 | William Charles L. Martin - 1799 - 200 pages
...without any unanimity of purpose, and a great many are destroyed by the hunters, although they are then least valuable. "When the turkeys have arrived...mast as they advance. This occurs about the middle of Novemher. It has been observed that, after these long journeys the turkevs become so familiar 'as to... | |
 | 1831 - 502 pages
...turkeys have arrived in then: land of abundance, they disperse in small flocks, composed of indict duals of all sexes and ages intermingled, who devour all the mast as they advance : this occurs about the middlof November. It has been observed, that, after these long journeys, the turkeys become so familiar,... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte - 1831 - 392 pages
...any apparent unanimity of purpose, and a great many are destroyed by the hunters, although they are then least valuable. When the turkeys have arrived...even approach so near the farmhouses as to enter the stables and corncribs, in search of food ; in this way they pass the autumn, and part of the winter.... | |
 | 1831 - 496 pages
...by the hunters, although they are then least valuable. " When the turkeys have arrived in their laud of abundance, they disperse in small flocks, composed...even approach so near the farm-houses as to enter the stables and corn-cribs, in search of food ; in this way they pass the autumn, and part of the winter.... | |
 | Sir William Jardine - 1834 - 388 pages
...and Missisippi. The time of this irruption is known to the Indians by the name of the turkey month. " When the turkeys have arrived in their land of abundance,...observed, that, after these long journeys, the turkeys 126 THE TURKEY. become so familiar as to venture on the plantations, and even approach so near the... | |
 | Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) - 1835 - 604 pages
...this state they fall an easy prey to the hunter." To this information Bonaparte adds, that " when they have arrived in their land of abundance, they disperse...advance : this occurs about the middle of November." Mast, however, (that is, the fruit of the beech,) is not their only diet ; maize, grass, the peccan... | |
 | 1846 - 544 pages
...without any apparent unanimity of purpose, and a great many are destroyed by the hunters, though they are then least valuable. When the turkeys have arrived...disperse in small flocks, composed of individuals of all aцes and sexes intermingled, who devour all the mast as they advance : this occurs about the middle... | |
 | James Joseph Nolan - 1850 - 208 pages
...day or more, as if for the purpose of consultation, or to be duly prepared for so hazardous a voyage. It has been observed that after these long journeys...approach so near the farm-houses, as to enter the stables and corn cribs, in search of food ; in this way they pass the autumn and part of the winter... | |
 | James Joseph Nolan - 1850 - 198 pages
...day or more, as if for the purpose of consultation, or to be duly prepared for so hazardous a voyage. It has been observed that after these long journeys...approach so near the farm-houses, as to enter the stables and corn cribs, in search of food; in this way they pass the autumn and part of the winter... | |
 | American Institute of the City of New York - 1853 - 550 pages
...their march is impeded by natural obstructions. When the turkies have surmounted all difficulties, and arrived in their land of abundance, they disperse...been observed, that after these long journeys, the turkies become so familiar near the farm-houses and plantations, as to enter the stables and corn cribs... | |
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... they are then least valuable. When the turkeys have arrived in their land of abundance, they disperse in small flocks, composed of individuals of all sexes and ages intermingled, who devour all the mast as they advance : this occurs about the middle... 
