 | 1843 - 684 str.
...passed a deep fissure in the rocks, I ascended a crag that led to what I thought was their principal roost, and at every step my astonishment increased....squalling, and gabbling, I never before heard, or dreamed that it could be made by any of the feathered tribe. It was impossible to hear one's self speak. It... | |
 | Charles Wilkes - 1849 - 574 str.
...passed a deep fissure in the rocks, I ascended a crag that led to what I thought was their principal roost, and at every step my astonishment increased....particularly displeased them, for they snapped at me in all directions, catching hold of my trousers, shaking and pinching my flesh so violently as to make me... | |
 | Charles Wilkes - 1849 - 702 str.
...passed a deep fissure in the rocks, I ascended a crag that led to what I thought was their principal roost, and at every step my astonishment increased....speak. It appeared as if every one was vying with his neighbor to make the greatest possible noise. I soon found my presence particularly displeased them,... | |
 | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1901 - 616 str.
...passed a deep fissure in the rocks, I ascended a crag that led to what I thought was their principal roost, and at every step my astonishment increased....impossible to hear one's self speak. It appeared as if everyone was vying with his neighbour to make the greatest possible noise. I soon found my presence... | |
 | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1901 - 612 str.
...rocks, I ascended a crag that led to what I thought was their principal roost, and at every step rny astonishment increased. Such a din of squeaking, squalling,...impossible to hear one's self speak. It appeared as if everyone was vying with his neighbour to make the greatest possible noise. I soon found my presence... | |
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... often of the great quantity of birds on the uninhabited islands, I was not prepared to see them in such myriads as here. The whole sides of the rugged hills were literally covered with them. Having passed a deep fissure in the rocks, I ascended a... 