Mountain, Meadow, & Mere: A Series of Outdoor Sketches of Sport, Scenery, Adventures, and Natural History ...Henry S. King & Company, 1873 - 226 стор. |
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... reach , a head would pop up to suck some insect down , with a sounding gulp that would make our hearts beat faster with excitement than they have ever done since . Our tarn was situated in a hollow on a top of a hill , and had a very ...
... reach , a head would pop up to suck some insect down , with a sounding gulp that would make our hearts beat faster with excitement than they have ever done since . Our tarn was situated in a hollow on a top of a hill , and had a very ...
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... reach the tarn . As I have said , on three sides it was surrounded by a wood , and on the other side was so shallow and muddy that it was " unfishable . " Having reached the tarn , pray , reader , accompany us in imagination as we dive ...
... reach the tarn . As I have said , on three sides it was surrounded by a wood , and on the other side was so shallow and muddy that it was " unfishable . " Having reached the tarn , pray , reader , accompany us in imagination as we dive ...
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... reach as high as our heads ; then , fixing each foot firmly on a root , we drop the lines as gently as possible into the water . How quiet everything is ! A heron stands patiently on the shallows , and another is trying , with ...
... reach as high as our heads ; then , fixing each foot firmly on a root , we drop the lines as gently as possible into the water . How quiet everything is ! A heron stands patiently on the shallows , and another is trying , with ...
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... an avenue of firs , the feet fall softly on a thick , brown carpet of fir needles . We reach the boat - house , and push off . Along the oppo- site side is a dense belt of tall reeds , 20 Mountain , Meadow , and Mere.
... an avenue of firs , the feet fall softly on a thick , brown carpet of fir needles . We reach the boat - house , and push off . Along the oppo- site side is a dense belt of tall reeds , 20 Mountain , Meadow , and Mere.
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... reach ; but pity asserts her sway , and the rat is allowed to visit in peace his wife and family . But the float is bobbing up and down . There ! it rises slowly , and at last reclines quietly on its side . That is a sure indica- tion ...
... reach ; but pity asserts her sway , and the rat is allowed to visit in peace his wife and family . But the float is bobbing up and down . There ! it rises slowly , and at last reclines quietly on its side . That is a sure indica- tion ...
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