The Natural History and Antiquities of SelborneGeorge Routledge and Sons, 1891 - 475 pages |
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... insects before unknown to it , and so would the cutting down of extensive old woods destroy or drive away other species that delighted only in them . But population and cultivation bring other evils attendant upon themselves . They ...
... insects before unknown to it , and so would the cutting down of extensive old woods destroy or drive away other species that delighted only in them . But population and cultivation bring other evils attendant upon themselves . They ...
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... insects nestle ; and so supply food for the fish , which would be poorly subsisted but from this contingency . Thus Nature , who is a great economist , converts the recreation of one animal to the support of another ! Thomson , who was ...
... insects nestle ; and so supply food for the fish , which would be poorly subsisted but from this contingency . Thus Nature , who is a great economist , converts the recreation of one animal to the support of another ! Thomson , who was ...
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... Insects seemed to be most acceptable , though it did not PIPISTRELLE . 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 ...
... Insects seemed to be most acceptable , though it did not PIPISTRELLE . 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 ...
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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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... insects suffi- cient 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 there , investigating the natural history of that ...
... insects suffi- cient 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 there , investigating the natural history of that ...
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