 | 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... | |
 | Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming - 1850 - 458 páginas
...&c., devour them. We met a party of Batlapis carrying heavy burdens of them on their backs. Our hungry dogs made a fine feast on them. The cold frosty night...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 - 336 páginas
...restore their powers. As it was difficult to obtain sufficient food for my dogs, I and Isaac took a largo blanket, which we spread under a bush, whose branches...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 páginas
...ground with the mass of locusts which covered 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 the sun was up, on looking behind me, I beheld the locusts stretching to the west... | |
 | 1851 - 484 páginas
...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...carry on my back : these we roasted for ourselves and dogs. Beautifully wooded hills and mountains stretched awmy on every side ; some of the mountains were... | |
 | John George Wood - 1855 - 478 páginas
...&c. devour them. We met a party of Batlapis carrying heavy burdens of them on their backs. Our hungry dogs made a fine feast on them. The cold frosty night...back ; these we roasted for ourselves and our dogs." Our common grasshoppers belong to this order, but require no description. Although the FIEID-CBICKET... | |
 | Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming - 1855 - 440 páginas
...&c. devour them. We met a party of Batlapis carrying heavy burdens of them on their backs. Our hungry dogs made a fine feast on them. The cold frosty night...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... | |
 | Worthington Hooker - 1860 - 384 páginas
...species of Locusts are eaten now in the East as they were in the time of John the Baptist. Mr. Gumming, a traveler in South Africa, thus speaks of them as...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... | |
 | Joseph A. Meen - 1860 - 216 páginas
...Another writer observes, " As it was difficult to obtain sufficient food for my dogs, I and my servant took a large blanket, which we spread under a bush...carry on my back. These we roasted for ourselves and dogs." Mr. Layard, in his Discoveries of Nineveh and Babylon, has given an illustration of the locust-bearer,... | |
 | Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming - 1860 - 650 páginas
...Isaac took a large blanket, which \va spread under a bush, whose branches were bent to the irround with the mass of locusts which covered it; and having...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... | |
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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... 
