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" In calm weather, these geese have the cunning, in general, to leave the mud as soon as the tide flows high enough to bear an enemy; and then they go off to sea, and feed on the drifting weeds. "
Instructions to Young Sportsmen: In All that Relates to Guns and Shooting - Página 425
por Peter Hawker - 1838 - 549 páginas
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volumen28

1830 - 1024 páginas
...— now for BRENT GEESE, which, unless in very hard weather, are wild as zebras. In severe weather, as soon as the tide flows high enough to bear an enemy, they have the sense to leave the mud, nnd go off to sea. If it blow hard, so that they cannot weather...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volumen28

1830 - 1046 páginas
...— now for BRENT GBESE, which, unless in very hard weather, are wild as zebras. In severe weather, as soon as the tide flows high enough to bear an enemy, they have the sense to leave the mud, and go off to sea. If it blow hard, so that they cannot weather...
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Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All that Relates to Guns and Shooting

Peter Hawker - 1844 - 710 páginas
...discharge of your artillery. For thus finishing the business, the percussion system is a sine qud non, as these birds are sure to " duck the flash " after,...weather it long enough to feed outside of the harbour, HH they then continue inside the whole day; though they most frequently take especial care to weather...
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Instructions to Young Sportsmen: In All that Relates to Guns and Shooting

Peter Hawker - 1846 - 514 páginas
...to fire himself, or endeavour to persuade you to fire, at birds which are very far out of gunshot. BRENT GEESE. — Towards November or December, we...they cannot weather it long enough to feed outside the harbour, they then continue inside the whole day ; though they most frequently take especial care...
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Ornamental and Domestic Poultry: Their History, and Management

Edmund Saul Dixon - 1848 - 388 páginas
...appear to be second only to the Swan. On this account, Ware Goose is one of their trivial names. " Brent Geese have the cunning, in general, to leave the mud...tide flows high enough to bear an enemy, and then go off to sea, and feed on the drifting weeds." — Colonel Hawker. " On the north-eastern shores of...
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A Treatise on the History and Management of Ornamental and Domestic Poultry

Edmund Saul Dixon - 1857 - 544 páginas
...appear to be second only to the Swan. On this account, Ware Goose is one of their trivial names. " Brent Geese have the cunning, in general, to leave the mud...tide flows high enough to bear an enemy, and then go off to sea, and feed on the drifting weeds." — Colonel Hawker. "On the north-eastern shores of...
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Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, Volumen2

1868 - 872 páginas
...we have the Brent Geese, which are always wild, unless in very hard weather. In calm weather, these geese have the cunning, in general, to leave the mud...they go off to sea, and feed on the drifting weeds. To kill Brent Geese by day, get out of sight in a small punt, at low water, and keep as near as possible...
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for ..., Volumen2

1868 - 858 páginas
...we have the Brent Geese, which are always wild, unless in very hard weather. In calm weather, these geese have the cunning, in general, to leave the mud...they go off to sea, and feed on the drifting weeds. To kifl Brent Geese by day, get out of sight in a small punt, at low water, and keep as near as possible...
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Cassell's household guide, Volumen2

Cassell, ltd - 1869 - 418 páginas
...remarkable smell of truffles. Brent geese, when feeding on the shore at ebb-tide, have the cunning, as soon as the tide flows high enough to bear an enemy, to leave the mud and go out to sea, and there feed on the drifting weeds. All these are roasted and...
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Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for ..., Volumen2

1876 - 852 páginas
...we have the Brent Geese, which are always wild, unless in very hard weather. In calm weather, these geese have the cunning, in general, to leave the mud as soon as the tide flows lugh enough to bear an enemy; and then they до off to sea, and feed on the drifting weeds. To kill...
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