 | 1819 - 424 strani
...from considerable distances visit them in the night Jrith guns, clubs, long THE SPORTING MAGAZINE. poles, pots of sulphur, and various other engines...destruction. In a few hours they fill many sacks, aud bad their horses with them. By the Indians, a Pigeon-roost, or breeding-place, is considered an... | |
 | 1821 - 444 strani
...had made its appearance. ' When these roosts are first discovered, the inhabitants from considerable distances visit them in the night with guns, clubs,...and load their horses with them. By the Indians, a pigeon-roost, or breedingplace, is considered an important source of national profit and dependance... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington - 1831 - 380 strani
...are first discovered, the inhabitant from considerable distances, visit them in the night, with gups, clubs, long poles, pots of sulphur, and various other...considered an important source of national profit and dependance for that season ; and all their active ingenuity is exercised on the occasion. The breeding... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte - 1831 - 372 strani
...vegetable made its appearance. When these roosts are first discovered, the inhabitants from considerable distances, visit them in the night, with guns, clubs,...engines of destruction. In a few hours, they fill many sack.1!, and load their horses with them. By the Indians, a pigeon roost, or breeding place, is considered... | |
 | Alexander Wilson - 1832 - 472 strani
...vegetable made its appearance. When these roosts are first discovered, the inhabitants, from considerable distances, visit them in the night, with guns, clubs,...considered an important source of national profit and dependance for that season ; and all their active ingenuity is exercised on the occasion. The breeding... | |
 | 1833 - 438 strani
...discovered, the inhabitants from a considerable distance visit them in the night, with guns, clubs, pots of sulphur, and various other engines of destruction....active ingenuity is exercised on the occasion. The migrations of these birds are thus noticed by Mr. Audubon. "Their great power of flight enables them... | |
 | John Wesley - 1836 - 414 strani
...vegetable made its appearance. When these roosts are first discovered, the inhabitants, from considerable distances, visit them in the night with guns, clubs,...considered an important source of national profit, and dependance for that season; and all their active ingenuity is exercised on the occasion. The breeding... | |
 | Thomas Campbell Eyton - 1836 - 200 strani
...vegetable made its appearance. When these roosts are first discovered, the inhabitants, from considerable distances, visit them in the night, with guns, clubs,...sulphur, and various other engines of destruction, and, in a few hours, they fill many sacks and load their horses with them. By the Indians, a Pigeon-roost,... | |
 | Thomas Bingley - 1840 - 236 strani
...vegetable made its appearance. " When these roosts are first discovered, the inhabitants from considerable distances visit them in the night with guns, clubs,...important source of national profit and dependence for the season, and all their active ingenuity is exercised on the occasion. The breeding place differs... | |
 | 1842 - 740 strani
...one young pigeon. Wilson states that when these roosts arc first discovered, people from considerable distances visit them in the night with guns, clubs,...fill many sacks, and load their horses with them. The young are very fat, and are highly esteemed as delicacies for the table. During their migrations... | |
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... a single vegetable made its appearance. When these roosts are first discovered, the inhabitants from considerable distances visit them in the night, with guns, clubs, long poles, pots of sulphur, and various other engines of destruction. In a few... 
