 | Hugh Murray - 1839 - 618 páginas
...dwellings, originally came from Persia and the southern regions of Asia. This fact is rendered sufficiently evident from the testimonies of Pallas and F. Cuvier....nor have they yet been found in Siberia. The Gazelle (Jig. 579.), has been long immortalised by the poets of Asia and of Europe. 580 Brown Rat Gaulle. FeoiaJe... | |
 | Joseph Timothy Haydn - 1841 - 586 páginas
...him. Pallas describes the migratory nature of these rats, and stales that in the autumn of 1729 they arrived at Astrachan in such incredible numbers, that...been slow ; nor have they yet been found in Siberia. RAVENNA, BATTLE or, between the French under the great Gaston de Foix (duke of Nemours and nephew of... | |
 | James Hamilton Fennell - 1841 - 610 páginas
...tells us that they arrived at Astracan, in the autumn of 1727, in such numbers, and in so short a time, that nothing could be done to oppose them. They came from the western desert, and traversed the waves of the Volga, which unquestionably must have swallowed up part of their... | |
 | George Palmer Putnam - 1851 - 752 páginas
...F. Cuvier. Pallas describes the migratory nature of rats, and states that in the autumn of 1729 they arrived at Astrachan in such incredible numbers, that...century, and in some parts of France are still unknown. RAVENNA, BATTLE OP, between the French under the great Gaston de Foix (duke of Nemours and nephew of... | |
 | Joseph Haydn - 1851 - 700 páginas
...F. Cuvier. Pallas describes the migratory nature of rats, and states that in the autumn of 1729 they arrived at Astrachan in such incredible numbers, that...century, and in some parts of France are still unknown. RAVAILLAC'S MURDER OF HENRY IV. OF FRANCE. The death of Ravaillac is one of the most dreadful upon... | |
 | Joseph Haydn - 1853 - 738 páginas
...F. Cuvier. Pallas describes the migratory nature of rats, and states that in the autumn of 1729 they arrived at Astrachan in such incredible numbers, that...century, and in some parts of France are still unknown. AVAILLAC'S MURDER OF HENRY IV. OP FRANCE. The death of Ravaillac is one of the most dreadful upon record.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1853 - 1254 páginas
...tells us that they arrived at Astracan in the autumn of 1 737, in such numbers, and in so short a time, that nothing could be done to oppose them. They came from the western desert, and transverced the waves of the Volga, which unquestionably must have swallowed up ap,n I... | |
 | Joseph Timothy Haydn - 1857 - 764 páginas
...that in the autumn of 1729 they arrived at Astrachan in such incredible numbers, that nothing could bo done to oppose them; they came from the western deserts,...their progress. They only advanced to the vicinity of Paria in the middle of tho sixteenth century, and in some parts of Frauce are still unknown. HAVAILLAC'S... | |
 | Joseph Timothy Haydn - 1857 - 764 páginas
...Cuvier. Palla» describee the migratory nature of rats, and states that in the autumn of 1729 they arrived at Astrachan in such incredible numbers, that nothing could be done to oppose them; they camo from the western deserts, nor did the waves of the Volga arrest their progress. They only advanced... | |
 | James Rodwell - 1858 - 326 páginas
...nature of these rats, and states that in the autumn --of 1729 they arrived at Astrachan, in Russia, in such incredible numbers that nothing could be done...to oppose them. They came from the western deserts, and even the waves of the Volga did not arrest their progress. It is said by others that their first... | |
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Norway rat, the great pest of our dwellings, originally came to us from Persia and the Southern regions of Asia. This fact is rendered evident from the testimony of Pallas and F. Cuvier. Pallas describes the migratory nature of rats, and states that in... 
