| George Woods - 1811 - 396 pages
...Pennant's British Zoology. and a few appear off the Shetland Isles in April and May. These are only fore-runners of the grand shoal which comes in June, and their appearance is chiefly marked by the number of birds, such as gannets and gulls, which follow and prey upon them :... | |
| George Woods - 1811 - 394 pages
...Zoology, Vol. v. Ichtyologie par Bloch, Berlin, Vol. ip 150. f Pennant's British Zoology. and a few appear off the Shetland Isles in April and May. These are only fore-runners of the grand shoal which comes in June, and their appearance is chiefly marked by the... | |
| George Woods - 1811 - 396 pages
...Zoology, Vol. v. Ichtyologie par Bloch, fierlia, Vol. ip 150. t Pennant's British Zoology. and a few appear off the Shetland Isles in April and May. These are only fore-runners of the grand shoal which comes in June, and their appearance is chiefly marked by the... | |
| William Barker Daniel - 1812 - 654 pages
...to the Shore, would but load it with Putrefaction. Those collective Masses that come upon our Coasts begin to appear off the Shetland Isles in April and...of the grand Shoal which comes in June, and their arrival is marked by the numbers of Birds, such as Gannets and others, which follow them as their prey;... | |
| Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 728 pages
...that name, for the word herring is derived from the German, heer, an army, to express their numbers. " They begin to appear off the Shetland isles in April and May: these are only forerunners of the grand shoal which comes in June, and their appearance is marked by certain signs,... | |
| 1822 - 440 pages
...that name, for the word herring is derived from the German, Heer, an army, to express their numbers. They begin to appear off the Shetland Isles in April and May: these are only forerunners of the grand shoal which comes in June, and their appearance is marked by certain signs,... | |
| 1822 - 588 pages
...oar warmer. latitudes. This mighty army begins to put itself hi nio'tititt in the spring. They first appear off the Shetland Isles in April and May ; these are only foretawwera of the grand shoa-l which comes in June; ftBd their appearance is marked by certain signs,... | |
| 1823 - 878 pages
...«houli of for the word herring comes from the German heer, ' " an army," to express their numbers. They begin to appear off the Shetland isles in April...are only the forerunners of the grand shoal which Chipe*, comes Jane ; and their appearance is marked by they deposit their spann. »«adirful certain... | |
| Edward Daniel Clarke - 1824 - 630 pages
...ceremonious gifts of the tobacco and coffee among the Turks and Arabs. Being seated at table, there are only forerunners of the grand shoal, which comes in June...; and their appearance is marked by certain signs, by the uumber of birds, such as Gamuts and others, which follow to prey on them. But when the main... | |
| Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...that name!, for the word Herring is derived from the German, Heer, an army, to express their numbers. They begin to appear off the Shetland Isles in April and May : these are only forerunners of the grand shoal which comes in June, and their appearance is marked by certain signs,... | |
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