Gleanings in Natural History: With Local Recollections : to which are Added Maxims and Hints for an Angler, Volumen2J. Murray, 1832 - 313 páginas |
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... covered and guarded with a well - made tegument , beset with bristles and adorned with neat ' imbrications , and many other fineries . ' " " " It appears almost impossible that any attentive observer of this exquisite workmanship should ...
... covered and guarded with a well - made tegument , beset with bristles and adorned with neat ' imbrications , and many other fineries . ' " " " It appears almost impossible that any attentive observer of this exquisite workmanship should ...
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... covered it over with the thick resinous substance called propolis , and thus prevented its becoming a nuisance to the colony . Into the same hive one of the common brown - shelled snails also gained admit- Instead of embedding it in ...
... covered it over with the thick resinous substance called propolis , and thus prevented its becoming a nuisance to the colony . Into the same hive one of the common brown - shelled snails also gained admit- Instead of embedding it in ...
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... covered with exceedingly small scales . The genus consists of ' many species their colour varies according to the colour of the bottom of the rivulet - in mud , black -in gravelly bottoms , greenish - white . Some in- habit the sea ...
... covered with exceedingly small scales . The genus consists of ' many species their colour varies according to the colour of the bottom of the rivulet - in mud , black -in gravelly bottoms , greenish - white . Some in- habit the sea ...
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... covering of the bill , which is supplied with exceedingly large cuta- neous nerves , and is very sensible in the living animal . We remark the manner in which ducks probe , as it were , the puddles in search of their food , where they ...
... covering of the bill , which is supplied with exceedingly large cuta- neous nerves , and is very sensible in the living animal . We remark the manner in which ducks probe , as it were , the puddles in search of their food , where they ...
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... covered with a coat of fat , which , in a short time , dissolves everything eaten by the fish . * A friend of mine caught a pike a few minutes after breaking his tackle , and found it in the pike , a part of the gimp hanging out of his ...
... covered with a coat of fat , which , in a short time , dissolves everything eaten by the fish . * A friend of mine caught a pike a few minutes after breaking his tackle , and found it in the pike , a part of the gimp hanging out of his ...
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Página 266 - Shall twitter from her clay-built nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch, And share my meal, a welcome guest. Around my ivied porch shall spring Each fragrant flower that drinks the dew ; And Lucy, at her wheel, shall sing In russet gown and apron blue. The village church, among the trees, Where first our marriage vows were given, With merry peals shall swell the breeze, And point with taper spire to heaven.
Página 265 - The sober herd that low'd to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school, The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind; — These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made.
Página 93 - He knew his lord ; he knew, and strove to meet ; In vain he strove to crawl and kiss his feet ; Yet (all he could) his tail, his ears, his eyes, Salute his master, and confess his joys.
Página 139 - Here and there the perches gave way under the weight with a crash, and falling to the ground, destroyed hundreds of the birds beneath, forcing down the dense groups with which every stick was loaded. It was a scene of uproar and confusion.
Página 13 - Thus then to man the voice of nature spake — " Go, from the creatures thy instructions take : Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield; Learn from the beasts the physic of the field; Thy...
Página 138 - It was, as is always the case, in a portion of the forest where the trees were of great magnitude, and where there was little underwood. I rode through it upwards of forty miles, and, crossing it in different parts, found its average breadth to be rather more than three miles. My first view of it was about a fortnight subsequent to the period when they had made choice of it, and I arrived there nearly two hours before sunset.
Página 138 - Thousands were soon knocked down by the pole-men. The birds continued to pour in. The fires were lighted, and a magnificent, as well as wonderful and almost terrifying, sight presented itself. The Pigeons, arriving by thousands, alighted everywhere, one above another, until solid masses as large as hogsheads were formed on the branches all round.
Página 7 - Up springs the lark, Shrill-voiced, and loud, the messenger of morn ; Ere yet the shadows fly, he mounted sings Amid the dawning clouds, and from their haunts Calls up the tuneful nations.
Página 215 - Those who have walked in an evening by the sedgy sides of unfrequented rivers, must remember a variety of notes from different water-fowl: the loud scream of the wild goose, the croaking of the mallard, the whining of the lapwing, and the tremulous neighing of the jacksnipe. But of all these sounds, there is none so dismally hollow as the booming of the bittern.
Página 7 - To hear the lark begin his flight And singing startle the dull night From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...