The Natural History of SelborneConstable and Company, 1829 - 343 стор. |
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... soon perceived that his abilities , as a careful observer of nature , might be advan- tageously employed in researches connected- with the productions of his native parish . The work consists of a series of letters addressed to these ...
... soon perceived that his abilities , as a careful observer of nature , might be advan- tageously employed in researches connected- with the productions of his native parish . The work consists of a series of letters addressed to these ...
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... soon lost when planted above a substratum of red sandstone . In the Vale of the Annan , wherever the sloping banks have a substratum of this rock , or one composed of a sort of red sandstone , shingle , or gravel , the outward decay of ...
... soon lost when planted above a substratum of red sandstone . In the Vale of the Annan , wherever the sloping banks have a substratum of this rock , or one composed of a sort of red sandstone , shingle , or gravel , the outward decay of ...
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... 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 very recent production . In the chalk - pit 12 CORNUA AMMONIS .
... 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 very recent production . In the chalk - pit 12 CORNUA AMMONIS .
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... soon as they began blacking , they were reduced to about fifty head , and so continued decreasing till the time of the late Duke of Cumberland . It is now more than thirty years ago that his highness sent down an hunts- man , and six ...
... soon as they began blacking , they were reduced to about fifty head , and so continued decreasing till the time of the late Duke of Cumberland . It is now more than thirty years ago that his highness sent down an hunts- man , and six ...
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... soon afterwards put into the cage about a hundred additional grains of maize . These were all in a short time carried away , and on a second examination I found them stored up in the manner of the former . But though the animal was well ...
... soon afterwards put into the cage about a hundred additional grains of maize . These were all in a short time carried away , and on a second examination I found them stored up in the manner of the former . But though the animal was well ...
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