowl , may be looked upon as so many domestic off - sets , not uncrossed with others ...
... called the " St. Jago fowl , " from the suppo- sition that they came from an island of that name , one of the Cape Verds , ) and the Cochin - China fowl , may be looked upon as so many domestic off - sets , not uncrossed with others ...
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The American Poultry Yard: Comprising the Origin, History, and Description ... Daniel Jay Browne Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1854 |
The American Poultry Yard: Comprising the Origin, History, and Description ... Daniel Jay Browne Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1851 |
The American Poultry Yard: Comprising the Origin, History, and Description ... Daniel Jay Browne Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1863 |
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Sida 6 - ... in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened, and the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low...
Sida 6 - Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep ; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine : yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.
Sida 14 - When thou hidest thy face they are troubled : when thou takest away their breath they die, and are turned again to their dust.
Sida 311 - But the master soon recollecting that so many eggs are worth a dollar or a crown, casts his eye towards the rock, marks the day in his memory and gives orders to depart. The light breeze enables them to reach another...
Sida 230 - Draws in, and at his trunk spouts out a sea. Meanwhile the tepid caves, and fens, and shores, Their brood as numerous hatch from the egg, that soon Bursting with kindly rupture forth disclosed Their callow young ; but feathered soon and fledge, They summed their pens, and soaring the...
Sida 182 - And I speak within bounds when I assert, that there could not be less than twelve or fifteen hundred pea-fowls, of various sizes, within sight of the spot where I stood for near an hour.
Sida 230 - The earth obeyed, and straight Opening her fertile womb teemed at a birth Innumerous living creatures, perfect forms, Limbed and full grown: out of the ground up rose As from his lair the wild beast where he wons In" forest wild, in thicket, brake, or den...
Sida 180 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...
Sida 150 - Indian buffalo, they have been compelled to yield to the destructive ingenuity of the white settlers, often wantonly exercised, and seek refuge in the remotest parts of the interior. Although they relinquish their native soil with slow and reluctant steps, yet such is the rapidity with which settlements are extended and condensed over the surface of this country, that we may anticipate a day, at no distant period, when the hunter will seek the wild turkey in vain.
Sida 144 - ... proceed rapidly towards the shore: on approaching which, should they find it too steep for landing, they cease their exertions for a few moments, float down the stream until they come to an accessible part, and' by a violent effort generally extricate themselves from the water. It is remarkable, that immediately after thus crossing a large stream, they ramble about for some time, as if bewildered. In this state they fall an easy prey to the hunter.