Примери за carrier pigeon

• Carrier pigeons were used to convey the intelligence. 

• France.—The history of the aerial postal service and of the carrier pigeons of the siege of Paris has been thoroughly written, and is so well known that it is useless to recapitulate it in this place. 

• The photograph shows how the message is fixed to the carrier pigeon's leg, in the form of light rings. 

• We have received news through a carrier pigeon that one of the postal balloons has reached Tours. 

• With great pride Mr. P. showed me a basket of carrier pigeons, by which he assured me I could now communicate swiftly and safely with the garrison. 

• There were other mascots in those years, including a gorilla -- the very first mascot, two cats, a bulldog, and a carrier pigeon.

• Ken attaches a transmitter to a carrier pigeon he finds there and lets it fly into the sky.

• Decool said that carrier pigeons could play a key role in a crisis in which other communications systems started breaking down.

• Little by little, all the romance goes out of war—even the carrier pigeon is disappearing.

• I was born into the age of the carrier pigeon.

• I suppose, in the last resort, we should either have to send by air mail or private carrier pigeon.

• I do not think that a carrier pigeon will come to my rescue on this occasion.

• A carrier pigeon arrived one day with some instructions for him and the points were withdrawn.

• If that reasoning had been applied to the introduction of gas and the telephone we should still be using oil lamps and the carrier pigeon.

• One of the carrier pigeon services which is necessary in a debate of this kind was to enable me to know exactly who lived there.

• I think that the only method which he has not used is that of carrier pigeon.

• Presumably one sends it by carrier pigeon, hopes it lands somewhere and is accepted.

• It does not matter whether programmes are delivered by carrier pigeon if the programme being sent is rubbish.

• I shall repeat my question in the hope that guidance will arrive by carrier pigeon.

• I am glad to see that the carrier pigeon has arrived.