| Samuel Kercheval - 1833 - 504 страници
...; then holding it above his head, the side which first becomes cold shews which way the wind blows. As it was requisite too for the hunter to know the...side. The same thing may be said of the moss, it is thicker and stronger on the north than on the south side of the trees. The whole business of the hunter... | |
| James Freeman Clarke, William Henry Channing, James Handasyd Perkins - 1836 - 740 страници
...the navigation of the forest, was the appearance of the bark and the moss on the trunks of the trees. "The bark of an aged tree is thicker and much rougher on the north tide." These were only part of the tactics of the hunter; he was constantly on the alert with all his... | |
| Elizabeth Fries Ellet - 1852 - 488 страници
...so as to get the leeward of the game. As it was necessary, too, to know the cardinal points, he had to observe the trees to ascertain them.' The bark...tree is thicker and much rougher on the north than the south side ; and the same may be said of the moss. From morning till night the hunter was on the... | |
| 1855 - 624 страници
...; then holding it above his head, the side which first becomes cold shews which way the wind blows. As it was requisite, too, for the hunter to know the...rougher on the north than on the south side. The same thine may be said of the moss ; it is much thicker and stronger on the north than on the south sides... | |
| Henry Howe - 1855 - 908 страници
...which first becomes cold, shows which way the wind blows. As it was requisite for the hunter, too, to know the cardinal points, he had only to observe...south side. The same thing may be said of the moss on the trees. The whole business of the hunter consists of a series of intrigues. From morning until... | |
| Henry Howe - 1856 - 462 страници
...which first becomes cold, shows which way the wind blows. As it was requisite for the hunter, too, to know the cardinal points^ he had only to observe the trees, to ascertain them. The bark or an aged tree is thicker and. much rougher on the north than on the south side. The same thing may... | |
| James Hall - 1857 - 438 страници
...requisite for the hunter to ascertain the course of the wind, so as to get to leeward of the game. "As it was requisite, too, for the hunter to know...south side. The same thing may be said of the moss. "The whole business of the hunter consists in a series of stratagems. From morning till night he was... | |
| Henry Howe - 1858 - 766 страници
...side which first becomes cold shows which way the wind blows. As it was requisite for the hunter too to know the cardinal points, he had only to observe...south side. The same thing may be said of the moss on the trees. The whole business of the hunter consists of a series of intrigues. From morning until... | |
| Henry Howe - 1858 - 592 страници
...side which first becomes cold shows which way the wind blows. As it was requisite for the hunter too to know the cardinal points, he had only to observe the trees to ascertain them. The bark of au aged tree is thicker and much rougher on the north than on the south side. The same thing may be... | |
| James Hall - 1869 - 438 страници
...to leeward of the game. "As it was requisite, too, for»the hunter to know the cardinal points, ho had only to observe the trees to ascertain them. The...south side. The same thing may be said of the moss. " The whole business of the hunter consists in a series of stratagems. From morning till night he was... | |
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