The Harmonies of Nature; Or, The Unity of CreationLongmans, Green, and Company, 1866 - 406 páginas |
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... Burrows of the Prairie Dog— The Hamster's Cave - Habitations of the Beaver and the Musquash - The Mole and the Australian Duckbill - The Armadillo and the Hedgehog - The Porcu- pine The Skunk - Gregarious Quadrupeds - Guards - Bird ...
... Burrows of the Prairie Dog— The Hamster's Cave - Habitations of the Beaver and the Musquash - The Mole and the Australian Duckbill - The Armadillo and the Hedgehog - The Porcu- pine The Skunk - Gregarious Quadrupeds - Guards - Bird ...
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... burrow of the 367 Trachinus Draco 251 Elephant , stomach of 348 Insects : - Hare , skeleton of the • 328 Alimentary canal of tiger Kangaroo , hunting the to face 352 beetle 196 Lion , skeleton of 355 of cockchafer 197 Mole , skeleton of ...
... burrow of the 367 Trachinus Draco 251 Elephant , stomach of 348 Insects : - Hare , skeleton of the • 328 Alimentary canal of tiger Kangaroo , hunting the to face 352 beetle 196 Lion , skeleton of 355 of cockchafer 197 Mole , skeleton of ...
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... burrows or in caves . Thus all nature seems to sink into lethargy and death - but a wonderful resurrection is at hand . The sun rises higher and higher in the skies , with every returning morn he gilds the purple east sooner and sooner ...
... burrows or in caves . Thus all nature seems to sink into lethargy and death - but a wonderful resurrection is at hand . The sun rises higher and higher in the skies , with every returning morn he gilds the purple east sooner and sooner ...
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... burrows , or the iron soil would refuse them the nourishment which they find by digging or scratching in its entrails . What would become of the migratory birds , which , at the beginning of summer , arrive in countless swarms on the ...
... burrows , or the iron soil would refuse them the nourishment which they find by digging or scratching in its entrails . What would become of the migratory birds , which , at the beginning of summer , arrive in countless swarms on the ...
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... burrows or in caves ; he would never have been enabled to manufacture any of the instruments which agriculture , industry , and the mutual inter- course of nations absolutely require ; he would always have re- mained a miserable savage ...
... burrows or in caves ; he would never have been enabled to manufacture any of the instruments which agriculture , industry , and the mutual inter- course of nations absolutely require ; he would always have re- mained a miserable savage ...
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