 ... same direction, stumbling along over twisted roots and fallen trees, with their eyes turned up to the sky. In this way they traced the honey-laden bees to their hive, in the hollow trunk of a blasted oak, where, after buzzing about for a moment, they...  A Tour on the Prairies - Page 42by Washington Irving - 1835 - 199 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1843 - 488 pages
...to their hive, in the hollow trunk of a blasted oak, where, after buzzing about for a moment, they entered a hole about sixty feet from the ground. Two...the ground. The mere spectators and amateurs, in the meantime, drew off to a cautious distance, to be out of the way of the falling of the tree and the... | |
 | Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree - 1844 - 498 pages
...to their hive, in the hollow trunk of a blasted oak, whare, after buzzing about for a moment, they entered a hole about sixty feet from the ground. Two of the bee hunters now plied theiraxes vigorously at the foot of the tree to level it with the ground. The... | |
 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 494 pages
...to their hive, in the hollow trunk of a blasted oak, where, after buzzing about for a moment, they entered a hole about sixty feet from the ground. Two of the bee-hunters now plieu their axes vigorously at the foot of the tree, to level it with the ground. The mere spectators... | |
 | Washington Irving - Readers - 1849 - 278 pages
...to their hive, in the hollow trunk of a blasted oak, where, after buzzing about for a moment, they entered a hole about sixty feet from the ground. Two...the ground. The mere spectators and amateurs, in the meantime, drew off to a cautious distance, to be out of the way of the falling of the tree and the... | |
 | Washington Irving - Authors, American - 1849 - 394 pages
...to their hive, in the hollow trunk of a blasted oak, where, after buzzing about for a moment, they entered a hole about sixty feet from the ground. Two...the ground. The mere spectators and amateurs, in the meantime, drew off to a cautious distance, to be out of the way of the falling of the tree and the... | |
 | 1835 - 592 pages
...to their hives, in the hollow trunk of a blasted oak, where, after buzzing about for a moment, they entered a hole about sixty feet from the ground. "...spectators and amateurs, in the mean time, drew off to a cautions distance to be out of the way of the falling of the tree, and the vengeance of its inmates.... | |
 | 1850 - 790 pages
...to their hive, in the hollow trunk of a blasted oak, where, after buzzing about for a moment, they entered a hole about sixty feet from the ground. Two of the beehunters now applied their axes vigorously at the foot of the tree, to level it with the ground. The mere spectators... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1851 - 398 pages
...to their hive, in the hollow trunk of a blasted oak, where, after buzzing about for a moment, they entered a hole about sixty feet from the ground. Two...the ground. The mere spectators and amateurs, in the meantime, drew off to a cautious distance, to be out of the way of the falling of the tree and the... | |
 | Thomas James - 1852 - 114 pages
...to their hive, in the hollow trunk of a blasted oak, where, after buzzing about for a moment, they entered a hole about sixty feet from the ground. Two...in the mean time, drew off to a cautious distance, BEE-HUNTING. 85 to be out of the way of the falling of the tree and the vengeance of its inmates. The... | |
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