 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 716 pagina’s
...pomatum, and similar substances; every thing made of leather, books, paper, and various other articles, which, if they do not destroy, at least they soil,...deposit a drop of their excrement where they settle, and some way or other by tliat means damage what tbey cannot devour. They fly into the flame of candles,... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1819 - 370 pagina’s
...pomatum, and similar substances ; every thing made of leather, books, paper, and various other articles, which, if they do not destroy, at least they soil,...deposit a drop of their excrement where they settle, and some way or other by that means damage what they cannot devour. They fly into the flame of candles,... | |
 | Georges baron Cuvier - 1832 - 998 pagina’s
...pomatum, and similar substances ; every thing made of leather, books, paper, and various other articles, which, if they do not destroy, at least they soil,...deposit a drop of their excrement where they settle, and some way or other by that means damage what they cannot devour. They fly into the flame of candles,... | |
 | James Rennie, John Obadiah Westwood - 1835 - 332 pagina’s
...pomatum, and similar substances, every thing made of leather, books, paper, and various other articles ; which, if they do not destroy, at least they soil, as they frequently deposite a drop of their excrement when they settle, and some way or other, by that means, damage what... | |
 | William Jardine - 1840 - 496 pagina’s
...pomatum, and similar substances, every thing made of leather, books, paper, and various other articles, which, if they do not destroy, at least they soil,...deposit a drop of their excrement where they settle, and, some way or other, by that means damage what they cannot devour. They fly into the flame of candles,... | |
 | James Duncan - 1840 - 468 pagina’s
...pomatum, and similar substances, every thing made of leather, books, paper, and various other articles, which, if they do not destroy, at least they soil,...deposit a drop of their excrement where they settle, and, some way or other, by that means damage what they cannot devour. They fly into the flame of candles,... | |
 | Georg Hartwig - 1871 - 776 pagina’s
...tropical vegetation ; it rises in the morning over a region naked as the waste of the Sahara. articles, which if they do not destroy, at least they soil,...deposit a drop of their excrement where they settle, and, some way or other, by that means damage what they cannot devour. They fly into the flame of candles,... | |
 | Georg Hartwig - 1877 - 876 pagina’s
...region naked as the waste of the Sahara. articles, which if they do not destroy, at least they soi], as they frequently deposit a drop of their excrement where they settle, and, some way or other, by that means damage what they cannot devour. They fly into the flame of candles,... | |
 | 1893 - 428 pagina’s
...of victuals, dressed and undressed, and damage all sorts of clothing, leather, books, paper, etc., which, if they do not destroy, at least they soil,...filthy beyond description. They have also the power of makint! a noise like a sharp knocking with the knuckle upon the wainscoting; Blatta gigantea being... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - 1894 - 658 pagina’s
...of victuals, dressed and undressed, and damage all sorts of clothing, leather, books, paper, etc., which if they do not destroy, at least they soil,...the wainscoting, Blatta gigantea being thence known iu the West Indies by the name of drummer ; and this they keep up, replying to each other, throughout... | |
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... articles, which, if they do not destroy, at least they soil, as they frequently deposit a drop of their excrement where they settle, and, some way or other, by that means damage what they cannot devour. They fly into the flame of candles, and sometimes... 