 Sir James Emerson Tennent, also, in his work on Ceylon, says that ' in some of the unfrequented portions of the eastern province, to which Europeans rarely resort, and where the peafowl are unmolested by the natives, their number is so extraordinary that,...  Ceylon: An Account of the Island,. - Page 165by Sir James Emerson Tennent - 1860Full view - About this book
 | Ephraim Chambers - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1870 - 856 pages
...where I stood for near an hour.' Sir James Kmerson Tennent, also, in his work on Ceylon, says that ' in some of the unfrequented portions of the eastern...game, it ceases to be '• sport " to destroy them ; aud their cries at early morning are so tumidtuous and incessant as to banish sleep, and amount to... | |
 | Zoological Society of London. Gardens, Philip Lutley Sclater - 1870 - 74 pages
...eastern province," says Sir James Emerson Tennent, in his interesting work on the latter country, " to which Europeans rarely resort, and where the Pea-fowl are unmolested by the natives, their number is BO extraordinary that, regarded as game, it ceases to be sport to destroy them, and their cries at... | |
 | 1872 - 848 pages
...where I stood for near an hour.' Sir James Emerson Tennent, also, in his work on Ceylon, says that ' in some of the unfrequented portions of the eastern...extraordinary that, regarded as game, it ceases to l>e " sport " to destroy them ; and their cries at early morning are so tumultuous and incessant as... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1880 - 844 pages
...where I stood for near au hour." Sir .James Emerson Teintent, also, in his work on Ceylon, says that "in some of the unfrequented portions of the eastern...number is» so extraordinary that, regarded as game, it ceased to be 4 sport ' to destroy them ; and Iheir cries at early morning are so tumultuous and incessant... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1881 - 902 pages
...Tennent, also, in his work on Ceylon, says that "in some of the unfrequented porPeacock. Pearl. lions of the eastern province, to which Europeans rarely...'sport ' to destroy them; and their cries at early morning are so tumultuous and incessant as to banish sleep, and amount to an actual inconvenience."... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1883 - 842 pages
...and pride. When the disk is erected, the P. has the of rattling the shafts of its feathers against I the unfrequented portions of the eastern province,...sport " to destroy them ; and their cries at early morning are so tumultuous and incessant as to banish sleep, and amount to an actual inconvenience.'... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1897 - 898 pages
...where I stood for near an hour.' Sir James Emerson Tennent, also, in his work on Ceylon, says that ' in some of the unfrequented portions of the eastern..."sport" to destroy them; and their cries at early morning are so tumultuous and incessant as to banish sleep, and amount to an actual inconvenience.'—... | |
 | Jonathan Perkins Weethee - Eastern question - 1897 - 664 pages
...the spot where I stood for near an hour." Sir Emerson Teunent, also, in his work on Ceylon, says that "in some of the unfrequented portions of the eastern...province to which Europeans rarely resort, and where the pea-fowls are unmolested by the natives, their number is so extraordinary that, regarded as game it... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1898 - 998 pages
...on Ceylon, says that "in some of the unfrequented рог AI Q Peach, 4J.W l'en Микки!. tíone of the eastern province, to which Europeans rarely...sport ' to destroy them ; and their cries at early morning are so tumultuous and incessant as to banish sleep, and amount to an actual inconvenience."... | |
 | Christine E. Jackson - Art - 2006 - 196 pages
...some of the unfrequented portions of the eastern province, to which Europeans rarely resort, and when the pea-fowl are unmolested by the natives, their...and incessant as to banish sleep, and amount to an William Logsdail's portrait Lady Curzon, Vicereine of India, at the Coronation Durbar ball in Delhi,... | |
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