The Natural History of SelborneCassell, 1911 - 263 стор. |
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... feet above the village ; and is divided into a sheep down , the high wood , and a long hanging wood called the Hanger . The covert of this eminence is altogether beech , the most lovely of all forest trees , whether we consider its ...
... feet above the village ; and is divided into a sheep down , the high wood , and a long hanging wood called the Hanger . The covert of this eminence is altogether beech , the most lovely of all forest trees , whether we consider its ...
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... feet , and when sunk to that depth seldom fail ; but produce a fine limpid water , soft to the taste , and much commended by those who drink the pure element , but which does not lather well with soap . To the north - west , north and ...
... feet , and when sunk to that depth seldom fail ; but produce a fine limpid water , soft to the taste , and much commended by those who drink the pure element , but which does not lather well with soap . To the north - west , north and ...
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... feet above the butt , where it measured near eight feet in the diameter . This elm I mention to show to what a bulk planted elms may attain ; as this tree must certainly have been such from its situation . In the centre of the village ...
... feet above the butt , where it measured near eight feet in the diameter . This elm I mention to show to what a bulk planted elms may attain ; as this tree must certainly have been such from its situation . In the centre of the village ...
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... feet long without bough , and would measure twelve inches diameter at the little end . Twenty such trees did a purveyor find in this little wood , with this advantage , that many of them answered the description at sixty feet . These ...
... feet long without bough , and would measure twelve inches diameter at the little end . Twenty such trees did a purveyor find in this little wood , with this advantage , that many of them answered the description at sixty feet . These ...
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... feet beneath the level of the fields ; and after floods , and in frosts , exhibit very grotesque and wild appearances , from the tangled roots that are twisted among the strata , and from the torrents rushing down their broken sides ...
... feet beneath the level of the fields ; and after floods , and in frosts , exhibit very grotesque and wild appearances , from the tangled roots that are twisted among the strata , and from the torrents rushing down their broken sides ...
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abound Andalusia animals appear April autumn birds of passage birds of prey breed British brood called chaffinches cold colour cuckoo curious DEAR SIR district dogs doubt echo eggs feed feet female fieldfares fishes flocks frequently frost garden Gilbert White ground Hanger haunt hedges hill hirundines hirundo house-martins hundred inches insects known larvæ late le ham legs LETTER Linnæus male manner martins mentioned migration morning Motacilla natural history neighbouring nest never night observed ornithologist owls parish perhaps plants prey procured quadrupeds RAII rain redwings remarkable remiges retire ring-dove ring-ousels season SEDGE WARBLER seems seen Selborne sing snow soon sort species spring stone stone curlew strange summer suppose Sussex swallow swifts tail tion titmouse tree pipit trees vast vegetation village weather wild wings winter wonder woodcocks Woodlark woods wren young