 ... sends the sand around her, scattering it to the distance of several feet. In this manner the hole is dug to the depth of eighteen inches, or sometimes more than two feet. This labour I have seen performed in the short period of nine minutes.  The Illustrated Natural History - Стр. 25авторы: John George Wood - 1863 - Страниц: 810Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | 1863 - Страниц: 552
...each flapper, sends the sand around her, scattering it to the distance of several feet. In this mauner the hole is dug to the depth of eighteen inches, or...feet. This labour I have seen performed in the short period of nine minutes. The eggs are then dropped oae by one, and disposed in regular layers, to the... | |
 | 1863 - Страниц: 490
...the sand around her, scattering it to the distance of several feet. In this mauner the hole is dog to the depth of eighteen inches, or sometimes more...feet. This labour I have seen performed in the short period of nine minntes. The eggs are then dropped ouu by one, and disposed in regular layers, to the... | |
 | Illustrated sketches - 1864 - Страниц: 364
...gently and quickly to form a hole in the sand, which she scoops out with her hind flappers, digging to the depth of eighteen inches, or sometimes more than two feet. " This labour," says our author, " I have seen performed in the short period of nine minutes. The eggs are then dropped,... | |
 | Richard Owen - 1866 - Страниц: 700
...jerks of the paddles ; a hole being made between one and two feet in depth, the eggs are dropped in one by one, and disposed in regular layers to the number of from 150 to 200. The period of the entire operation may be half an hour. When concluded, the Turtle... | |
 | Richard Owen - 1866 - Страниц: 704
...jerks of the paddles ; a hole being made between one and two feet in depth, the eggs are dropped in one by one, and disposed in regular layers to the number of from 150 to 200. Tlio period of the entire operation may be half an hour. When concluded, the Turtle... | |
 | John James Audubon - 1869 - Страниц: 460
...ground fronting her body, she, with a spring from each flapper, sends the sand around her, scattering it to the distance of several feet. In this manner...eighteen inches, or sometimes more than two feet. This labor I have seen performed in the short period of nine minutes. The eggs are then dropped one by one,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1872 - Страниц: 758
...ground fronting her body, she, with a spring from each flapper, sends the sand around her, scattering it to the distance of several feet. In this manner...eighteen inches, or sometimes more than two feet. This labor I have seen performed in the short period of nine minutes. The eggs are then dropped one by one,... | |
 | John James Audubon, Lucy Green Bakewell Audubon - 1875 - Страниц: 674
...sometimes more than two feet. This labor I have seen performed in the short period of nine minuses. The eggs are then dropped one by one, and disposed in regular layers to the number of a hundred and fifty, or sometimes two hundred. The whole time spent in this part of the operation may... | |
 | John Monteith - 1888 - Страниц: 220
...until it is piled up behind her. In this manner the hole is dug to the depth of two feet. This labor I have seen performed in the short space of nine minutes. "The eggs are then dropped, one by one, and arranged in regular layers to the number of a hundred and fifty or two hundred. The whole time spent... | |
 | James William Buel - 1891 - Страниц: 748
...ground fronting her body, she with a spring from each nipper sends the sand around her, scattering it to the distance of several feet. In this manner...eighteen inches, or sometimes more than two feet. This labor I have seen performed in the short period of nine minutes. The eggs are then dropped one by one,... | |
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