The Natural History of Selborne: With Observations on Various Parts of Nature and the Naturalist's CalendarG. Bell, 1890 - 416 Seiten |
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... animal manure ; and these may perhaps have been the original site of the town ; while the woods and coverts might extend down to the opposite bank . At each end of the village , which runs from south - east to north - west , arises a ...
... animal manure ; and these may perhaps have been the original site of the town ; while the woods and coverts might extend down to the opposite bank . At each end of the village , which runs from south - east to north - west , arises a ...
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... animal and vegetable ; and has often afforded me much entertainment , both as a sportsman and as a naturalist . * The royal Forest of Wolmer is a tract of land of about seven miles in length , by two and a half in breadth , running ...
... animal and vegetable ; and has often afforded me much entertainment , both as a sportsman and as a naturalist . * The royal Forest of Wolmer is a tract of land of about seven miles in length , by two and a half in breadth , running ...
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... animal to the support of another ! Thomson , who was a nice observer of natural occurrences , did not let this pleasing circumstance escape him . He says in his Summer , - " A various group the herds and flocks compose : on the grassy ...
... animal to the support of another ! Thomson , who was a nice observer of natural occurrences , did not let this pleasing circumstance escape him . He says in his Summer , - " A various group the herds and flocks compose : on the grassy ...
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... animal itself falling at the same instant with all its membranes expanded . cowering over the devoted fly , with its head thrust under them in order to secure its prey . When the head was again drawn forth , the membranes were ...
... animal itself falling at the same instant with all its membranes expanded . cowering over the devoted fly , with its head thrust under them in order to secure its prey . When the head was again drawn forth , the membranes were ...
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... animal was no more than ten drachms . It was in the evening that it came down to its food : throughout the day it remained suspended by its hinder extremies at the top of the cage . It lapped the water that drained from its food , and ...
... animal was no more than ten drachms . It was in the evening that it came down to its food : throughout the day it remained suspended by its hinder extremies at the top of the cage . It lapped the water that drained from its food , and ...
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