The strange rumbling grew louder!
It was not coming from the sky, but from the earth! 175
Pampero, a storm wind that blows from the south.
For-fochten = worn out. The term usually applies to barn-yard roosters, who have been settling a quarrel, and pause to pant, with their heads towards the ground.
Swans usually commence laying some time before either ducks or geese; but much depends upon the season.