A History of the earth and animated nature v.1, Volume 1A. Fullarton, 1852 |
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... ducks , and all such as Nature has directed to live upon the water , have their feathers dressed with oil from the very first day of their leaving the shell . Thus their stock of fluid is equal to the necessity of its consumption ...
... ducks , and all such as Nature has directed to live upon the water , have their feathers dressed with oil from the very first day of their leaving the shell . Thus their stock of fluid is equal to the necessity of its consumption ...
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... duck is said to fly ninety miles in an hour , and the hawk one hundred and fifty . The swallow and swift pass nearly the whole of the long summer days upon the wing , in search of food for themselves and their helpless offspring ; and ...
... duck is said to fly ninety miles in an hour , and the hawk one hundred and fifty . The swallow and swift pass nearly the whole of the long summer days upon the wing , in search of food for themselves and their helpless offspring ; and ...
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... ducks are caught , the men who attend them universally keep a piece of turf burning near their mouths , upon which they breathe , lest the fowl should smell them , and consequently fly away . The universality of this practice puts the ...
... ducks are caught , the men who attend them universally keep a piece of turf burning near their mouths , upon which they breathe , lest the fowl should smell them , and consequently fly away . The universality of this practice puts the ...
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... ducks , shall stand affrighted at the edge of the pond , trembling for the fate of her young , which she sees venturing into so dangerous an element . As the different principle which acts in these different animals cannot be termed ...
... ducks , shall stand affrighted at the edge of the pond , trembling for the fate of her young , which she sees venturing into so dangerous an element . As the different principle which acts in these different animals cannot be termed ...
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... duck , and a few of the wild ducks . The of their retreat from these parts of Europe , is rest contribute to form that amazing multitude either a scarcity of food at certain seasons , or of water - fowl which annually repair to the ...
... duck , and a few of the wild ducks . The of their retreat from these parts of Europe , is rest contribute to form that amazing multitude either a scarcity of food at certain seasons , or of water - fowl which annually repair to the ...
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