 | 1840 - 326 Seiten
...air, which are there usually found. The beaver, he says, attacks, of course, those trees which ace nearest at hand, and on the banks of the stream or pond, and these, when cut through, n,llnr.dly preponderate towards the water. This suggestion is well-timed... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1868 - 520 Seiten
...if really capable of exercising a discretion in the matter. He was evidently engaged in " belting " the tree, and his first incision had been on the side...them, or, in technical phrase, belts them with his tee tli, and when they fall, they naturally take the direction iu which their truaks or branches prepondeiate.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1870 - 666 Seiten
...stream, or stretch their largest limbs in that direction, to benefit by the space, the light, and the ah- to be found there. The beaver, of course, attacks...belts them with his teeth, and when they fall, they caturally take the SAGACITY OF THE BEAVER. 267 direction in which their trunks or branches preponderate.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 996 Seiten
...light, and the air to be found there. The beaver, of course, attacks those 3AGACITT Of THE HEAVER. 283 trees which are nearest at hand, and on the banks...branches preponderate. " I have often," says Captain Bonneviilo, " seen trees measuring eighteen inches in diameter, at the places where they had been cut... | |
 | John Hogg (publisher.) - 1878 - 536 Seiten
...from the circumstance that most trees growing near water-courses either learr Bachelor Ramblei. 245 bodily towards the stream, or stretch their largest...direction in which their trunks or branches preponderate. The Captain adds : — I have seen trees measuring eighteen inches in diameter at the places where... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1884 - 408 Seiten
...the light, space, and air, which are there usually found. The beaver, he says, attacks, of course, those trees which are nearest at hand, and on the banks of the stream or pond, and these, when cut through, naturally preponderate towards the water. This suggestion is well-timed;... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1895 - 416 Seiten
...other aim than to get the tree down, without any of the subtle calculation as to its mode or directions of falling. This attribute, he thinks, has been ascribed...direction in which their trunks or branches preponderate. . Sagacitg of tbe JBeaver 289 "I have often," says Captain Bonneville, ' ' seen trees measuring eighteen... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1895 - 404 Seiten
...of the light, space, and air which are there usually found. The beaver, he says, attacks of course those trees which are nearest at hand and on the banks of the stream or pond, and these, when cut through, naturally preponderate towards the water. This suggestion is well-timed,... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1902 - 730 Seiten
...the light, space, and air, which are there usually found. The beaver, he says, attacks, of course, those trees which are nearest at hand, and on the banks of the stream or pond, and these, when cut through, naturally preponderate towards the water. This suggestion is well-timed... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1902 - 368 Seiten
...the light, space, and air, which are there usually found. The beaver, he says, attacks, of course, those trees which are nearest at hand, and on the banks of the stream or pond, and these, when cut through, naturally preponderate towards the water. This suggestion is well-timed... | |
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... of falling. This attribute, he thinks, has been ascribed to them from the circumstance, that most trees growing near water-courses, either lean bodily towards the stream, or stretch their largest limbs in that direction, to benefit by the space, the... 
