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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... continued to lie , whether those drains were full of water or dry ; as also where elm - pipes lay under ground : a plain proof this , that those drains intercepted the warmth of the earth from ascending from greater depths below them ...
... continued to lie , whether those drains were full of water or dry ; as also where elm - pipes lay under ground : a plain proof this , that those drains intercepted the warmth of the earth from ascending from greater depths below them ...
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... continued decreasing till the time of the late Duke of Cumberland . It is now more than thirty years ago that his highness sent down a huntsman , and six yeoman prickers , in scarlet jackets laced with gold , attended by the stag ...
... continued decreasing till the time of the late Duke of Cumberland . It is now more than thirty years ago that his highness sent down a huntsman , and six yeoman prickers , in scarlet jackets laced with gold , attended by the stag ...
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... continued for some days , and I then inspected the nest and found a small hole about the size of a pea . This day by day increased , and at length three swallows emerged from their winter habitation . At first they appeared weak , but ...
... continued for some days , and I then inspected the nest and found a small hole about the size of a pea . This day by day increased , and at length three swallows emerged from their winter habitation . At first they appeared weak , but ...
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... continued sulky ; but towards the evening they ate a few small pieces of raw beef , in preference to flies , beetles , or gentles , all of which were offered to them : only one , however , fed kindly . On the 20th , one died ; and on ...
... continued sulky ; but towards the evening they ate a few small pieces of raw beef , in preference to flies , beetles , or gentles , all of which were offered to them : only one , however , fed kindly . On the 20th , one died ; and on ...
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... , and cleaned her head with her paws . She continued , even till the time of her death , exceedingly shy and timid ; but whenever I put into the cage any though they hang their nests for breeding up amidst the HARVEST - MOUSE . 53.
... , and cleaned her head with her paws . She continued , even till the time of her death , exceedingly shy and timid ; but whenever I put into the cage any though they hang their nests for breeding up amidst the HARVEST - MOUSE . 53.
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