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... me to have made myself acquainted with their productions ; but as I have lived
mostly in inland parts , and in an upland district , my knowledge of fishes extends
little farther than to those common sorts which our brooks and lakes produce .
... me to have made myself acquainted with their productions ; but as I have lived
mostly in inland parts , and in an upland district , my knowledge of fishes extends
little farther than to those common sorts which our brooks and lakes produce .
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... same ; all that I know is , that when , some years ago , many Guernsey lizards
were turned loose in Pembroke college garden , in the university of Oxford , they
lived a great while , and seemed to enjoy themselves very well ; but never bred .
... same ; all that I know is , that when , some years ago , many Guernsey lizards
were turned loose in Pembroke college garden , in the university of Oxford , they
lived a great while , and seemed to enjoy themselves very well ; but never bred .
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... mentions another instance of a cat freely taking the water , related by his friend
Mr. Bill , of Christchurch . When he lived at Wallington , near Carshalton , in
Surrey , he had a cat that was often known to plunge , without hesitation , into the
...
... mentions another instance of a cat freely taking the water , related by his friend
Mr. Bill , of Christchurch . When he lived at Wallington , near Carshalton , in
Surrey , he had a cat that was often known to plunge , without hesitation , into the
...
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At present , I do not know any body near the sea - side that will take the trouble to
remark at what time of the moon woodcocks first come : if I lived near the sea
myself , I would soon tell you more of the matter . I used to observe when I was a
...
At present , I do not know any body near the sea - side that will take the trouble to
remark at what time of the moon woodcocks first come : if I lived near the sea
myself , I would soon tell you more of the matter . I used to observe when I was a
...
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Nor make I the least doubt but that , if I lived at Newhaven , Seaford ,
Brighthelmstone , * or any of those towns near the chalk cliffs of the Sussex coast
, by proper observations , I should see swallows stirring at periods of the winter ,
when the ...
Nor make I the least doubt but that , if I lived at Newhaven , Seaford ,
Brighthelmstone , * or any of those towns near the chalk cliffs of the Sussex coast
, by proper observations , I should see swallows stirring at periods of the winter ,
when the ...
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