The Natural History of SelborneCassell, 1911 - 263 pages |
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... sort of rotten or rubble stone , which , when turned up to the frost and rain , moulders to pieces , and becomes manure to itself . * Still on to the north - east , and a step lower , is a kind of white land , neither chalk nor clay ...
... sort of rotten or rubble stone , which , when turned up to the frost and rain , moulders to pieces , and becomes manure to itself . * Still on to the north - east , and a step lower , is a kind of white land , neither chalk nor clay ...
Page 8
... 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 large dimensions , perhaps fourteen or ...
... 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 large dimensions , perhaps fourteen or ...
Page 10
... sort of stone , called by the workmen sand , or forest - stone . This is generally of the colour of rusty iron , and might probably be worked as iron ore ; is very hard and heavy , and of a firm , compact texture , and composed of a ...
... sort of stone , called by the workmen sand , or forest - stone . This is generally of the colour of rusty iron , and might probably be worked as iron ore ; is very hard and heavy , and of a firm , compact texture , and composed of a ...
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... sort which , rising into tall hassocks , is called by the foresters torrets ; a corruption , I suppose , of turrets . - G . W. Note , In the beginning of the summer 1787 the royal forests of Wolmer and Holt were measured by persons sent ...
... sort which , rising into tall hassocks , is called by the foresters torrets ; a corruption , I suppose , of turrets . - G . W. Note , In the beginning of the summer 1787 the royal forests of Wolmer and Holt were measured by persons sent ...
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... sort of chirping , as if they were about to break up their winter quarters and betake themselves to their proper summer homes . It is well known , at least , that the swallows and the fieldfares do con- gregate with a gentle twittering ...
... sort of chirping , as if they were about to break up their winter quarters and betake themselves to their proper summer homes . It is well known , at least , that the swallows and the fieldfares do con- gregate with a gentle twittering ...
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