The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 стор. |
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... 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 trees were sold for twenty pounds apiece . In the ...
... 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 trees were sold for twenty pounds apiece . In the ...
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... up in the chalky fields , near the side of the down , and given to me for the singularity of its appearance , which , to an incurious eye , seems like a petrified fish of about four inches long , the cardo 8 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE .
... up in the chalky fields , near the side of the down , and given to me for the singularity of its appearance , which , to an incurious eye , seems like a petrified fish of about four inches long , the cardo 8 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE .
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... inches in diameter . But as these did not consist of firm stone , but were formed of a kind of terra lapidosa , or hardened clay , as soon as they were exposed to the rains and frost they mouldered away . These seemed as if they were a ...
... inches in diameter . But as these did not consist of firm stone , but were formed of a kind of terra lapidosa , or hardened clay , as soon as they were exposed to the rains and frost they mouldered away . These seemed as if they were a ...
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... inches for the year ; if from 1740 to 1750 , 18 inches . The mean rain before 1763 was 20 inches , from 1763 and since 25 inches , from 1770 to 1780 , 26 inches . If only 1773 , 1774 , and 1775 had been measured , Lyndon mean rain would ...
... inches for the year ; if from 1740 to 1750 , 18 inches . The mean rain before 1763 was 20 inches , from 1763 and since 25 inches , from 1770 to 1780 , 26 inches . If only 1773 , 1774 , and 1775 had been measured , Lyndon mean rain would ...
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... inches . Its cere and feet were yellow , and the circle of its eyelids a bright yellow . As it had been killed some days , and the eyes were sunk , I could make no good observation on the colour of the pupils and the irides . The most ...
... inches . Its cere and feet were yellow , and the circle of its eyelids a bright yellow . As it had been killed some days , and the eyes were sunk , I could make no good observation on the colour of the pupils and the irides . The most ...
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