 | Georges baron Cuvier - Zoology - 1827 - 670 pages
...therefore to oblige them to take wing by alarming them, if it be desired to obtain them during the day. Soon after sunset they gradually quit their hold,...every kind of fruit, from the abundant and useful cacao-nut, which surrounds every dwelling of the meanest peasantry, to the rare and most delicate productions,... | |
 | Georges Léopold C.F.D. baron de Cuvier - 1827 - 728 pages
...therefore to oblige them to take wing by alarming them, if it be desired to obtain them during the day. Soon after sunset they gradually quit their hold, and pursue their nocturnal flights in quest of f<x» They direct their course, by an unerring instinct, to the forests, villages, and plantations,... | |
 | British literature - 1834 - 532 pages
...therefore, to oblige them to take wing by alarming them, if it be desired to obtain them during the day. Soon after sunset they gradually quit their hold,...their nocturnal flights in quest of food. They direct j their course, by an unerring instinct, to the forests, : villages, and plantations, occasioning incalculable... | |
 | 1837 - 1822 pages
...during the day. Soon after sunset they gradually quit their hold, and pursue thuir nocturnal flight in quest of food. They direct their course, by an...the abundant and useful cocoa-nut which surrounds the dwelling of the meanest peasantry, to the rare and most delicate productions which are cultivated... | |
 | 1837
...therefore to oblige them to take wing by alarming them, if it be desired to obtain them during the day. Soon after sunset they gradually quit their hold, and pursue their nocturnal flight in quest of food. They direct their course, by an unerring instinct, to the forests, villages,... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - Fishes - 1844 - 600 pages
...alarming them. Soon after sunset they successively quit their hold, and pursue their nocturnal flight in quest of food. They direct their course by an unerring instinct to the forests, Tillages, and plantations, attacking fruit of every kind, and doing a vast amount of mischief. In order... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - 1844 - 608 pages
...alarming them. Soon after sunset they successively quit their hold, and pursue their nocturnal flight in quest of food. They direct their course by an unerring instinct to the forests, Tillages, and plantations, attacking fruit of every kind, and doing a vast amount of mischief. In order... | |
 | Wonders - Animals - 1847 - 444 pages
...oblige them to take wing. Soon after sunset they commence their nocturnal pursuit in search of food, and direct their course, by an unerring instinct, to the forests, villages, and plantations, doing incalculable mischief, by attacking and devouring every kind of fruit, from the abundant and... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - Zoology - 1848 - 594 pages
...alarming them. Soon after sunset they successively quit their hold, and pursue their nocturnal flight in quest of food. They direct their course by an unerring...instinct to the forests, villages, and plantations, attacking fruit of every kind, and doing a vast amount of mischief. In order to protect valuable fruits... | |
 | Mammals - 1849 - 440 pages
...oblige them to take wing by alarming them, if it be desired to obtain them during the day. (Fig. 143.) Soon after sunset they gradually quit their hold, and pursue their nocturnal flight in quest of food. They direct their course, by an unerring instinct, to the forests, villages,... | |
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They direct their course, by an unerring instinct, to the forests, villages, and plantations, occasioning incalculable mischief, attacking and devouring indiscriminately every kind of fruit, from the abundant and useful... 
