The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 стор. |
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... curious productions , both animal and vegetable ; and has often afforded me much entertainment both as a sportsman and as a naturalist . The royal forest of Wolmer is a tract of land of about seven miles in length , by two and a - half ...
... curious productions , both animal and vegetable ; and has often afforded me much entertainment both as a sportsman and as a naturalist . The royal forest of Wolmer is a tract of land of about seven miles in length , by two and a - half ...
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... about houses ; and in Roman stations and camps lead to the finding of pavements , baths and graves , and other hidden relics of curious antiquity ? ; This lonely domain is a very agreeable haunt for many 16 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE .
... about houses ; and in Roman stations and camps lead to the finding of pavements , baths and graves , and other hidden relics of curious antiquity ? ; This lonely domain is a very agreeable haunt for many 16 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE .
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... curious feat of activity I ever beheld , superior to anything in Mr. Astley's riding - school . The exertions made by the horse and deer much exceeded all my expectations ; though the former greatly excelled the latter in speed . When ...
... curious feat of activity I ever beheld , superior to anything in Mr. Astley's riding - school . The exertions made by the horse and deer much exceeded all my expectations ; though the former greatly excelled the latter in speed . When ...
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... curious plants . ( For which consult Letter XLI . to Mr. Barrington . ) By a perambulation of Wolmer Forest and the Holt , made in 1635 , and the eleventh year of Charles I. ( which now lies before me ) , it appears that the limits of ...
... curious plants . ( For which consult Letter XLI . to Mr. Barrington . ) By a perambulation of Wolmer Forest and the Holt , made in 1635 , and the eleventh year of Charles I. ( which now lies before me ) , it appears that the limits of ...
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... curious fowls , nor its picturesque groups of cattle , can render this meer so remarkable as the great quantity of coins that were found in its bed about forty years ago . But , as such discoveries more properly belong to the ...
... curious fowls , nor its picturesque groups of cattle , can render this meer so remarkable as the great quantity of coins that were found in its bed about forty years ago . But , as such discoveries more properly belong to the ...
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abound Alauda Andalusia animals appear April autumn beeches birds of prey blackcap breed brood called chaffinches colour cuckoo curious district Edited eggs feed feet female fern-owl field fieldfares flies flocks frequently frost garden grass ground Hanger haunt hedges hirundines Hirundo house-martins inches insects Joseph Skipsey July July 13 July 22 June June 11 June 22 June 9 last seen late legs LETTER Linnæus male manner MARKWICK martins migration morning Motacilla natural history naturalist neighbouring nest never night observed owls perhaps plants ponds prey procure quadrupeds remarkable remiges retire ring-dove ring-ousels rooks season seems SELBORNE Sept sings snow soon species spring stone-curlew strange suppose Sussex swallow swarm swifts tail thrushes titmouse trees vast village weather wild wings winter wonder Woodlark woods wren young