Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny & Gold, 1802 |
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... summer , a windy autumn ; but it is very rare that the seasons succeed each other in the same tenor for two years ... Summer moist and cool , a hard win- ter if walls that used to be damp , are peculiarly dry at the commencement of ...
... summer , a windy autumn ; but it is very rare that the seasons succeed each other in the same tenor for two years ... Summer moist and cool , a hard win- ter if walls that used to be damp , are peculiarly dry at the commencement of ...
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... summer ; but above it , there never was one of them seen . Three or four miles above this Force , there is a lough about a mile in circumference , full of Trouts ; the neighbouring people call this place the wheel ; the Tees runs ...
... summer ; but above it , there never was one of them seen . Three or four miles above this Force , there is a lough about a mile in circumference , full of Trouts ; the neighbouring people call this place the wheel ; the Tees runs ...
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... Summer Teal is found in the Fens , and the plumage is so nearly similar to the female of the common Teal as by many to be supposed the same bird . Among others , Bur- FON is dubious of its being a distinct species , yet gives an account ...
... Summer Teal is found in the Fens , and the plumage is so nearly similar to the female of the common Teal as by many to be supposed the same bird . Among others , Bur- FON is dubious of its being a distinct species , yet gives an account ...
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