 | Leigh Hunt - 1811 - 506 pages
...leave (heir nests. " The ostrich," says Mr. Smellie, " has been accused of unnaturalness, because she leaves her eggs to be hatched by the heat of the sun. In Senegal, where the heat is great, she neglects her eggs during the day, but sits upon them during... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 498 pages
...those must be accustomed to the search to make the discovery. When the turtle has done laying, she returns <to the sea, and leaves her eggs to be hatched...the same number of eggs again ; and at the end of another fifteen days she repeats the same ; three times in all, using the same precautions every time... | |
 | George Combe - 1822 - 518 pages
...their prey with intelligence and address. The ostrich has been accused of unnaturalness, because she leaves her eggs to be hatched by the heat of the sun. In Senegal, where the heat is • A definition which will apply to the innate facuities as recognized... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1824
...those must he accustomed to the search to make the discovery. When the turtle has done laying, she returns to the sea, and leaves her eggs to be hatched...about the same number of eggs again; and at the end of another fifteen days she repeats the same; three times in all, using the same precautions every time... | |
 | 1829 - 354 pages
...friend Elsom treated somewhat harshly in your last) " has been accused of unnaturalness, because she leaves her eggs to be hatched by the heat of the sun. .In Senegal, where the heat is great, she neglects her eggs during the day, but sits upon them during... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 356 pages
...hole so dexterously, that it is no easy matter to find the place. When the Turtle has done laying, she returns to the sea, and leaves her eggs to be hatched...the same number of eggs again ; and at the end of another fifteen days, she repeats the same ; three times in all, using the same precautions every time... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 370 pages
...so dexterously, that it i:3 no easy matter to find the place. When the Turtle has done laying, she returns to the sea, and leaves her eggs to be hatched by the heat <•!' the sun. At the end of fifteen days, she lays about the same number of eggs again ; and at the... | |
 | William Smellie - 1832 - 348 pages
...particularly the case with those of man.' The ostrich has been accused of unnaturalness, because she leaves her eggs to be hatched by the heat of the sun. In Senegal where the heat is great, she neglects her eggs during the day, but sits upon them in the... | |
 | William Smellie - 1851 - 378 pages
...particularly the case with those of man.' The ostrich has been accused of unnaturalness. because she leaves her eggs to be hatched by the heat of the sun. In Senegal, where the heat is great, she neglects her eggs during the day, but sits upon them in the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 612 pages
...those must be accustomed to the search to make the discovery. When the turtle has done laying, she returns to the sea, and leaves her eggs to be hatched...the same number of eggs again ; and at the end of another fifteen days she repeats the samo ; three times in all, using the same precautions every time... | |
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When the turtle has done laying, she returns to the sea, and leaves her eggs to be hatched by the heat of the sun. At the end of fifteen days she lays about the same number of eggs again ; and at the end of another fifteen days she repeats the same ;... 
