The Natural History of SelborneConstable and Company, 1829 - 343 стор. |
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... becoming scarce and expensive , a reprint was thought necessary , and accordingly it again appeared in 1802 , in two volumes octavo , chiefly under the super- intendence of Dr Aikin , and some of Mr White's vi INTRODUCTION .
... becoming scarce and expensive , a reprint was thought necessary , and accordingly it again appeared in 1802 , in two volumes octavo , chiefly under the super- intendence of Dr Aikin , and some of Mr White's vi INTRODUCTION .
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... becomes a branch of the Arun , running to Arundel , and so falling into the British Channel ; the other to the north . The * This spring produced , September 14 , 1781 , after a severe hot summer , and a preceding dry spring and winter ...
... becomes a branch of the Arun , running to Arundel , and so falling into the British Channel ; the other to the north . The * This spring produced , September 14 , 1781 , after a severe hot summer , and a preceding dry spring and winter ...
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... becomes manure to itself . * Still on to the north - east , and a step lower , is a kind of white land , neither chalk nor clay , neither fit for pasture nor for the plough , yet kindly for hops , which root deep into the freestone ...
... becomes manure to itself . * Still on to the north - east , and a step lower , is a kind of white land , neither chalk nor clay , neither fit for pasture nor for the plough , yet kindly for hops , which root deep into the freestone ...
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... becomes an hungry lean sand , till it mingles with the forest ; and will produce little without the assistance of lime and turnips . II . IN the court of Norton farm - house , a manor farm to the north - west of the village , on the ...
... becomes an hungry lean sand , till it mingles with the forest ; and will produce little without the assistance of lime and turnips . II . IN the court of Norton farm - house , a manor farm to the north - west of the village , on the ...
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... become more particular . This stone is in great request for hearth - stones , and the beds of ovens ; and in lining of lime - kilns it turns to good account ; for the workmen use sandy loam instead of mortar ; the sand of which fluxes ...
... become more particular . This stone is in great request for hearth - stones , and the beds of ovens ; and in lining of lime - kilns it turns to good account ; for the workmen use sandy loam instead of mortar ; the sand of which fluxes ...
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abound Alauda Andalusia animal appear April autumn bird of passage birds of prey breed British Zoology brood called chaffinches colour common congeners cuckoo curious discovered district dogs eggs feeding feet female fern-owl field fieldfares fish flocks frequently frost garden genus Gibraltar Greatham ground Hanger haunt hedges hirundines hirundo house-martins inches insects late legs letter Linnæus mandible manner martins mentioned migration mole cricket morning Motacilla natural history naturalist nest never night observed ornithology owls pair perhaps prey procured quadrupeds RAII rain redwings remarkable remiges retire ring-dove ringousels season seems seen Selborne shot sing snow soft-billed soon species specimens spring stone stone curlew strange summer birds suppose Sussex swallow swifts tail titmouse torpid trees vast village weather Whip-poor-will wild wings winter Wolmer Forest wonder woodcocks Woodlark woods young Zoology