 | Maison, N. & Kumar - 1964 - 264 Seiten
...and makes us sensible of pains as well as pleasures that escape the rest of m:nkind. (David Hume) 13. Lands that are subject to frequent inundations are...economy of nature than the incurious are aware of. Earthworms, though in appearance a small and despicable link in the chain of nature, yet if lost would... | |
 | C. Gordon Hewitt - 148 Seiten
...are made increasingly conscious of the truth of Gilbert White's sage words written in 1777, that : ' The most insignificant insects and reptiles are of...economy of nature than the incurious are aware of.' CHAPTER II THE STRUCTURE OF THE FLY IN order to understand how a fly lives, moves and has its being... | |
 | 1868 - 856 Seiten
...OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE. To tlie Editor of THE LANCET. SIR, — White thus writes from Selborne : — " Lands that are subject to frequent inundations are...the reason may be because the worms are drowned." This, perhaps, is the reason why "Lumbricus," after boring and attempting to loosen the fenny lands... | |
 | JOSEPH ROGERSONSS - 1843 - 578 Seiten
...drainage from it of its superfluous moisture. And as White of Selborne remarks in bis Natural History, "The most insignificant insects and reptiles are of...more consequence, and have much more influence in tbe economy of nature, than the incurious are aware of. Their minuteness renders earth-vrorms less... | |
 | Royal Statistical Society (Great Britain) - 1878 - 740 Seiten
...Natural History of Selborne," gives a reason why lands which are much flooded remain unproductive : — " Lands that are subject to frequent inundations are always poor ; and probably the reason may be, that the worms are drowned. The most insignificant insects and reptiles are of much more influence... | |
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LANDS that are subject to frequent inundations are always poor ; and probably the reason may be because the worms are drowned. The most insignificant insects and reptiles are of much more consequence, and have much more influence in the economy of Nature,... 
