The Natural History of SelborneConstable and Company, 1829 - 343 стор. |
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... insects nestle , and so supply food for the fish , which would be poorly subsisted but for this contingency . Thus Nature , who is a great economist , converts the recreation of one animal to the support of another ! Thomson , who was a ...
... insects nestle , and so supply food for the fish , which would be poorly subsisted but for this contingency . Thus Nature , who is a great economist , converts the recreation of one animal to the support of another ! Thomson , who was a ...
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... Insects seemed to be most acceptable , though it did not refuse raw flesh when offered ; so that the notion , that bats go down chimneys and gnaw men's bacon , seems no improbable story . While I amused myself with this wonderful ...
... Insects seemed to be most acceptable , though it did not refuse raw flesh when offered ; so that the notion , that bats go down chimneys and gnaw men's bacon , seems no improbable story . While I amused myself with this wonderful ...
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... insects , which are found over them in the greatest plenty . As I was going some years ago , pretty late , in a boat from Richmond to Sunbury , on a warm summer's evening , I think I saw myriads of bats between the two places ; the air ...
... insects , which are found over them in the greatest plenty . As I was going some years ago , pretty late , in a boat from Richmond to Sunbury , on a warm summer's evening , I think I saw myriads of bats between the two places ; the air ...
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... What you suggest with regard to Spain is highly probable . The winters of Andalusia are so mild , that , in all likelihood , the soft - billed birds * that leave us at that season may find insects sufficient 46 WHEATEAR .
... What you suggest with regard to Spain is highly probable . The winters of Andalusia are so mild , that , in all likelihood , the soft - billed birds * that leave us at that season may find insects sufficient 46 WHEATEAR .
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Gilbert White. that leave us at that season may find insects sufficient to support them there . Some young man , possessed of fortune , health , and leisure , should make an autumnal voyage into that kingdom , and should spend a year ...
Gilbert White. that leave us at that season may find insects sufficient to support them there . Some young man , possessed of fortune , health , and leisure , should make an autumnal voyage into that kingdom , and should spend a year ...
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