The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 Seiten |
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... trees ; yet The quantity of rain that falls on it is very considerable , as may be supposed in so woody and mountainous a district . As my experience of measuring the water is but of short date , I am not qualified to give the mean ...
... trees ; yet The quantity of rain that falls on it is very considerable , as may be supposed in so woody and mountainous a district . As my experience of measuring the water is but of short date , I am not qualified to give the mean ...
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... tree in the whole extent . In the bottoms , where the waters stagnate , are many bogs , which formerly abounded with subterraneous trees ; though Dr. Plot says positively , † that " there never were any * Since the passage above was ...
... tree in the whole extent . In the bottoms , where the waters stagnate , are many bogs , which formerly abounded with subterraneous trees ; though Dr. Plot says positively , † that " there never were any * Since the passage above was ...
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... tree . * Old people have assured me , that on a winter's morning they have discovered these trees , in the bogs , by the hoar frost , which lay longer over the space where they are concealed than in the surround- ing morass . Nor does ...
... tree . * Old people have assured me , that on a winter's morning they have discovered these trees , in the bogs , by the hoar frost , which lay longer over the space where they are concealed than in the surround- ing morass . Nor does ...
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... trees in Wolmer Forest . Within the present limits of the forest are three considerable lakes , Hogmer , Cranmer , and Wolmer ; all of which are stocked with carp , tench , eels , and perch : but the fish do not thrive well , because ...
... trees in Wolmer Forest . Within the present limits of the forest are three considerable lakes , Hogmer , Cranmer , and Wolmer ; all of which are stocked with carp , tench , eels , and perch : but the fish do not thrive well , because ...
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... trees , which were very sound and in high perfection , were winter - cut - viz . , in February and March , before the bark would run . In old times the Holt was estimated to be eighteen miles computed measure from water - carriage - viz ...
... trees , which were very sound and in high perfection , were winter - cut - viz . , in February and March , before the bark would run . In old times the Holt was estimated to be eighteen miles computed measure from water - carriage - viz ...
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