 | 1814 - 774 페이지
...guard against their depredations : in a few hours they will demolish a large chest of books, paper, silk, or clothes, perforating them with a thousand...is trifling when compared with the serious mischief which they sometimes occasion, by penetrating the beams of a house, or destroying the timbers in a... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1821 - 788 페이지
...chest of books, papers, silk, or clothes, perforating them with a thousand holes : the inhabitants dare not leave a box on the floor without placing...with the serious mischief they sometimes occasion, penetrating the beams of a house, or destroying the timbers in a ship. These destructive animals advance... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1821 - 768 페이지
...numerous and destructive that it is difficult to guard against their depredations : in a lew hours they will demolish a large chest of books, papers, silk,...or clothes, perforating them with a thousand holes : the inhabitants dare not leave a box on the floor without placing it on glass bottles, which, if... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1823 - 512 페이지
...numerous and destructive, that it is difficult to guard against their depredations : in a few hours they will demolish a large chest of books, papers, silk,...or clothes, perforating them with a thousand holes. The inhabitants dare not leave a box on the floor without placing it on glass bottles, which, if kept... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1826 - 480 페이지
...destructive at Anjengo, that it is difficult to guard against their depredations; in a few hours they will demolish a large chest of books, papers, silk,...without placing it on glass bottles, which, if kept fren from dust, they cannot ascend : this is trifling, when compared with the serious mischief they... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1827 - 542 페이지
...destructive at Anjengo, that it is difficult to guard against their depredations ; in a few hours they will demolish a large chest of books, papers, silk,...not leave a box on the floor without placing it on ?lass bottles, which, if kept free from dust, they cannot ascend : this is trifling, when compared... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1827 - 506 페이지
...destructive at Anjengo, that it is difficult to guard against their depredations ; in a few hours they will demolish a large chest of books, papers, silk, or clothes, perforating them with a thousand boles : we dare not leave a box on the floor without placing it on glass bottles, which, if kept free... | |
 | 1831 - 858 페이지
...destructive at Anjengo, that it is difficult to guard against their depredations ; in a few hours they will demolish a large chest of books, papers, silk,...clothes, perforating them with a thousand holes : we dare nut leave a box on the floor without placing it on glass bottles, which, if kept free from dust, they... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1833 - 420 페이지
...destructive at Anjengo, that it is difficult to guard against their depredations : in a few hours they will demolish a large chest of books, papers, silk,...which, if kept free from dust, they cannot ascend. But this is trifling when compared with the serious mischief they sometimes occasion, by penetrating... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1833 - 420 페이지
...destructive at Anjengo, that it is difficult to guard against their depredations : in a few hours they will demolish a large chest of books, papers, silk,...or clothes, perforating them with a thousand holes. \Ve dare not leave a box on the floor without placing it on glass bottles, which, if kept free from... | |
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The termites, or white ants of Bombay, are so numerous and destructive at Anjengo, that it is difficult to guard against their depredations ; in a few hours they will demolish a large chest of books, papers, silk, or clothes, perforating them with a thousand... 
