 | William Bingley - 1803 - 606 ページ
...seems to be a sufficient layer for a day. Thus careful workmen, when they build mud-walls, (informed at first, perhaps, by this little bird), raise but...method, in about ten or twelve days, is formed an hemispherical nest, with a small aperture towards the top, strong, compact, 2nd warm ; and perfectly... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 392 ページ
...careful workmen, when they build mud-walls, (informed at first, perhaps, by this little bird,) add but a moderate layer at a time, and then desist, lest...weight. By this method, in about ten or twelve days, a hemispherical nest is formed, with a small aperture towards the top ; strong, compact, and warm,... | |
 | 1831 - 652 ページ
...Thus careful workmen, when they build mud-walls (informed at first perhaps by the little bird,) rais« but a moderate layer at a time and then desist; lest...this method, in about ten or twelve days, is formed a hemispheric nest with a small aperture towards the top, strong, compact, and warm, and perfectly... | |
 | 1832 - 406 ページ
...seems to be a sufficient layer for a day. Thus careful workmen, when they build mud-walls (informed at first perhaps by this little bird), raise but a...this method, in about ten or twelve days, is formed a hemispheric nest witli a small aperture towards the top, strong, compact, and warm, and perfectly... | |
 | Samuel Roper - 1832 - 178 ページ
...seems to be a sufficient layer for a day. Thus careful workmen, when they build mudwalls, (informed at first, perhaps, by this little bird,) raise but...this method, in about ten or twelve days, is formed a hemispheric nest, with a small aperture towards the top, strong, compact, and warm, and perfectly... | |
 | 1833 - 270 ページ
...it sufficient time to dry and harden. " About half an inch seems to be a sufficient layer for a day. By this method, in about ten or twelve days, is formed an hemispheric nest, with a small opening towards the top, strong, compact, and warm, and perfectly fitted for the pvirposes for which... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1836 - 398 ページ
...seems to be a sufficient layer for a day. Thus, careful workmen, when they build mud-walls, (informed at first, perhaps, by this little bird,) raise but...about ten or twelve days, is formed an hemispheric nesi, with a small aperture towards the top, strong, compact, and warm ; and perfectly fitted for all... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1837 - 678 ページ
...seems to be a sufficient layer for a day. Thus careful workmen when they build mud walls (informed at first perhaps by this little bird) raise but a...hemispheric nest with a small aperture towards the top, strong3 compact, and warm ; and perfectly fitted for all the purposes for which it was intended. But... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1843 - 348 ページ
...seems to be a sufficient layer for a day. Thus careful workmen, when they build mud-walls (informed at first, perhaps, by this little bird), raise but...top-heavy, and so be ruined by its own weight. By this melhod, in about ten or twelve days, is formed an hemispheric nest with a small aperture towards the... | |
 | T B. M - 1844 - 274 ページ
...gradual advance of the work, he says : " Thus careful workmen, when they build mud walls (informed at first, perhaps, by this little bird), raise but...become top-heavy, and so be ruined by its own weight." Allusion is made in Holy Scripture to the Swallow, as observing "the time of its coming,"* and as finding... | |
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... fast; but by building only in the morning, and by dedicating the rest of the day to food and amusement, gives it sufficient time to dry and harden. About half an inch seems to be a sufficient layer for a day. Thus careful workmen, when they build... 
