The Natural History of SelborneConstable and Company, 1829 - 343 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 L.20 a - piece . In the centre ...
... 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 L.20 a - piece . In the centre ...
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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 ...
... 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 ...
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... inches for the year ; if from 1740 to 1750 , 18 inches . The mean rain before 1763 was 204 ; from 1763 and since , 251 ; from 1770 to 1780 , 26. If only 1773 , 1774 , and 1775 , had been measured , Lyndon mean rain would have been ...
... inches for the year ; if from 1740 to 1750 , 18 inches . The mean rain before 1763 was 204 ; from 1763 and since , 251 ; from 1770 to 1780 , 26. If only 1773 , 1774 , and 1775 , had been measured , Lyndon mean rain would have been ...
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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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... , on examining its nest a third time , about the end of November , I observed that the food in its repository was all consumed except about half a dozen grains . " - W . J. E from nose to tail , they were just two inches HARVEST MOUSE . 49.
... , on examining its nest a third time , about the end of November , I observed that the food in its repository was all consumed except about half a dozen grains . " - W . J. E from nose to tail , they were just two inches HARVEST MOUSE . 49.
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