 I have heard one of them, with a loud, long note, sound a kind of charge, to which the rest punctually attended, and they pursued their journey with renewed alacrity. Their flight is very regularly arranged ; they either go in a line abreast, or in two...  A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles ... - Page 13by Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831Full view - About this book
 | William Bingley - 1803 - 606 pages
...journey with alacrity. Their flight is conducted with vast regularity : they always proceed either in a line a-breast, or in two lines joining in an angle at the middle. In this order they generally take the lead by turns, the foremost falling back into... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 470 pages
...descended for rest, than for other refreshment. When they have sat in this manner for an hour or two, I have heard one of them, with a loud long note, sound...or in two lines, joining in an angle in the middle. I doubt whether the form of their flight be thus arranged to cut the air with greater ease, as is commonly... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1824 - 498 pages
...refreshment. When they have sate in this manner for an hour or two, I have heard one of them, with a loud loqg note, sound a kind of charge, to which the rest punctually...or in two lines, joining in an angle in the middle. I doubt whether the form of their flight be thus arranged to cut the air with greater ease, as is commonly... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1824 - 510 pages
...descended for rest than for other refreshment. When they have sate in this manner for an hour or two, I have heard one of them, with a loud long note, sound...punctually attended, and they pursued their journey w ith renewed alacrity. Their flight is very regularly arranged; they either go in a line abreast,... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 350 pages
...their journey with alacrity. Their flight is conducted with vast regularity. They always proceed either in a line a-breast, or in two lines joining in an angle at the middle. In this order they often take the lead by turns, the foremost falling back in the rear... | |
 | Edinburgh encyclopaedia - 1830 - 828 pages
...way with alacrity. Their flight is conducted with great regularity, for they always proceed, either in a line a-breast, or in two lines, joining in an angle at the middle. In this order they generally take the lead by turns, the foremost falling back in the... | |
 | 1851
...his powers of cunning to secure such rare spoils. The flight of the geese is curiously arranged ; for they either go in a line abreast, or in two lines joining in an angle in the middle. As the food of the swan is simple, their flesh was by the ancients considered a delicacy ; but we at... | |
 | Alexander Spencer - 1831 - 166 pages
...unruly. The wild geese are often seen flying at very great heights; and they always proceed, either in a line abreast, or in two lines joining in an angle at the middle. 18. The terns or sea swallows, are the most active fishers of all the aquatic tribes.,... | |
 | 1834 - 700 pages
...line, like cranes ; and seem rather to have descended for, rest, than for other refreshment. AVhen they have sat in this manner for an hour or two, we...middle. The common tame goose is nothing more than this goose in a state of domestication. The tame goose is sometimes white, and generally varies between... | |
 | Harry Harewood - 1835 - 384 pages
...which the rest attend, and they all pursue their journey with renewed alacrity. — Their flight is regularly arranged; they either go in a line abreast,...or in two lines, joining in an angle in the middle. Their track is generally so high, that it is very difficult to reach them with a fowling-piece : in... | |
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