History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, Instituted September 22, 1831, Том 10[publisher not identified], printed for the club by Martin's Printing Works, Spittal, 1885 Contains it's Proceedings. |
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... coast was entirely hid from view , and even the nearer landscape a good deal obscured ; but nearly the whole of East Lothian , from the Doon Hill of Spot to Falside Hill above Tranent , could be studied as on a map , and enough was seen ...
... coast was entirely hid from view , and even the nearer landscape a good deal obscured ; but nearly the whole of East Lothian , from the Doon Hill of Spot to Falside Hill above Tranent , could be studied as on a map , and enough was seen ...
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... coast line of Scotland . I may only men- tion , in passing , that among other interesting birds taken in the lantern of the lighthouse on the Island of May , at the time re- ferred to , there was a specimen of Cyanecula Wolfi - a form ...
... coast line of Scotland . I may only men- tion , in passing , that among other interesting birds taken in the lantern of the lighthouse on the Island of May , at the time re- ferred to , there was a specimen of Cyanecula Wolfi - a form ...
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... coast , one having been secured as far up the Firth as Queensferry . The stomachs of all the birds examined were empty , with the exception of one , which contained the remains of a wading bird , probably a ruff . Simul- taneously there ...
... coast , one having been secured as far up the Firth as Queensferry . The stomachs of all the birds examined were empty , with the exception of one , which contained the remains of a wading bird , probably a ruff . Simul- taneously there ...
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... coast of Wales , in Cardigan Bay . It is conjectured , in one of the notes to the Welsh poems , that the name of the supposed district , Gwaelod , or the Sunken , may be a transposi- tion of the letters Gwaedol , or Wedale , the old ...
... coast of Wales , in Cardigan Bay . It is conjectured , in one of the notes to the Welsh poems , that the name of the supposed district , Gwaelod , or the Sunken , may be a transposi- tion of the letters Gwaedol , or Wedale , the old ...
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... coast line between Holy Island and Burnmouth is as rich , and possibly richer , in the various forms of marine algæ than any other portion of our Eastern shores of similar extent , possessing as it certainly does one hundred and forty ...
... coast line between Holy Island and Burnmouth is as rich , and possibly richer , in the various forms of marine algæ than any other portion of our Eastern shores of similar extent , possessing as it certainly does one hundred and forty ...
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Сторінка 239 - Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled : thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
Сторінка 5 - In her bright existence she had more sorrows than are common, but also a soft invincibility, a capacity of discernment, and a noble loyalty of heart, which are rare. For forty years she was the true and loving helpmate of her husband, and by act and word unweariedly forwarded him as none else could in all of worthy that he did or attempted. She died at London, 21st April, 1866, suddenly snatched away from him, and the light of his life as if gone out.
Сторінка 238 - I believe that animals have descended from at most only four or five progenitors, and plants from an equal or lesser number. Analogy would lead me one step further, namely, to the belief that all animals and plants have descended from some one prototype.
Сторінка 237 - All the members of whole classes can be connected together by chains of affinities, and all can be classified on the same principle, in groups subordinate to groups. Fossil remains sometimes tend to fill up very wide intervals between existing orders. Organs in a rudimentary condition plainly show that an early progenitor had the organ in a fully developed state ; and this in some instances necessarily implies an enormous amount of modification in the descendants.
Сторінка 5 - For forty years she was the true and everloving helpmate of her husband; and, by act and word, unweariedly forwarded him, as none else could, in all of worthy that he did or attempted. She died at London, 21st April, 1866; suddenly snatched away from him, and the light of his life as if gone out.
Сторінка 239 - These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due .season. That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
Сторінка 238 - We see this even in so trifling a circumstance as that the same poison often similarly affects plants and animals ; or that the poison secreted by the gall-fly produces monstrous growths on the wild rose or oak-tree.
Сторінка 272 - Of wild-duck and of vagrant teal. Oft thrilled his heart at close of even, To see the dappled vales of heaven, With many a mountain, moor, and tree, Asleep upon the Saint Mary...
Сторінка 405 - A mountain torrent, called Henderland Burn, rushes impetuously from the hills, through a rocky chasm, named the Dowglen, and passes near the site of the tower. To the recesses of this glen, the wife of...
Сторінка 506 - twas whispered ; The device To each and all might well belong : It is the Spirit of Paradise That prompts such work, a Spirit strong, That gives to all the self-same bent Where life is wise and innocent.