Gannets and others, which follow to prey on them : but when the main body approaches, its breadth and depth is such as to alter the very appearance of the ocean. It is divided into distinct columns of five or six miles in length and three or four in breadth,... Glimpses of Irish Industries - Page 195by John Bowles Daly - 1889 - 235 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1856 - 770 pages
...blrds, such as gsunets and others, which follow to prey on them ; but when the main body approaches, its breadth and depth is such as to alter the very appearance of the ocean. It is divided into distinct colunms of five or six miles in length, and three or four in breadth, and they drive tho water... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 712 pages
...greedy attendants, the gannet, the gull, the shark, and the porpoise. When themain body is arrived, its breadth and depth is such as to alter the very appearance of the ocean. It is divided into distinct columns, of five or six miles in length, and three or four broad; while the water before them... | |
| Frederick Stratten Russell, Charles Maurice Yonge - 1928 - 532 pages
...birds, such as Gannets and others, which follow to prey on them : but when the main body approaches, its breadth and depth is such as to alter the very appearance of the 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... | |
| Callum Roberts - 2007 - 457 pages
...greedy attendants, the gannet, the gull, the shark and the porpess. When the main body is arrived, its breadth and depth is such as to alter the very appearance of the ocean. It is divided into distinct columns, of five or six miles in length, and three or four broad; while the water before them... | |
| 1856 - 846 pages
...birds, such as ganncte and others, which follow to prey on them ; but when the main body approaches, its breadth and depth is such as to alter the very appearance of the 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... | |
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