 | James Glass Bertram - 1865 - 586 pages
...to the dimensions of Great Britain and Ireland, but subdivided, by a happy instinct, into battalions five or six miles in length and three or four in breadth, each line or column being led, according to the ideas of fishermen, by herrings (probably the Alice... | |
 | William Bingley - 1871 - 1056 pages
...sides. In their outset, this immense swarm of living creatures is divided into distinct columns, each five or six miles in length, and three or four in breadth, and in their progress they even make the water ripple before them. In the month of June they are found... | |
 | James Glass Bertram - 1873 - 370 pages
...to the dimensions of Great Britain and Ireland, but subdivided, by a happy instinct, into battalions five or six miles in length and three or four in breadth, each line or column being led, according to the ideas of fishermen, by herrings (probably the Alice... | |
 | Robert Hamilton - 1876 - 586 pages
...appear till June. The main body he describes as altering, on its approach, the appearance of the very ocean. It is divided into distinct columns of five...length, and three or four in breadth, and they drive tho water before them with a kind of rippling. Sometimes they sink for ten or fifteen minutes, then... | |
 | Edward T. Blakely - 1878 - 506 pages
...wooden sword or body approaches, its breadth and depth are such as to alter the appearance of the very ocean. It is divided into distinct columns of five...miles in length and three or four in breadth, and the fish drive the water before them with a kind of rippling. The first check the army meets with in... | |
 | John George Wood - 1882 - 76 pages
...appearance in the northern parts of Scotland about June. This most valuable fish arrives in enormous shoals, five or six miles in length, and three or four in breadth. Their advent is heralded by various sea birds, such as the gannets and gulls, which constantly hover... | |
 | John George Wood - 1882 - 264 pages
...appearance on the coasts of America about June. This most valuable fish arrives in enormous shoals, five or six miles in length, and three or four in breadth. Their advent is heralded by various sea-birds, such as the gannets and gulls, which constantly hover... | |
 | Stewart W. and co - 1884 - 408 pages
...supposed to equal the dimensions of Great Britain and Ireland. This mass is subdivided into numberless columns of five or six miles in length and three or four in breadth, followed by great coveys of sea-fowl, and perceptible by the rippling of the water and a brilliant... | |
 | Collins William sons and co, ltd - 1885 - 308 pages
...the main body approaches the land, its size is such as to alter the very appearance of the ocean. 3. It is divided into distinct columns of five or six...drive the water before them with a kind of rippling. OK IV. K Sometimes they sink for a few minutes, and then rise again to the surface, and in fine weather... | |
 | John Bowles Daly - 1889 - 262 pages
...approaching, its breadth and depth is such as to alter the very appearance of the ocean. It is divided into columns of five or six miles in length and three or four broad, while the water before it curls up as if forced out of its bed. Naturalists fail to discover... | |
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... ocean. It is divided into distinct columns of five or six miles in length, and three or four in breadth ; and they drive the water before them with a kind of rippling. 
