 | 1835 - 428 pages
...accumulated behind her, when supporting herself with her head and fore part on the ground fronting her body, she with a spring from each flapper, sends the sand...feet. This labour I have seen performed in the short period of nine minutes. The eggs are then dropped one by one, and disposed in regular layers, to the... | |
 | 1835 - 428 pages
...accumulated behind her, when supporting herself with her head and fore part on the ground fronting her body, she with a spring from each flapper, sends the sand...feet. This labour I have seen performed in the short period of nine minutes. The eggs are then dropped one by one, and disposed in regular layers, to the... | |
 | J H Hedley - 1836 - 352 pages
...accumulated behind her, when supporting herself with her head and fore part on ihe ground fronting her body, she with a spring from each flapper sends the sand...feet. This labour I have seen performed in the short period of nine minutes. The eggs are then dropped one by one, and disposed in regular layers, to the... | |
 | Thomas Bell - 1838 - 62 pages
...accumulated behind her, when, supporting herself with her head and fore part on the ground fronting her body, she, with a spring from each flapper, sends the sand...feet. This labour I have seen performed in the short period of nine minutes. The eggs are then dropped one by one, and disposed in regular layers, to the... | |
 | Hugh Murray - 1839 - 646 pages
...accumulated behind her, when supporting herself with her head and fore-part, on the ground fronting her body, she, with a spring from each flapper, sends the sand...than two feet. This labour I have seen performed in tl>e short period of nine minutes. The eggs are then dropped one by one, and disposed in regular layers,... | |
 | 1840 - 752 pages
...accumulated behind her, when, supporting herself with her head and fore part on the ground fronting her body, she, with a spring from each flapper, sends the sand...to the distance of several feet. In this manner the whole is dug to the depth of eighteen inches, or sometimes more than two feet. This labor I have seen... | |
 | 1840 - 906 pages
...accumulated behind her, when, supporting herself with her head and fore part on the ground fronting her body, she, with a spring from each flapper, sends the sand...to the distance of several feet. In this manner the whole is dug to the depth of eighteen inches, or sometimes more than two feet. This labor I have seen... | |
 | Popular history - 1843 - 434 pages
...the sides seldom, if ever, fall in. The sand is raised alternately with each flapper, as with a large ladle, until it has accumulated behind her, when,...feet. This labour I have seen performed in the short period of nine minutes. The eggs are then dropped one by one, and disposed in regular layers, to the... | |
 | T B. M - 1844 - 274 pages
...gently and quickly to form a hole in the sand, which she scoops up 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,... | |
 | Philip Henry Gosse - 1850 - 308 pages
...the sides seldom if ever fall in. The sand is raised alternately with each flapper, as with a large ladle, until it has accumulated behind her, when supporting...feet. This labour I have seen performed in the short period of nine minutes. The eggs are then dropped one by one, and disposed in regular layers, to the... | |
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... she with a spring from each flapper, 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... 
