Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club1898 |
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... taken up at the request of the Club , and in that case , the cost of such illustration , to be paid for from the Club funds , must be specially sanctioned at one of the general meetings . VIII . - That the President for the year arrange ...
... taken up at the request of the Club , and in that case , the cost of such illustration , to be paid for from the Club funds , must be specially sanctioned at one of the general meetings . VIII . - That the President for the year arrange ...
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... taken- that goes without saying . 66 " The raven , " says Mr. Pleydell , is another bird which has become nearly extinct through persistent persecution . Fifty years ago it used to breed in the cliffs of St. Alban's Head and Gadcliff ...
... taken- that goes without saying . 66 " The raven , " says Mr. Pleydell , is another bird which has become nearly extinct through persistent persecution . Fifty years ago it used to breed in the cliffs of St. Alban's Head and Gadcliff ...
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... taken in this county . There has been , however , no com- plaint in Herefordshire of systematic destruction of birds , such as has occurred in Glamorganshire , nor are there , as in that County , regular nesting places of species . The ...
... taken in this county . There has been , however , no com- plaint in Herefordshire of systematic destruction of birds , such as has occurred in Glamorganshire , nor are there , as in that County , regular nesting places of species . The ...
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... taken by Mr. H. Southall , viz . : -4.5 and 4'4 degrees respectively at four feet from the ground , with a temperature of 3 degrees on the grass . As regards duration : the frost set in on January 22nd , attained severity on January ...
... taken by Mr. H. Southall , viz . : -4.5 and 4'4 degrees respectively at four feet from the ground , with a temperature of 3 degrees on the grass . As regards duration : the frost set in on January 22nd , attained severity on January ...
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... taken down in the year 1850 a dungeon was found . The remains were probably those of a cell attached to the Priory of Ledbury . From Mainstone Court the carriages were driven to Munsley Church , where another paper , descriptive of the ...
... taken down in the year 1850 a dungeon was found . The remains were probably those of a cell attached to the Priory of Ledbury . From Mainstone Court the carriages were driven to Munsley Church , where another paper , descriptive of the ...
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Page 21 - And further, by these, my son, be admonished : of making many books there is no end ; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Page 194 - A Treatise on the Culture of the Apple and Pear, and on the Manufacture of Cider and Perry...
Page 3 - Length of Cranium. — Measured with callipers from the most prominent part of the projection between the eyebrows (glabella) to the most distant point at the back of the head in the middle line. Care should be taken to keep the end of the callipers steady on the glabella by holding it there with the fingers, while the other extremity is searching for the maximum projection of the head behind. Breadth of Cranium. — The maximum breadth of head, which is usually about the level of the top of the...
Page 218 - Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. 24 And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
Page 71 - King William II., surnamed Rufus, being slain, as before related, was laid in a cart belonging to one Purkess, and drawn from hence to Winchester, and buried in the cathedral church of that city.
Page 8 - Conference may also discuss propositions bearing on the promotion of more systematic observation and plans of operation, and of greater uniformity in the mode of publishing results. Local Committees. Local Committees shall be formed by the Officers of the Association to assist in making arrangements for the Meetings. Local Committees shall have the power of adding to their numbers those Members of the Association whose assistance they may desire.
Page 194 - HEREFORDIENSIS: containing coloured Engravings of the Old Cider and Perry Fruits of HEREFORDSHIRE ; with such new Fruits as have been found to possess superior Excellence, accompanied with a descriptive Account of each Variety.
Page 34 - A land of old upheaven from the abyss By fire, to sink into the abyss again; Where fragments of forgotten peoples dwelt, And the long mountains ended in a coast Of ever shifting sand, and far away The phantom circle of a moaning sea.
Page 137 - It was the English," Kaspar cried, " That put the French to rout ; But what they killed each other for, I could not well make out.
Page 17 - Other works remain to be searched ; and it is probable that a good deal more may be found already in print, if some who are interested in the antiquities of the country will undertake the not very arduous, but very necessary, labour of collection. When all is gathered, however, it will only be a small part of what must have existed at no distant date — if not of what still exists, awaiting diligent inquiry among living men and women. How to set about the inquiry is a question that must be left...