The Natural History of Selborne: And the Naturalist's CalendarFrederick Warne and Company, 1879 - 470 стор. |
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... inches for the year ; if from 1740 to 1750 , 18 } inches . The mean rain before 1763 was 204 inches , from 1763 and since 251 inches , from 1770 to 1780 , 26 inches . If only 1773 , 1774 and 1775 , had been measured , Lyndon mean rain ...
... inches for the year ; if from 1740 to 1750 , 18 } inches . The mean rain before 1763 was 204 inches , from 1763 and since 251 inches , from 1770 to 1780 , 26 inches . If only 1773 , 1774 and 1775 , had been measured , Lyndon mean rain ...
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... inches and a quarter , and their tails just two inches long . Two of them , in a scale , weighed down just one copper halfpenny , which is about the third of an ounce avoirdupois : so that I suppose they are the smallest quadrupeds in ...
... inches and a quarter , and their tails just two inches long . Two of them , in a scale , weighed down just one copper halfpenny , which is about the third of an ounce avoirdupois : so that I suppose they are the smallest quadrupeds in ...
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... inches ; which height answers exactly to sixteen hands , a growth that few horses arrive at : but then , with this length of legs , its neck was remarkably short , no more than twelve inches ; so that , by straddling with one foot ...
... inches ; which height answers exactly to sixteen hands , a growth that few horses arrive at : but then , with this length of legs , its neck was remarkably short , no more than twelve inches ; so that , by straddling with one foot ...
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THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE | 3 |
THE ANTIGUITIES OF SELBORN | 381 |
SUMMARY OF THE WEATHER | 437 |
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