The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 Seiten |
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... frequent waters , not only for the sake of drinking , but on account of insects , which are found over them in the greatest plenty . As I was going some years ago , pretty late , in a boat from Richmond to Sunbury , on a warm summer's ...
... frequent waters , not only for the sake of drinking , but on account of insects , which are found over them in the greatest plenty . As I was going some years ago , pretty late , in a boat from Richmond to Sunbury , on a warm summer's ...
Seite 39
... frequently coming on board his ship all the way from our channel quite up to the Levant , especially before squally weather . What you suggest , with regard to Spain , is highly probable . The winters of Andalusia are so mild , that ...
... frequently coming on board his ship all the way from our channel quite up to the Levant , especially before squally weather . What you suggest , with regard to Spain , is highly probable . The winters of Andalusia are so mild , that ...
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... various , and unusual food . I had remarked , for years , that the root of the cuckoo- pint ( arum ) was frequently scratched out of the dry banks After of hedges , and eaten in severe snowy weather 42 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE .
... various , and unusual food . I had remarked , for years , that the root of the cuckoo- pint ( arum ) was frequently scratched out of the dry banks After of hedges , and eaten in severe snowy weather 42 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE .
Seite 49
... frequently bite at the angler's bait , and is often caught on his hook . I used to take it for granted that the Salamandra aquatica was hatched , lived , and died in the water . But John Ellis , Esq . , F.R.S. ( the coralline Ellis ) ...
... frequently bite at the angler's bait , and is often caught on his hook . I used to take it for granted that the Salamandra aquatica was hatched , lived , and died in the water . But John Ellis , Esq . , F.R.S. ( the coralline Ellis ) ...
Seite 64
... frequently remarked that swallows are seen later at Oxford than elsewhere ; is it owing to the vast massy buildings of that place , to the many waters round it , or to what else ? When I used to rise in the morning last autumn , and see ...
... frequently remarked that swallows are seen later at Oxford than elsewhere ; is it owing to the vast massy buildings of that place , to the many waters round it , or to what else ? When I used to rise in the morning last autumn , and see ...
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