The Natural History of SelborneCassell, 1911 - 263 pages |
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... abound in the bank , in a darkish sort of marl ; and are usually very small and soft : but in Clay's Pond , a little farther on , at the end of the pit , where the soil is dug out for manure , I have occa- sionally observed them of ...
... abound in the bank , in a darkish sort of marl ; and are usually very small and soft : but in Clay's Pond , a little farther on , at the end of the pit , where the soil is dug out for manure , I have occa- sionally observed them of ...
Page 11
... abound . The manor of Selborne , was it strictly looked after , with all its kindly aspects , and all its sloping coverts , would swarm with game ; even now hares , partridges and pheasants abound ; and in old days woodcocks were as ...
... abound . The manor of Selborne , was it strictly looked after , with all its kindly aspects , and all its sloping coverts , would swarm with game ; even now hares , partridges and pheasants abound ; and in old days woodcocks were as ...
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... abound with poor ; many of * A very intelligent gentleman [ Thomas Barker , our author's brother- in - law .-- R . K. ] assures me ( and he speaks from upwards of forty years ' experience ) that the mean rain of any place cannot be ...
... abound with poor ; many of * A very intelligent gentleman [ Thomas Barker , our author's brother- in - law .-- R . K. ] assures me ( and he speaks from upwards of forty years ' experience ) that the mean rain of any place cannot be ...
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... abound in harvest , DOMESTIC MOUSE . and build their nests amidst the straws of the corn above the ground , and sometimes in thistles . They breed as many as eight at a litter , in a little round nest composed of the blades of grass or ...
... abound in harvest , DOMESTIC MOUSE . and build their nests amidst the straws of the corn above the ground , and sometimes in thistles . They breed as many as eight at a litter , in a little round nest composed of the blades of grass or ...
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... abound till about Michaelmas , when they * A strange thing about this is that young swifts , swallows , and martins fly better upon leaving the nest than the chicks of any other species with which we are acquainted in this country . — R ...
... abound till about Michaelmas , when they * A strange thing about this is that young swifts , swallows , and martins fly better upon leaving the nest than the chicks of any other species with which we are acquainted in this country . — R ...
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