 | 1828 - 746 pages
...element; and the little petrel enjoys the heaviest gale, because, living on the smaller sea insects, he is sure to find his food in the spray of a heavy waveSand you may see him flitting above the edge of the highest surge. I believe that the reason of... | |
 | Science - 1828 - 456 pages
...from the ocean, retire to the land to shelter themselves from the storm. This is not the case however. The storm is their element ; and the little petrel...to find his food in the spray of a heavy wave, and she may be seen flitting above the edge of the highest surge. The reason of this migration of gulls,... | |
 | Sir Humphry Davy - Fly casting - 1828 - 300 pages
...element; and the little petrel enjoys the heaviest gale, because, living on the smaller sea insects, he is sure to find his food in the spray of a heavy...surge. I believe that the reason of this migration of sea gulls, and other sea birds, to the land, is their security of finding food ; and they may be observed,... | |
 | Geology - 1828 - 450 pages
...from the ocean, retire to the land to shelter themselves from the storm. This is not the case however. The storm is their element ; and the little petrel...to find his food in the spray of a heavy wave, and she may be seen flitting above the edge of the highest surge. The reason of this migration of gulls,... | |
 | Sir Humphry Davy - Fishing - 1828 - 326 pages
...flitting above the edge of the highest surge. I believe that the reason of this migration of sea gulls, and other sea birds, to the land, is their security...be observed, at this time, feeding greedily on the earth worms and larvae, driven out of the ground by severe floods : and the fish, on which they prey... | |
 | English literature - 1828 - 724 pages
...element ; and the little petrel enjoys the heaviest gale, because, living on the smaller sea insects, he is -sure to find his food in the spray of a heavy...surge. I believe that the reason of this migration of sea gulls, and other sea birds, to the land, is their security of finding food : and they may b« observed,... | |
 | James Melville M'Culloch - 1831 - 250 pages
...the ocean, retire to the land to shelter themselves from the storm. This is not the case, however. The storm is their element ; ' and the little petrel...to find his food in the spray of a heavy wave, and he may be seen flitting above the edge of the highest surge. The reason of this migration of gulls,... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - 1831 - 598 pages
...element ; and the little petrel enjoys the heaviest gale ; because, living on the smaller sea insects, he is sure to find his food in the spray of a heavy...of the highest surge. I believe that the reason of the migration of sea-gulls and other sea birds to the land, is their security of finding food. They... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - Chemistry - 1831 - 582 pages
...element ; and the little petrel enjoys the heaviest gale ; because, living on the smaller sea insects, he is sure to find his food in the spray of a heavy...of the highest surge. I believe that the reason of the migration of sea-gulls and other sea birds to the land, is their security of find3o 2 ing food.... | |
 | 1831 - 584 pages
...element, and the little petrel enjoys the heaviest gale, because, living. on the smaller sea insects, he is sure to find his food in the spray of a heavy wave, and you may see him flitting on the edge of the highest surge. I believe that the reason of this migration of sea-gulls and other... | |
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No such thing. The storm is their element ; and the little petrel enjoys the heaviest gale, because, living on the smaller sea insects, he is sure to find his food in the spray of a heavy wave, and you may see him flitting above the edge of the highest... 
