The Natural History of Selborne...Henry G. Bohn, 1851 - 40 Seiten |
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... discovered in one of the Tonga Islands , a part of his diocese . In a letter to his father he mentions , that having measured it , he found it 23 fathoms , or 138 feet in circumference ! Humboldt , in his very interesting work , " Views ...
... discovered in one of the Tonga Islands , a part of his diocese . In a letter to his father he mentions , that having measured it , he found it 23 fathoms , or 138 feet in circumference ! Humboldt , in his very interesting work , " Views ...
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... discovery of old obliterated drains and wells about houses ; and , in Roman stations and camps , lead to the finding of pavements , baths , and graves , and other hidden relics of curious antiquity ? I have now in my possession a snuff ...
... discovery of old obliterated drains and wells about houses ; and , in Roman stations and camps , lead to the finding of pavements , baths , and graves , and other hidden relics of curious antiquity ? I have now in my possession a snuff ...
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... discovered within these few years , teals . Partridges in vast plenty are bred in good seasons on the verge of this forest , into which they love to make excursions ; and in particular , in the dry summer of 1740 and 1741 , and some ...
... discovered within these few years , teals . Partridges in vast plenty are bred in good seasons on the verge of this forest , into which they love to make excursions ; and in particular , in the dry summer of 1740 and 1741 , and some ...
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... discovered three . In these , there is again an instance of some very common birds that have as yet no English name . Mr. Stillingfleet makes a question whether the black - cap ( motacilla atracapilla ) be a bird of passage or not . I ...
... discovered three . In these , there is again an instance of some very common birds that have as yet no English name . Mr. Stillingfleet makes a question whether the black - cap ( motacilla atracapilla ) be a bird of passage or not . I ...
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... discovered , as our researches in the ichthyology of Great Britain , so long comparatively neglected , become more frequent . The grig of Pennant , which seems to be Mr. Yarrel's second species , appears in the Thames , at Oxford , at a ...
... discovered , as our researches in the ichthyology of Great Britain , so long comparatively neglected , become more frequent . The grig of Pennant , which seems to be Mr. Yarrel's second species , appears in the Thames , at Oxford , at a ...
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