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" In one place the caves are only to be approached by a perpendicular descent of many hundred feet by ladders of bamboo and rattan, over a sea rolling violently against the rocks. When the mouth of the cavern is attained, the perilous office of taking the... "
The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge - Página 156
1841
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The Chinese Commercial Guide, Containing Treaties, Tariffs, Regulations ...

Samuel Wells Williams - 1863 - 694 páginas
...often be performed by torch-light, by penetrating into recesses of the rock, where the slightest slip would be instantly fatal to the adventurers, who see...surf making its way into the chasms of the rock." After they are obtained, they are separated from feathers and dirt, carefully dried in the shade and...
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The English Cyclopaedia, Parte2,Volumen1

Charles Knight - 1866 - 582 páginas
...persons accustomed from their youth to the office. In one place the caves are only to be approached Ъу a perpendicular descent of many hundred feet by ladders...surf making its way into the chasms of the rock." (Crawfurd's ' Eastern Archipelago.') Several other species of Gelidium are made use of as food, more...
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Natural History: Or, Second Division of "The English Encyclopedia", Volumen1

Charles Knight - 1866 - 584 páginas
...against the rocks. When the mouth of the cavern is attained, the perilous office of taking the nesta must often be performed by torch-light, by penetrating...the hot and biting condiments more palatable. The Iridea edulia, Edible Dulse, is a favourite food with many of the Crustacea, as lobsters, crabs, &c....
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The Quarterly Review, Volumen127

1869 - 596 páginas
...of access, and the nests can only bo collected by persons accustomed from their youth to the office. In one place the caves are only to be approached by...adventurers, who see nothing below them but the turbulent Burf making its way into the chasms of the rock.' It reminds one of the thrilling stories told of the...
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The Quarterly Review, Volumen127

1869 - 588 páginas
...over a sea rolling violently against the rocks. When the mouth of the cavern is attained, the perilons office of taking the nests must often be performed...surf making its way into the chasms of the rock.' It reminds one of the thrilling stories told of the bird-catchers of St. Kilda. The Mammoth Cave of...
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The Quarterly Review, Volumen127

1869 - 584 páginas
...the rock, where the slightest trip would be instantly fatal to the adventurers, who see nothing telow them but the turbulent surf making its way into the chasms of the rock.' It reminds one of the thrilling stories told of the bird-catchers of St. Kilda. The Mammoth. Cave of...
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Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial ..., Volumen1

Edward Balfour - 1871 - 1170 páginas
...often be performed by torchlight, by penetrating into recesses of the rock, where the slightest slip would be instantly fatal to the adventurers, who see...turbulent surf making its way into the chasms of the rock. After they are obtained, they are separated from feathers and dirt, are carefully dried and packed,...
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The Seaweed Collector: a Handy Guide to the Marine Botanist ...

James Shirley Hibberd - 1872 - 214 páginas
...of access, and the nests can only be collected by persons accustomed from their youth to the office. In one place the caves are only to be approached by...surf making its way into the chasms of the rock." The employment of seaweeds in manufactures and the fine arts has rather declined than increased of...
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The popular encyclopedia; or, 'Conversations Lexicon': [ed. by A. Whitelaw ...

Popular encyclopedia - 1874 - 530 páginas
...performed with torchlight, by penetrating into r>.-- ccsses of the rock, where the slightest trip would 1« instantly fatal to the adventurers, who see nothing below them but the turbulent surf making its \\ :< '•' into the chasms of the rock. 'The only preparation which thebirds' nests undergo is that...
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The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts ..., Volumen3

Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines - 1912 - 920 páginas
...the perilous office of taking the nests must often be performed with torchlight, by penetrating into recesses of the rock, where the slightest trip would...turbulent surf making its way into the chasms of the rock. The only preparation which the birds' nests undergo is that of simple drying, without direct exposure...
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