 | Oliver Goldsmith - Physical geography - 1816 - 470 pages
...greatest abundance, " There is a small " island," says the celebrated Harvey, " called the " Bass, not more than a mile in circumference. " The surface...wholly covered during the " months of May and June with their nests, their, " eggs and young. It is scarcely possible to walk " without treading on them :... | |
 | Thomas Pennant - Zoology - 1818 - 552 pages
...annually migrate to that little spot. " There is a small island called by the " Scotch, Bass Island, not more than a mile in " circumference ; the surface is almost wholly " covered during the month of May and June " with nests, eggs, and young birds; so that it " is scarcely possible to walk... | |
 | Geography - 1819 - 188 pages
...called by the Scotch, the Bass, not more than a mile in circumference ; its surface is almost entirely covered, during the months of May and June, with nests, eggs, and young birds, so that it is difficult to set a foot without treading on them; while the flocks of birds flying round arc SQ prodigious,... | |
 | Thomas Burgeland Johnson - Dogs - 1823 - 440 pages
...the greatest abundance. " There is a small island," says the celebrated Ilervey, " called the Bass, not more than a mile in circumference. The surface...wholly covered during the months of May and June with their nests, their eggs, and young. It is scarcely possible to walk without treading on them : the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Zoology - 1824 - 510 pages
...greatest abundance. " There is a small island," says the celebrated Harvey, "called the Bass, not-more than a mile in circumference. The surface is almost...wholly covered during the months of May and June with their nests, their eggs, and young It is scarcely possible to walk without treading on them: the flocks... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Physical geography - 1828 - 612 pages
...the greatest abundance. " There is a small island," says the celebrated Harvey, " called the Bass, not more than a mile in circumference. The surface...wholly covered during the months of May and June with their nests, their eggs, and young. It is scarcely possible to walk without treading on them : the... | |
 | Months - 1830 - 188 pages
...not more than a mile in circumference; its surface is almost entirely covered, during the months ot' May and June, with nests, eggs, and young birds, so that it is difficult to set a foot without treading on them ; while the flocks of birds flying round are so prodigious,... | |
 | Thomas Burgeland Johnson - Great Britain - 1848 - 1102 pages
...the greatest abundance. " There is a small island," says the celebrated Hervey, " called the Bass, not more than a mile in circumference. The surface...wholly covered, during the months of May and June, with their nests, their eggs, and young. It is scarcely possible to walk without treading on them : the... | |
 | Mrs. Loudon (Jane) - Natural history - 1850 - 630 pages
...the greatest abundance. " There is a small island," says the celebrated Harvey, " called the Bass, not more than a mile in circumference: the surface...wholly covered during the months of May and June with the nests of the Solan Geese, their eggs, and their young. It is scarcely possible to walk without... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 708 pages
...celebrated ïarvey, "called the Bass, not more than a mile BOOK VIII.] HISTORY OF ANIMATED NATURE. [PjRT 111 in circumference. The surface is almost wholly covered during the months of May and June with their nests, their eggs, and young. It is scarcely possible to walk without treading on them : the... | |
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There is a small island," says the celebrated Harvey, "called the Bass, not more than a mile in circumference. The surface is almost wholly covered during the months of May and June with their nests, their eggs, and young. It is scarcely possible to walk... 
