Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny & Gold, 1802 |
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Page 192
... continue six hours . Beginning with a high southerly wind , and the wind subsides , rain for twelve hours or more , and sometimes continues until a strong north wind clears the air ; beginning before sun - rise , will end before noon ...
... continue six hours . Beginning with a high southerly wind , and the wind subsides , rain for twelve hours or more , and sometimes continues until a strong north wind clears the air ; beginning before sun - rise , will end before noon ...
Page 337
... continue there sick , it is supposed , all the winter ; a prey also to vermin , which breeds upon and keeps them poor . Thus does " the Monarch of the brook " pass nearly one - fourth of his existence , until roused from his torpor by ...
... continue there sick , it is supposed , all the winter ; a prey also to vermin , which breeds upon and keeps them poor . Thus does " the Monarch of the brook " pass nearly one - fourth of his existence , until roused from his torpor by ...
Page 186
... continue in plenty until the middle or latter end of March , according to the mildness or rigour of the season , and then disappear at once . In the first sea- son they continue arriving in succession for a month , and in every county ...
... continue in plenty until the middle or latter end of March , according to the mildness or rigour of the season , and then disappear at once . In the first sea- son they continue arriving in succession for a month , and in every county ...
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