The Natural History of Selborne, with Its Antiquities; Naturalist's Calendar, &cOrr and Smith, 1836 - 418 pages |
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... rain and wind , until the hollow is lined with a water - proof stratum , and thus becomes capable of retaining a supply . But there can be no supply from springs in such a pond , any more than there can be in a pond on the clay ...
... rain and wind , until the hollow is lined with a water - proof stratum , and thus becomes capable of retaining a supply . But there can be no supply from springs in such a pond , any more than there can be in a pond on the clay ...
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... rain , moulders to pieces , and becomes manure to itself . † • Still on to the north - east , and a step lower , is a kind of white land , neither chalk nor clay , neither fit for pasture nor for the plough , yet kindly for hops , which ...
... rain , moulders to pieces , and becomes manure to itself . † • Still on to the north - east , and a step lower , is a kind of white land , neither chalk nor clay , neither fit for pasture nor for the plough , yet kindly for hops , which ...
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... rains and frost they mouldered away . These seemed as if they were a very recent production . In the chalk - pit , at the north- west end of the Hanger , large nuutili are sometimes observed . In the very thickest strata of our ...
... rains and frost they mouldered away . These seemed as if they were a very recent production . In the chalk - pit , at the north- west end of the Hanger , large nuutili are sometimes observed . In the very thickest strata of our ...
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... rain tears the slabs to pieces . † Though this stone is too hard to be acted on by vinegar ; yet both the white part , and even the blue rag , ferment strongly in mineral acids . Though the white stone will not bear wet , yet in every ...
... rain tears the slabs to pieces . † Though this stone is too hard to be acted on by vinegar ; yet both the white part , and even the blue rag , ferment strongly in mineral acids . Though the white stone will not bear wet , yet in every ...
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... rain of any place cannot be ascertained till a person ' has measured it for a very long period . " If I had only measured the rain , " says he , " for the first four years , from 1740 to 1743 , I should have said the mean rain at Lyndon ...
... rain of any place cannot be ascertained till a person ' has measured it for a very long period . " If I had only measured the rain , " says he , " for the first four years , from 1740 to 1743 , I should have said the mean rain at Lyndon ...
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abound animals ANTIQUITIES OF SELBORNE appear April April 14 April 22 autumn bishop bishop of Winchester blackcap breed brood called canons chaffinches church colour common congeners cuckoo curious DAINES BARRINGTON DEAR SIR district ecclesie eggs feed feet female fieldfares flocks forest frequent frost garden genus Gilbert White ground Hanger haunts hedges hill hirundines hirundo house-martins inches insects Item July July 13 July 22 June June 9 known late legs LETTER Linnæus male manner March March 26 mentioned migration naturalist nest never night observed parish PENNANT perhaps pettychaps plumage ponds probably quadrupeds rain remarkable season seems seen Selborne Seleburne Sept showers sings snow species spot spring stone curlews summer suppose Surrey swallow swift tail titmouse trees village vulgaris weather White wild wings winter woods young