 Our hungry dogs made a fine feast on them. The cold frosty night had rendered them unable to take wing until the sun should restore their powers. As it was difficult to obtain sufficient food for my dogs, I and Isaac took a large blanket, which we spread...  The Boy's Own Natural History - Page 59by John George Wood - 1882 - 64 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1851
...food for the dogs, I and Isaac took a large blanket, which wo spread under a bush whose branches wero bent to the ground with the mass of locusts which...carry on my back : these we roasted for ourselves and dogs." Mr. Moffat, in Ills " Missionary Labours in South Africa," gives BO copious and entertaining... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1851 - 514 pages
...difficult to obtain sufficient food for the dogs, I and Isaac took n large blanket, which we spread under a bush whose branches were bent to the ground...instant I had more locusts than I could carry on my back : those we roasted for ourselves and dogs." Mr. Moffat, in his "Missionary Labours in South Africa,"... | |
 | Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming - 1850 - 340 pages
...difficult to obtain sufficient food for my dogs, I and Isaac took a large blanket, which we spread under a bush, whose branches were bent to the ground...carry on my back : these we roasted for ourselves and dogs. Soon after the sun was up, on looking behind me, I beheld the locusts stretching to the west... | |
 | Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming - 1850 - 432 pages
...difficult to obtain sufficient food for my dogs, I and Isaac took a large blanket, which we spread under a bush, whose branches were bent to the ground...it ; and having shaken the branches, in an instant 1 had more locusts than I could carry on my back : these we roasted for ourselves and dogs. Soon after... | |
 | 1851 - 484 pages
...difficult to obtain sufficient food for my dogs, I and Isaac took a large blanket, which we spread under a bush, whose branches were bent to the ground with the BABOON'. mass of locusts which covered it ; and, having shaken the branches, in an instant I had more... | |
 | 1853 - 498 pages
...difficult to obtain sufficient food for my dogs, I and Isaac took a large blanket, which we spread under a bush, whose branches were bent to the ground with the BABOON. mass of locusts which covered it ; and, having shaken the branches, in an instant I had more... | |
 | John George Wood - 1855 - 478 pages
...was difficult to obtain sufficient food for my dogs, I and Isaac took a large blanket which we spread under a bush, whose branches were bent to the ground...belong to this order, but require no description. Although the FIEID-CBICKET is not a very rare insect, it is but seldom caught, as it is very shy, and... | |
 | Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming - 1855 - 440 pages
...difficult to obtain sufficient food for my dogs, I and Isaac took a large blanket, which we spread under a bush, whose branches were bent to the ground...carry on my back : these we roasted for ourselves and dogs. Soon after the sun was up, on looking behind me, I beheld the locusts stretching to the west... | |
 | William Smellie, John Ware - 1860 - 468 pages
...difficult to obtain sufficient food for my dogs, I and Isaac took a large blanket, which we spread under a bush, whose branches were bent to the ground...back ; these we roasted for ourselves and our dogs. The cold, frosty night had rendered them unable to take wing till the sun had restored their powers."... | |
 | Worthington Hooker - 1860 - 384 pages
...difficult to obtain sufficient food for my dogs, I and Isaac took a large blanket, which we spread under a bush whose branches were bent to the ground...on my back ; these we roasted for ourselves and our clogs." Questions.—What is the arrangement of the wings of the Orthoptera? What is said of the metamorphosis... | |
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