 | Great Britain - 1885 - 930 pages
...them in a bag. He then carried them half a kilometre in one direction, stopping at a point where a cross stands by the wayside, and whirled the bag rapidly...While he was doing so a good woman came by, who was uot a little surprised to find the aged professor standing in front of the cross solemnly whirling... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1886 - 898 pages
...them in a bag. He then carried them half a kilometre in one direction, stopping at a point where a cross stands by the wayside, and whirled the bag rapidly...came by, who was not a little surprised to find the aged professor standing in front of the cross solemnly whirling a bag round his head, and, M. Fabre... | |
 | Periodicals - 1886 - 406 pages
...carried them half a kilometre (nearly one third of a mile) in one direction, stopping at a point where a cross stands by the wayside, and whirled the bag rapidly...came by, who was not a little surprised to find the aged professor standing in front of the cross solemnly whirling a bag round his head, and, M. Fabre... | |
 | American literature - 1886 - 892 pages
...them in a bag. He then carried them half a kilometre in one direction, stopping at a point where a cross stands by the wayside, and whirled the bag rapidly...came by, who was not a little surprised to find the aged professor standing in front of the cross solemnly whirling a bag round his head, and, M. Fabre... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1886 - 574 pages
...half a kilometre in one direction, stopping at a point where a cross stands by the wayside, and then whirled the bag rapidly round his head. While he was...doing so a good woman came by who was not a little urprised to find the aged professor standing in front of the cross solemnly whirling a bag round his... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - Astronomy - 1892 - 490 pages
...on the back with a spot of white, and put them into a bag. He then carried them a quarter of a mile, stopping at a point where an old cross stands by the...head. While he was doing so a good woman came by, who seemed not a little surprised to find the Professor solemnly whirling a black bag round his head in... | |
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He took 10 bees (Chalicodoma), marked them in the usual manner with a spot of white, and put them in a bag. He then carried them half a kilometre in one direction, stopping at a point where a cross stands by the wayside, and whirled the bag rapidly round... 