A Description of More Than Three Hundred Animals: Interspersed with Entertaining Anecdotes, and Quotations from Ancient and Modern Authors, to which is Added an Appendix of Allegorical and Fabulous AnimalsBaldwin and Cradock, 1829 - 476 pages |
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... it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants , by drawing straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into it ; and chiefly by throwing infinite numbers of lumps called worm - casts , which form a fine manure for grass and corn . The Tania ...
... it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants , by drawing straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into it ; and chiefly by throwing infinite numbers of lumps called worm - casts , which form a fine manure for grass and corn . The Tania ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A Description of More Than Three Hundred Animals: Interspersed with Entertaining Anecdotes, and Quotations from Ancient and Modern Authors, to which is Added an Appendix of Allegorical and Fabulous Animals |
| Contributor | Thomas Bewick |
| Publisher | Baldwin and Cradock, 1829 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 15 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 476 pages |
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