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+ The following curious fact may be mentioned with respect to red deer , as
proving their attachment to favourite localities . The late Duke of Athcll , wishing to
increase the stock of red deer in his park , took the opportunity of a very severe ...
+ The following curious fact may be mentioned with respect to red deer , as
proving their attachment to favourite localities . The late Duke of Athcll , wishing to
increase the stock of red deer in his park , took the opportunity of a very severe ...
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Wolmer Pond , so called , I suppose , for eminence sake , 19 * This passage
proves what an accurate observer Mr. White was of apparently trifling facts and
circumstances in natural history . He might have added to the above that so ...
Wolmer Pond , so called , I suppose , for eminence sake , 19 * This passage
proves what an accurate observer Mr. White was of apparently trifling facts and
circumstances in natural history . He might have added to the above that so ...
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Åre not these young broods * It will be seen in perusing this work that Mr. White
constantly entertained the idea that swallows occasionally hybernated in this
country , although he has failed in bringing forward any conclusive proof of the
fact .
Åre not these young broods * It will be seen in perusing this work that Mr. White
constantly entertained the idea that swallows occasionally hybernated in this
country , although he has failed in bringing forward any conclusive proof of the
fact .
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It is curious that Mr. White and Mr. Daines Barrington , who were sc strongly
inclined in favour of the torpidity of swallows , should not have been able to bring
forward one decided fact to prove their favourite idea.-Ed. This may be accounted
for ...
It is curious that Mr. White and Mr. Daines Barrington , who were sc strongly
inclined in favour of the torpidity of swallows , should not have been able to bring
forward one decided fact to prove their favourite idea.-Ed. This may be accounted
for ...
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A Swedish naturalist is so much persuaded of that fact , that he talks , in his
Calendar of Flora , as familiarly of the swallow's going under water in the
beginning of September , as he would of his poultry going to roost a little before
sunset .
A Swedish naturalist is so much persuaded of that fact , that he talks , in his
Calendar of Flora , as familiarly of the swallow's going under water in the
beginning of September , as he would of his poultry going to roost a little before
sunset .
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| Titel | The Natural History of Selborne: With Observations on Various Parts of Nature and the Naturalist's Calendar Bohn's illustrated library |
| Autor/in | Gilbert White |
| Verlag | G. Bell, 1890 |
| Original von | Northwestern University |
| Digitalisiert | 22. Dez. 2010 |
| Länge | 416 Seiten |
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