 | 1824 - 540 pagina’s
...purpose, and in a short time presented the appearance of clouds moving towards the lakes or the mouths of the Mississippi, as the weather and wind suited....alight are truly beautiful. They appear at first as if reconnoitring the place, when suddenly throwing themselves into u vortex of apparent confusion, they... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington - 1831 - 760 pagina’s
...aerial evolutions before they alight, are truly beautiful. They appear at first as if reconnoitring the place, when, suddenly throwing themselves into...astonishing quickness, and very much resemble a trombe, or water spout. When wiihiu a few feet of the driers, they disperse in all directions, and settle in a... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte - 1831 - 392 pagina’s
...aerial evolutions before they alight, are truly beautiful. They appear at first as if reconnoitring the place, when, suddenly throwing themselves into...descend spirally with astonishing quickness, and very . Jnuch resemble a trombe, or water spout. When within a few feet of the driers, they disperse in all... | |
 | John James Audubon - 1832 - 564 pagina’s
...aerial evolutions before they alight are truly beautiful. They appear at first as if reconnoitring the place, when, suddenly throwing themselves into...with astonishing quickness, and very much resemble a irombe or water-spout When within a few feet of the ciriers, they disperse in all directions, and settle... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1833 - 410 pagina’s
...aerial evolutions, before they alight, are truly beautiful. They appear at first as if reconnoitcring the place, when, suddenly throwing themselves into...astonishing quickness, and very much resemble a trombe, or water spout. When within a few feet of the driers, they disperse in all directions, and settle in a... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1834 - 392 pagina’s
...aerial evolutions, before they alight, are truly beautiful. They appear at first as if recounoitering the place, when, suddenly throwing themselves into...astonishing quickness, and very much resemble a trombe, or water spout. When within a few feet of the driers, they disperse in all directions, and settle in a... | |
 | John James Audubon - 1840 - 388 pagina’s
...among the branches of Myrica cerífera, the drier, as it is termed by the French settlers. About sunset they began to flock together, calling to each other...a trombe or water-spout. When within a few feet of the driers, they disperse in all directions, and settle in a few moments. Their twittering, and the... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1850 - 458 pagina’s
...purpose, and, in a short time, presented the appearance of clouds moving towards the lakes, or the month of the Mississippi, as the weather and wind suited....themselves into a vortex of apparent confusion, they descrnd spirally with astonishing quickness, and very much resemble a (romj*, or water-spout. When... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1856 - 368 pagina’s
...time, presented the appearance of clouds moving towards the lakes, or the mouth of the Jlississippi, as the weather and wind suited. Their aerial evolutions,...they descend spirally with astonishing quickness, ana very much resemble a trombe, or water spout. When within a few feet of the driers, they disperse... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1858 - 454 pagina’s
...mouth of the Mississippi, as the weather and wind suited. Their aerial evolutions before they slight are truly beautiful. They appear at first as if reconnoitering...trombe, or water-spout. When within a few feet of ths tiricr;, they dispeisc in all directions, and settle in a few moments. Their twittering, and the... | |
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About sunset they began to flock together, calling to each other for that purpose, and in a short time presented the appearance of clouds moving towards the lakes, or the mouth of the Mississippi, as the weather and wind suited. 
