The Pigeon flew away, and in a few minutes he had reached the clouds.
Let us stop a few minutes at that pigeon coop down there.
Then continue, and see if you can find another letter from our mysterious friend, the pigeon fancier.
If youd came through, your shack would not have blew up--I beg to inform you respectfully, am sending same pigeon.
One morning, whilst at his window inhaling the fresh air which came from the river, and casting a longing look to the windmills of his dear old city Dort, which were looming in the distance behind a forest of chimneys, he saw flocks of pigeons coming from that quarter to perch fluttering on the pointed gables of Loewestein.
These pigeons, Van Baerle said to himself, are coming from Dort, and consequently may return there.
It might have been chance, or it might have been skill, that produced the result; it was probably a union of both; but the pigeon whirled over in the air, and fell into the lake with a broken wing At the sound of his rifle, both his dogs started from his feet, and in a few minutes the “slut” brought out the bird, still alive.
What” said young Edwards,” have you really killed a pigeon on the wing, Natty, with a single ball?
I've tried the roots of trees, and I've tried banks, and I've tried hedges,' the Pigeon went on, without attending to her; `but those serpents
Alice was more and more puzzled, but she thought there was no use in saying anything more till the Pigeon had finished.
Causes of Variability -- Effects of Habit -- Correlation of Growth -- Inheritance -- Character of Domestic Varieties -- Difficulty of distinguishing between Varieties and Species -- Origin of Domestic Varieties from one or more Species -- Domestic Pigeons, their Differences and Origin -- Principle of Selection anciently followed, its Effects -- Methodical and Unconscious Selection -- Unknown Origin of our Domestic Productions -- Circumstances favourable to Man's power of Selection.
Hairless dogs have imperfect teeth; long-haired and coarse-haired animals are apt to have, as is asserted, long or many horns; pigeons with feathered feet have skin between their outer toes; pigeons with short beaks have small feet, and those with long beaks large feet.
Free, like a homing pigeon
, he headed blindly and directly for the beach and the salt sea over which had floated the Arangi, on her deck Skipper in command.
Oh, they employ these pigeons
frequently, to set fire to the thatch of hostile villages; but this time the village mounted higher than they could go.
Then he came at last to the palace, and there in the court lay the dogs asleep; and the horses were standing in the stables; and on the roof sat the pigeons
fast asleep, with their heads under their wings.