 | 1849 - 488 sivua
...vigorously attacked the intruders as they waded through their ranks. An insupportable stench arose from the deep bed of guano which had been forming for ages, and which, could it be safely approached, may hereafter be valuable to Australian agriculture. With difficulty... | |
 | Charles Tomlinson - 1848 - 214 sivua
...entirely of igneous rocks, and accessible only on its western side. No kind of vegetation was seen, " but inconceivable myriads of penguins completely and...our boats with geological specimens and penguins." It required a long and a heavy pull to regain the ships, which they had no sooner done than a thick... | |
 | Enoch Lewis, Samuel Rhoads - 1848 - 856 sivua
...at us with their sharp beaks, which, together with their loud, coarse notes, and the unsupportable stench from the deep bed of guano which had been forming...ages, and which may at some period be valuable to our Australasian colonists, made us glad to get away again, after loading our boats with penguins and... | |
 | 1849 - 1118 sivua
...vigorously attacked the intruders as they waded through their ranks. An insupportable stench arose from the deep bed of guano which had been forming for ages, and which, could it be safely approached, may hereafter be valuable to Australian agriculture. With difficulty... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1850 - 782 sivua
...ranks, and pecking at us with their sharp beaks, disputing possession : which, together with then- loud coarse notes, and the insupportable stench from...been forming for ages, and which may at some period he valuable to the agriculturists of our Australian colonies, made us glad to get away again, after... | |
 | Alexander George Findlay - 1851 - 782 sivua
...even to the summits of the hills, attacking us vigorously as we waded through their ranks, and pecking us with their sharp beaks, disputing possession ;...some period be valuable to the agriculturists of our Australian colonies, made us glad to get away again, after having loaded our boats with geological... | |
 | World - 1852 - 588 sivua
...attacking us vigorously as we waded through their ranks, and pecking at us with their sharp beaks, which, together with their loud coarse notes, and...ages, and which may at some period be valuable to our Australasian colonists, made us glad to get away again, after loading our boats with penguins and... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1854 - 740 sivua
...island was named Possession Island. It is situated in latitude 71'' 56' and longitude 171° 7' east, composed entirely of igneous rocks, and only accessible^...some period be valuable to the agriculturists of our Australian colonies, made us glad to get away again, after having loaded our boats with geological... | |
 | 1856 - 580 sivua
...island was named Possession Island. It is situated in latitude 71° 56' and longitude 171° 7' east, composed entirely of igneous rocks, and only accessible...some period be valuable to the agriculturists of our Australian colonies, made us glad to get away again, after having loaded our boats with geological... | |
 | John Gould - 1865 - 682 sivua
...with their loud coarse notes, and the insupportable stench from the deep bed of guano which had beeu forming for ages, and which may at some period be valuable to the agriculturalists of our Australian colonies, made us glad to get away again, after having loaded our... | |
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It is situated in latitude 71° 56' and longitude 171° 7' east, composed entirely of igneous rocks, and only accessible on its western side. We saw not the smallest appearance of vegetation, but inconceivable myriads of penguins completely and densely... 
