 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte - 1831 - 392 sidor
...resembling hanging swarms of bees, as large as hogsheads, were formed on every tree, in all directions. Here and there the perches gave way under the weight...the dense groups with which every stick was loaded. It was a scene of uproar and confusion. I found it quite useless to speak, or even to shout, to those... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington - 1831 - 760 sidor
...directious. Here and there the perches gave way under the weight with a crash, and, falling to' the gronnd, destroyed hundreds of the birds beneath, forcing down...the dense groups with which every stick was loaded. It was a scene of uproar and contusion. I found it quite useless to speak, or even to shout, to those... | |
 | 1832 - 650 sidor
...sight presented itself. The pigeons, arriving by myriads, alighted everywhere, one above another, nntil solid masses as large as hogsheads, were formed on...loaded. The pigeons kept constantly coming, and it ivas past midnight before a decrease in the number of those that arrived could be perceived. The noise... | |
 | Simpkin, Marshall & Co - 1832 - 1114 sidor
...almost terrifying, sight presented itself. The pigeons, arriving by thousands, alighted every where, one above another, until solid masses as large as...the dense groups with which every stick was loaded. It was a scene of uproar and confusion. I found it quite useless to speak, or even to shout to those... | |
 | Samuel Roper - 1832 - 178 sidor
...thousands, alighted every where* one above another, until solid masses, as large as hogsheads, were found on the branches all round ; here and there the perches...the dense groups with which every stick was loaded. It was a scene of uproar and confusion ; I found it quite useless to speak, or even shout to those... | |
 | Alexander Wilson - 1832 - 472 sidor
...above another, until solid masses, as large as hog-heads, were formed on every tree, in all directions. Here and there the perches gave way under the weight...the dense groups with which every stick was loaded. It was a scene of uproar and confusion. I found it quite useless to speak, or even to shout, to those... | |
 | John James Audubon - 1832 - 564 sidor
...formed on the branches all round. Here and there the perches gave way underthe weight with acrash, and falling to the ground, destroyed hundreds of the...the dense groups with which every stick was loaded. It was a scene of uproar and confusion. I found it quite useless to speak, or even to shout to those... | |
 | 1833 - 776 sidor
...one above another, until solid masses as large as hogsheads were formed on the branches all around. Here and there the perches gave way under the weight...the dense groups with which every stick was loaded. It was a scene of uproar and confusion. I found it quite useless to speak, or even to shout to those... | |
 | 1844 - 372 sidor
...as hogsheads were formed on the branches all around. Here and there the perches gave way under their weight, with a crash, and falling to the ground, destroyed...the dense groups with which every stick was loaded. It was a scene of uproar and confusion. I found it quite useless to speak, or even to shout to those... | |
 | Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) - 1835 - 604 sidor
...one above another, until solid masses as large as hogsheads were formed on the branches all around. Here and there the perches gave way under the weight,...the dense groups with which every stick was loaded. It was a scene of uproar and confusion. I found it quite useless to speak or even to shout to those... | |
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Here and there the perches gave way under the weight with a crash, and falling to the ground, destroyed hundreds of the birds beneath, forcing down the dense groups with which every stick was loaded. It was a scene of uproar and confusion. 
