| John James Audubon, Lucy Green Bakewell Audubon - 1875 - 674 էջ
...a shark.' 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,...few miles distant ; one which, like the last, lies con cealed from the ocean by some other rocky isle. Arrived there, they react the scene of yesterday,... | |
| John James Audubon - 1897 - 618 էջ
...frighten a shark." 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...drunkenness and brawls, until, having reached the last breeding-place on the coast, they return, touch at every isle in succession, shoot as many birds as... | |
| John James Audubon - 1897 - 692 էջ
...frighten a shark." 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...they re-act the scene of yesterday, crushing every e^g they can find. For a week each night is passed in drunkenness and brawls, until, having reached... | |
| Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - 1901 - 398 էջ
...companions. . . . 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,...enables them to reach another harbor a few miles distant in which, like the last, lies concealed from the ocean some other rocky isle. Arriving there they react... | |
| Charles Wendell Townsend - 1907 - 314 էջ
...short hours of night in turbid slumber. . . . The light breeze enables them to reach another harbour a few miles distant, one which, like the last, lies...drunkenness and brawls, until, having reached the last breeding-place on the coast, they return, touch at every isle in succession, shoot as many birds as... | |
| Charles Wendell Townsend - 1907 - 310 էջ
...short hours of night in turbid slumber. . . . The light breeze enables them to reach another harbour a few miles distant, one which, like the last, lies...week each night is passed in drunkenness and brawls, 259 until, having reached the last breeding-place on the coast, they return, touch at every isle in... | |
| Charles Wendell Townsend - 1908 - 312 էջ
...short hours of night in turbid slumber. . . . The light breeze enables them to reach another harbour a few miles distant, one which, like the last, lies...week each night is passed in drunkenness and brawls, 259 until, having reached the last breeding-place on the coast, they return, touch at every isle in... | |
| Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell - 1909 - 662 էջ
...egg that they can find is left entire. . . . The light breeze enables them to reach another harbour a few miles distant, one which like the last lies concealed from the ocean by some rocky isle. Arrived there, they react the scene of yesterday, crushing every egg they can find. For... | |
| Charles Wendell Townsend - 1918 - 456 էջ
...egg that they can find is left entire. The dead birds they collect and carry to their boat. . . . " The light breeze enables them to reach another harbor...drunkenness and brawls, until, having reached the last breeding-place on the coast, they return, touch at every isle in suecession, shoot as many birds as... | |
| John James Audubon, Maria Rebecca Audubon, Elliott Coues - 1994 - 612 էջ
...master soon recollecting that so many eggs are worth a dollar or a crown, casts his eye towards thTrock, marks the day in his memory and gives orders to depart.'...drunkenness and brawls, until, having reached the last breeding-place on the coast, they return, touch at every isle in succession, shoot as many birds as... | |
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