This was the first common burying-ground that we had observed, except a very small one at Tong-tchoo; and the tumuli and the different erections marked out the mansions of the dead.
Vast numbers of barges were sailing to and fro, all gaily decorated with paint and gilding and streaming colours; the parties within them apparently all in pursuit of pleasure.
In fact, vast numbers of Chinese vessels are lost in these heavy gales of wind; and ten or twelve thousand subjects from the port of Canton alone are reckoned to perish annually by shipwreck.
The distribution of the Guillemot becomes much more local during summer, the birds crowding in vast numbers to certain time-honoured spots.
Vast numbers of the eggs of this Gull are collected for food, especially at the Farne Islands.
Vast numbers of this pretty gentle Gull are killed yearly, for the sake of their plumage.
Vast numbers of nests are made close together, and from a distance the sitting birds--all blended together--look like patches of snow.
But scarcely were they met, when the uproar recommenced, and soon the ensigns of the Arts, surrounded by vast numbers of armed men, occupied the courts.
They were, however, pursued by vast numbers, and Gherardo was slain upon the bridge of Affrico by Boccaccio Cavicciulli.
As the waters retreated from the beach, vast numbers of sulphur-yellow and orange coloured butterflies congregated on the moist sand.
They come out in the evening in vast numbers, causing quite a commotion in the streets and lanes.
Swarms of dragonflies appeared in the daytime about the pools of water created by the rain, and ants and termites came forth in the winged state in vast numbers.
Vast numbers of Divers and birds of the Auk tribe move south to these seas off the northern shires; Gulls in uncounted hosts do the same.
Vast numbers of Starlings also build in these places up and down the Peak and elsewhere.
Vast numbers of migrant small birds follow such river-valleys as the Tees and the Humber, on their way into Yorkshire, Notts, and Derbyshire, by way of the Don and its tributary streams.
This species appears at times in vast numbers in the waters of Florida, until the sea may truly be said to be fairly alive with them.
It lives about coral reefs and rocky shores, attaching itself in vast numbers to the rocks.
Vast numbers of these pretty creatures are sometimes encountered far out at sea, floating quietly on the surface.
Cotton Mather's sermon and others on Morgan and his crimes, which were preached by Increase Mather and Joshua Moodey, were printed and sold in vast numbers, passing through several editions.
Vast numbers, without even these objects in view, are wantonly slaughtered, and the chief part of the flesh utterly wasted, by the thoughtless Indians of the plain, who have thereby deprived themselves of their future support.
Wood ducks fly by in vast numbers; the rich glow of the evening sky, still suffused with the gorgeous hues of the setting sun, is reflected on the mirror-like expanse of water.
Should a salt lake be near, they will come in vast numbers to lick up with their tongues the saline particles adhering to the surrounding stones, where the salt has crystallised from the evaporation of the water.
A little before the last quarter of the moon in October and November, they swarm in vast numbers at the surface of the sea for breeding, and are gathered and highly esteemed as food by the natives.
Achorutes nivicola) often found in winter on the snow in vast numbers.
As soon as they have killed a horse, we close round them in vast numbers, and overwhelm them with spears and guns; but you are few, and cannot attempt this.
Scarcely had these arrangements been made, than the natives appeared in vast numbers, bringing provisions to barter.
In consequence of this considerate treatment, vast numbers of their compatriots and many Syrians voluntarily came into Egypt.
Vast numbers of them have been forced, either by paroxysms at intervals or by gradual movement, into all manner of angular inclinations.
Have caused the emancipation of vast numbers, and that consistently with the laws of God.
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