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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... plants . † By a perambulation of Wolmer Forest and the Holt , made in 1635 , and the eleventh year of Charles the First , ( which now lies before me , ) it appears that the limits of the former are much circumscribed . For , to say ...
... plants . † By a perambulation of Wolmer Forest and the Holt , made in 1635 , and the eleventh year of Charles the First , ( which now lies before me , ) it appears that the limits of the former are much circumscribed . For , to say ...
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... plant about five inches from the ground : nine young mice have been found in one nest . The Rev. W. Bingley also devoted much time and attention to them ; he kept one in a cage for some time , and saw it lap water freely ; it preferred ...
... plant about five inches from the ground : nine young mice have been found in one nest . The Rev. W. Bingley also devoted much time and attention to them ; he kept one in a cage for some time , and saw it lap water freely ; it preferred ...
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... plants ; and the case is the same with regard to some of the fishes , as the eel , & c . The method in which toads procreate and bring forth , seems to be very much in the dark . Some authors say that they are viviparous ; and yet Ray ...
... plants ; and the case is the same with regard to some of the fishes , as the eel , & c . The method in which toads procreate and bring forth , seems to be very much in the dark . Some authors say that they are viviparous ; and yet Ray ...
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... plant , and so eat the root off upwards , leaving the tuft of leaves untouched . In this respect they are service- able , as they destroy a very troublesome weed : but they deface the walks in some measure by digging little round holes ...
... plant , and so eat the root off upwards , leaving the tuft of leaves untouched . In this respect they are service- able , as they destroy a very troublesome weed : but they deface the walks in some measure by digging little round holes ...
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... plants ; towards which way of livelihood the length of legs and great lips must contribute much . I have read somewhere , that it delights in eating the nymphaea , or water - lily . From the fore - feet to the belly , behind the ...
... plants ; towards which way of livelihood the length of legs and great lips must contribute much . I have read somewhere , that it delights in eating the nymphaea , or water - lily . From the fore - feet to the belly , behind the ...
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