The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 стор. |
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... winter , nine gallons of water in a minute , which is 540 in an hour , and 12,960 , or 216 hogsheads , in twenty - four hours , or one natural day . At this time many of the wells failed , and all the ponds in the vale were dry . nor ...
... winter , nine gallons of water in a minute , which is 540 in an hour , and 12,960 , or 216 hogsheads , in twenty - four hours , or one natural day . At this time many of the wells failed , and all the ponds in the vale were dry . nor ...
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... winter's morning they have discovered these trees , in the bogs , by the hoar frost , which lay longer over the space where they are concealed than in the surround- ing morass . Nor does this seem to be a fanciful notion , but ...
... winter's morning they have discovered these trees , in the bogs , by the hoar frost , which lay longer over the space where they are concealed than in the surround- ing morass . Nor does this seem to be a fanciful notion , but ...
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... winter , but breed there in the summer ; such as lapwings , snipes , wild - ducks , and , as I have discovered within these few years , teals . Partridges in vast plenty are bred in good seasons on the verge of this forest , into which ...
... winter , but breed there in the summer ; such as lapwings , snipes , wild - ducks , and , as I have discovered within these few years , teals . Partridges in vast plenty are bred in good seasons on the verge of this forest , into which ...
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... winter , when the hinds were also carried off , such fine chases were exhibited as served the country people for matter of talk and wonder for years afterwards . I saw myself one of the yeoman - prickers single out a stag from the herd ...
... winter , when the hinds were also carried off , such fine chases were exhibited as served the country people for matter of talk and wonder for years afterwards . I saw myself one of the yeoman - prickers single out a stag from the herd ...
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... winter this covert is also frequented by foxes , and sometimes by pheasants ; and the bogs produce many curious plants . ( For which consult Letter XLI . to Mr. Barrington . ) By a perambulation of Wolmer Forest and the Holt , made in ...
... winter this covert is also frequented by foxes , and sometimes by pheasants ; and the bogs produce many curious plants . ( For which consult Letter XLI . to Mr. Barrington . ) By a perambulation of Wolmer Forest and the Holt , made in ...
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