 | Andrew Crichton - 1833 - 476 sider
...Bedouins of Sinai are frequently driven to despair by the multitudes of these vermin, which remain generally during a space of forty or fifty days, and then disappear for the rest of the season. They arrive towards the end of May, when the Pleiades are setting, which leads the natives... | |
 | James Covel (jr.) - 1843 - 548 sider
...and a most serious grievance. These animals arrive by way of Akaba (therefore from the East) toward the end of May, when the Pleiades are setting, according...Some few are seen in the course of every year, but treat flights every fourth or fth year ; such is the general course of their unwelcome visits. Since... | |
 | Four little wise ones - 1853 - 456 sider
...multitude of locusts, which constitute a land plague, and a most serious grievance. These animals arrived by way of Akaba, therefore, from the East, towards...rest of the year. Some few are seen in the course of the year, but great flights every fourth or fifth year ; such is the general course of their unwelcome... | |
 | James Covel - 1853 - 560 sider
...and a most serious grievance. These animals arrive by way of Akaba (therefore from the East) toward the end of May, when the Pleiades are setting, according...few are seen in the course of every year, but great nights every fourth or fifth year ; such is the general course of their unwelcome visits. Since the... | |
 | Edward Bouverie Pusey - 1885 - 456 sider
...despair by the I multitudes of locusts, which constitute a land-plague. They remain tfiere generally for forty or fifty days, and then disappear for the rest of the year." Pliny describes their approach, "sthey overshadow the sun, the | nations looking up with anxiety, lest... | |
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East) toward the end of May, when the Pleiades are setting, according to observations made by the Arabs, who believe that the locusts entertain a considerable dread of that constellation. They remain there generally during a space of forty or fifty days,... 