The Natural History and Antiquities of SelborneGeorge Routledge and Sons, 1891 - 475 pages |
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... winter , but breed there in the summer ; such as lapwings , snipes , wild - ducks , and , as I have discovered ... winter's morning they have discovered these trees , in the bogs , by the hoar frost , which lay longer over the space ...
... winter , but breed there in the summer ; such as lapwings , snipes , wild - ducks , and , as I have discovered ... winter's morning they have discovered these trees , in the bogs , by the hoar frost , which lay longer over the space ...
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... winter doing very great injury to the turnip crops ; anti- pigeon associations have also been formed , and in Berwickshire no less than 8000 were destroyed in one year . regard . For she came out of the great road 18 NATURAL HISTORY OF ...
... winter doing very great injury to the turnip crops ; anti- pigeon associations have also been formed , and in Berwickshire no less than 8000 were destroyed in one year . regard . For she came out of the great road 18 NATURAL HISTORY OF ...
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... winter , when the hinds were also carried off , such fine chases were exhibited as served the country people for matter of talk and wonder for years afterwards . I saw myself one of the yeoman - prickers single out a stag from the herd ...
... winter , when the hinds were also carried off , such fine chases were exhibited as served the country people for matter of talk and wonder for years afterwards . I saw myself one of the yeoman - prickers single out a stag from the herd ...
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... face of this expanse of waters , and perfectly secure from fowlers , lie all day long , in the winter season , vast flocks of ducks , teals , and widgeons , of various denominations ; where 24 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE .
... face of this expanse of waters , and perfectly secure from fowlers , lie all day long , in the winter season , vast flocks of ducks , teals , and widgeons , of various denominations ; where 24 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE .
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... winter - cut , viz . , in February and March , before the bark would run . In old times the Holt was estimated to be eighteen miles , computed measure from water - carriage , viz . , from the town of Chertsey , on the Thames ; but now ...
... winter - cut , viz . , in February and March , before the bark would run . In old times the Holt was estimated to be eighteen miles , computed measure from water - carriage , viz . , from the town of Chertsey , on the Thames ; but now ...
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