We went on for 10 3/4 miles and stopped for lunch.
He was harnessed behind his wall and was in the sledge before he realised.
The measurement is made by the mutual repulsion of quartz fibres acting against a spring--the extent of the repulsion is very clearly shown against a scale magnified by a telescope.
To them a 'glaciated land' is one which appears to have been shaped by former ice action.
A stratus cloud is thus formed at B; from this moment A B continues to cool, but B C is protected from radiating, whilst heated by radiation from snow and possibly by release of latent heat due to cloud formation.
My experience of petrels and albatrosses is that whenever they are having a really good meal, they invariably sit down on the water.
Of these our most constant companions were the Cape pigeons (Daption capensis), albatrosses of two species (Diomedea fuliginosa and D.
Albatrosses are often entirely brown, but farther south, and when old, I am told, they become sometimes quite white.
Two albatrosses came to my wool-shed about seven months ago, and a dead one was found at Mount Peel not long since.
Albatrosses are not white; they are grey, or brown with a white streak down the back, and spreading a little into the wings.
I caught four albatrosses with a fishing-line; one of them was a female, the first I had seen.
Many and various sorts ofalbatrosses about the ship.
The Dusky Albatrosses became very familiar, and Sherman drew one of them on deck, but the captain followed it closely round the ship, and at last ordered it to be thrown overboard.
The Albatrosses and Petrels may be said to be the Vultures of the ocean.
Before such could take place, a flock of Albatrosses which followed in the ship's wake pounced upon the unfortunate man, and commenced to peck his head and arms.
These, and the dark-brown sort with a yellow bill, were the only albatrosses that had not now forsaken us.
Upon our getting among the ice islands, the albatrosses left us; that is, we saw but one now and then.
The rest of the birds were albatrosses and sheer-waters.
Mr Forster shot some albatrosses and other birds, on which we feasted the next day, and found them exceedingly good.
Cape; and had abundance of albatrosses about us, several of which were caught with hook and line; and were very well relished by many of the people, notwithstanding they were at this time served with fresh mutton.
Most or our winged companions had now left us; the grey albatrosses only remained; and, instead of the other birds, we were visited by a few antarctic peterels.
Their powers of flight combine the strength of the Albatrosses and the grace of the Terns.
A number of huge albatrosses had been following the vessel, sweeping round and round her, now soaring upwards, now plunging down into the waters to pick up anything which had fallen overboard.
I shouted in return, and redoubled my efforts to keep the albatrossesat a distance, while I struck out to meet my friend, whom I recognised as Sambo the black cook.
On his way he had picked up a couple of pieces of wood, and armed with these we were able to drive the albatrosses off.
The feathers of the hundreds of thousands of albatrosses which are killed in the North Pacific all go to Paris.
The young albatrosses weighed about fourteen pounds each fresh killed, and we estimated that they weighed at least six pounds each when cleaned and dressed for the pot.
Some more of the young albatrosses made a noble end in our pot.
Crean and McCarthy had brought down six more of the young albatrosses in the afternoon, so we were well supplied with fresh food.
Towards the end of June, in anticipation of the fishing season, albatrosses arrive in thousands on the coasts of Kamtchatka, and are captured in great numbers, for food and other purposes, by the natives.
Angling for albatrosses is no modern art, as appears from the narrative of Sir Richard Hawkins' voyage to the South Sea in 1593, in which it is pretty certain that these birds are spoken of.
As the weather was frequently calm, Mr Banks went out in a small boat to shoot birds, among which were some albatrosses and sheer-waters.
The albatrosses now began to leave us, and after the 8th there was not one to be seen.
Somebody said we got on so badly because we had thirteen pigs on board; another said it was because we caught so many birds, and I had caught no less than fourteen albatrosses and four Cape pigeons.
Our faithful companions of the westerly belt -- the albatrosses -- had now disappeared, and we could soon begin to look out for the first representatives of the winged inhabitants of Antarctica.
From time to time the gigantic bird plunges down into the sea to capture the fishes with which he satisfies his hunger; and it is said that where Albatrosses are numerous they will even attack sailors who may happen to fall overboard.
The albatrosses fly a tremendous distance from the land, and are very large; sometimes they measure sixteen to seventeen feet across the wings.
Whales and albatrosses are seen more and more frequently.
The albatrosses are very large, the largest being three feet long with a spread of wing of seven feet.
The fulmars, shearwaters, petrels, andalbatrosses are strictly maritime.
I have seen many albatrosses killed, and the people who killed them have returned home in safety; though possibly accidents may have occurred in other instances to those who have killed one of the birds.
It may be a cruel act to kill a bird without any reason; but though persons who have caught or shot albatrosses may afterwards have met with accidents, it does not at all follow that such is the result of their former acts.
Everywhere in a monotonous waste the vast white field seemed to stretch, with only a few albatrosses and petrels dotting its lonely surface.
Numerous albatrosses and other large sea birds and gulls were hovering above the struggling creature, from time to time diving and pecking it.
And twenty-six men require a quantity ofalbatrosses and mollyhawks every twenty-four hours, while they can fish only in the daylight.
And the great albatrosses veered and circled about us, beating up into the bitter violence of the gale and sweeping grandly away before it far faster than it blew.
And I send messages to the lonely albatrosses veering through the murk that I am a lover.
The Gulls, the Albatrosses and Petrels may be said to be the Vultures of the ocean—its scavengers; for they cleanse it of all the putrefied animal substances which float on its surface.
In the autumn the Albatrosses congregate at their favorite nesting-places.
I was more anxious for him than for my human friend, as I was afraid the albatrosses would attack him, and he had no means of defending himself.
Indeed, if it had not been for him, I suspect that the albatrosses would have finished both Oliver and me before the boat could have got up to us.
The passengers now amused themselves by throwing bits of meat overboard, and seeing thealbatrosses pounce down and snap up the tempting morsels.
Mr Hooker was soon busily employed in skinning his albatrosses and preparing the skins for stuffing.
Some one had told him that he would have to roast one of the albatrosses for dinner.
Do you think I have forgotten the day we were out having a look-see, five of us, and spotted five Albatrosses below?
The two Albatrosses came bravely on, scorning the odds against them.
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