A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, and Plants, Volume 4Gray & Bowen, 1831 |
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... beginning of April , a troop of their spies or harbingers come and stay two or three days , as it were to view and search out their former situations , and see whether all be well . This done , they once more depart ; and , about the ...
... beginning of April , a troop of their spies or harbingers come and stay two or three days , as it were to view and search out their former situations , and see whether all be well . This done , they once more depart ; and , about the ...
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... beginning of winter , to de- scend into more temperate regions . If they come to the ground by day , they range themselves in a line , like cranes ; and seem rather to have descended for rest , than for other refreshment . When they ...
... beginning of winter , to de- scend into more temperate regions . If they come to the ground by day , they range themselves in a line , like cranes ; and seem rather to have descended for rest , than for other refreshment . When they ...
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... beginning of spring ; and it continues to breed till the end of summer . But , in gen- eral , its motions are determined by the migrations of the immense shoals of herrings that come pouring down at that season through the British ...
... beginning of spring ; and it continues to breed till the end of summer . But , in gen- eral , its motions are determined by the migrations of the immense shoals of herrings that come pouring down at that season through the British ...
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... beginning of spring ; and after a stay of a few months it returns again to the sea . Their preparation for spawning is peculiar ; their manner is to make holes in the gravelly bottoms of rivers ; and on this occasion their sucking power ...
... beginning of spring ; and after a stay of a few months it returns again to the sea . Their preparation for spawning is peculiar ; their manner is to make holes in the gravelly bottoms of rivers ; and on this occasion their sucking power ...
Page 108
... beginning of summer , when the fishermen of all the large European rivers make a regu- lar preparation for its reception . At Pillau , in Russia , par- ticularly , the shores are formed into districts , and allotted to companies of ...
... beginning of summer , when the fishermen of all the large European rivers make a regu- lar preparation for its reception . At Pillau , in Russia , par- ticularly , the shores are formed into districts , and allotted to companies of ...
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