 Indian trace, and as darkness overshadowed the prairie, I felt some desire to reach at least a copse, in which I might lie down to rest. The Night-hawks were skimming over and around me, attracted by the buzzing wings of the beetles which form their food,...  The Life of John James Audubon the Naturalist - Sida 49efter John James Audubon - 1900 - 443 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1831 - 1008 sidor
...me, attracted by the buzzing wings of the beetles which form their food, and the distant howling of wolves gave me some hope that I should soon arrive...did so, and almost at the same instant a fire-light attracted my eye. I moved towards it, full of confidence that it proceeded from the camp of some wan.... | |
 | 1831 - 484 sidor
...me, attracted by the buzzing wings of the beetles which form their food, and the distant howling of wolves gave me some hope that I should soon arrive...it, full of confidence that it proceeded from the «mi p of some wandering I ndians. I was mistaken: — I discovered by its glare that it was from the... | |
 | 1831 - 486 sidor
...wings of the beetles which form their food, and the distant howling of wolves gave me some hope that 1 should soon arrive at the skirts of some woodland....that it proceeded from the camp of some wandering I ml i.-i n1 was mistaken: — I discovered by its glare that it was, from the hearth of a small log... | |
 | 1831 - 488 sidor
...me, attracted by the buzzing wings of the beetles which form their food, and the distant howling of wolves gave me some hope that I should soon arrive...fire-light attracting my eye, I moved towards it, fall of cnntidejict :hat it pn>ceeded from the camp of some wandering Indians. [ was mistaken: —... | |
 | 1831 - 1040 sidor
...me, attracted by the buzzing wings of the beetles which form their food, and the distant howling of wolves gave me some hope that I should soon arrive...did so, and almost at the same instant a fire-light attracted my eye. I moved towards it, full of confidence that it proceeded from the camp of some wan.... | |
 | 1831 - 472 sidor
...me, attracted by the buzzing wings of the beetles which form their food, and the distant howling of wolves gave me some hope that I should soon arrive...woodland. " I did so, and almost at the same instant a tire-light attracting my eye, I moved towards it, full of confidence that it proceeded from the camp... | |
 | John James Audubon - 1832 - 564 sidor
...me, attracted by the buzzing wings of the beetles which form their food, and the distant howling of wolves gave me some hope that I should soon arrive...proceeded from the camp of some wandering Indians. I was mistaken:—I discovered by its glare that it was from the hearth of a small log cabin, and that a... | |
 | 1836 - 496 sidor
...me, attracted by the buzzing wings of the beetles which form their food, and the distant howling of wolves, gave me some hope that I should soon arrive...of confidence, that it proceeded from the camp of seine wandering Indians. I was mistaken : — I discovered by its glare that it was from the hearth... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1841 - 516 sidor
...me, attracted by the buzzing wings of the beetles, which form their food, and the distant howling of wolves, gave me some hope that I should soon arrive...wandering Indians. I was mistaken: — I discovered from its glare that it was from the hearth of л small log cabin, and that a tall figure passed and... | |
 | Joshua Leavitt - 1850 - 324 sidor
...me, attracted by the buzzing wings of the beetles, which form their food ; and the distant howling of wolves gave me some hope that I should soon arrive...did so, and almost at the same instant a fire-light attracted my eye ; I moved towards it, full of confidence that it proceeded from the camp of some wandering... | |
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