The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 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 Alauda Andalusia animals appear April autumn beeches birds of prey blackcap breed brood called chaffinches colour cuckoo curious district Edited eggs feed feet female fern-owl field fieldfares flies flocks frequently frost garden grass ground Hanger haunt hedges hirundines Hirundo house-martins inches insects Joseph Skipsey July July 13 July 22 June June 11 June 22 June 9 last seen late legs LETTER Linnæus male manner MARKWICK martins migration morning Motacilla natural history naturalist neighbouring nest never night observed owls perhaps plants ponds prey procure quadrupeds remarkable remiges retire ring-dove ring-ousels rooks season seems SELBORNE Sept sings snow soon species spring stone-curlew strange suppose Sussex swallow swarm swifts tail thrushes titmouse trees vast village weather wild wings winter wonder Woodlark woods wren young