The Natural History of SelbourneG. Routledge, 1853 - 428 pages |
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Page 110
... legs , its neck was remarkably short , no more than twelve inches ; so that , by straddling with one foot forward and the other backward , it grazed o the plain ground , with the greatest difficulty , between its legs : the ears were ...
... legs , its neck was remarkably short , no more than twelve inches ; so that , by straddling with one foot forward and the other backward , it grazed o the plain ground , with the greatest difficulty , between its legs : the ears were ...
Page 111
... legs and great lips must contribute much . I have read somewhere , that it delights in eating the nymphaea , or water - lily . From the fore - feet to the belly , behind the shoulder , it measured three feet and eight inches ; the ...
... legs and great lips must contribute much . I have read somewhere , that it delights in eating the nymphaea , or water - lily . From the fore - feet to the belly , behind the shoulder , it measured three feet and eight inches ; the ...
Page 207
... legs : so that you would think that the flocks of Laban were pasturing on one side of the stream , and the variegated breed of his son - in - law , Jacob , were cantoned on the other . And this diversity holds good respectively on each ...
... legs : so that you would think that the flocks of Laban were pasturing on one side of the stream , and the variegated breed of his son - in - law , Jacob , were cantoned on the other . And this diversity holds good respectively on each ...
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The Natural History of Selbourne: With Observations on Various Parts of ... Gilbert White No preview available - 2017 |
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