 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1873 - 742 pages
...slaughter, bent upon discovering the name and character of the animal ; when within a few rods of the pluce, the almost deafening noise that greeted his ears, from the tall trees, led him to su-pcct that all was not right. After reaching the spot, a few moments of anxious waiting sufficed... | |
 | James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas - 1873 - 506 pages
...within a few rods of the place, the almost deafening noise that greeted his ears from the tall tree* led him to suspect that all was not right. After reaching...sacrifice above alluded to ; for, sitting upon a twig just above his head, he observed a chickaree, holding in its paw a bird which it had captured, and from... | |
 | 1874 - 784 pages
...supposed to belong to some species of Carnivora. Laboring under this impression, and being desirojis of securing a specimen or two, he started for the...cause of the noise and the origin of the sacrifice alluded to, {or sitting upon a twig just over his head, he observed a chickaree holding in its paws... | |
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Laboring under this impression, and being desirous of securing a specimen or two, he started for the scene of slaughter, bent upon discovering the name and character of the animal ; when within a few rods of the place, the almost deafening noise that... 