 ... were to be slaughtered. Here and there the people employed in plucking and salting what had already been procured, were seen sitting in the midst of large piles of these birds. The dung lay several inches deep, covering the whole extent of the roosting-place,...  The Edinburgh Journal of Science - Page 2521827Full view - About this book
 | 1827 - 624 lehte
...neighbourhood of Kusselsville, distant more than one hundred miles, had driven upwards of three hundred hogs to be fattened on pigeon-meat ; and here and...salting what had already been procured, were seen silting in the centre of large piles of those birds, all proving to me that the number resorting there... | |
 | 1828 - 472 lehte
...more than one hundred miles, had driven upwards of three hundred hogs to be fattened on pigeon meat ; and here and there the people, employed in picking...seen sitting in the centre of large piles of those hirds, all proving to me that the number resorting there at night must be immense, and probably consisting... | |
 | 1828 - 488 lehte
...one hundred miles, had driven upwards of three hundred hogs to be fattened on pigeon meat; and heie and there the people, employed in picking and salting...already been procured, were seen sitting in the centre ot large piles of those birds, all proving to me that the number resorting there at night must be immense,... | |
 | 1830 - 614 lehte
...more than one hundred miles, had driven upwards of three hundred hogs to be rattened on pigeon meat; and here and there the people, employed in picking...me that the number resorting there at night must be astonishing, and probably consisting of all those then feeding in Indiana' some distance beyond Jefferson... | |
 | Georges Louis Le Clerc (comte de Buffon.) - 1831 - 586 lehte
...the vicinity of Russelsville, distant more than a hundred miles, had driven upwards of three hundred hogs to be fattened on Pigeon-meat; and here and there...were seen sitting in the centre of large piles of these birds, all proving to me that the number resorting there at night must be immense, and probably... | |
 | Simpkin, Marshall & Co - 1832 - 1114 lehte
...fattened on the pigeons which were to be slaughtered. Here and there, the people employed in plucking and salting what had already been procured, were seen sitting in the midst of large piles of these birds. The dung lay several inches deep, covering the wholeextent of... | |
 | Alexander Wilson - 1832 - 472 lehte
...fattened on the Pigeons which were to be slaughtered. Here and there, the people employed in plucking and salting what had already been procured, were seen sitting in the midst of large piles of these birds. The dung lay several inches deep, covering the whole extent of... | |
 | John James Audubon - 1832 - 564 lehte
...fattened on the pigeons which were to be slaughtered. Here and there the people employed in plucking and salting what had already been procured, were seen sitting in the midst of large piles of these birds. The dung lay several inches deep, covering the whole extent of... | |
 | Samuel Roper - 1832 - 178 lehte
...fattened on the Pigeons which were to be slaughtered. Here and there the people employed in plucking and salting what had already been procured, were seen sitting in the midst of large piles of these birds. The dung lay several inches deep, covering the whole extent of... | |
 | 1844 - 372 lehte
...fattened on the pigeons that were to be slaughtered. Here and there the people employed in plucking and salting what had already been procured, were seen sitting in the midst of large piles of these birds. Many trees, two feet in thickness, I observed, were broken off... | |
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