The Heart of the Continent: A Record of Travel Across the Plains and in Oregon, with an Examination of the Mormon PrincipleHurd and Houghton, 1871 - 568 Seiten |
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... animal of our American wilds . His size is that of a young red - deer doe ; his color a compromise between buff and fawn , shading here and there into reddish - brown , with a patch of pure white on the buttocks which gives rise to the ...
... animal of our American wilds . His size is that of a young red - deer doe ; his color a compromise between buff and fawn , shading here and there into reddish - brown , with a patch of pure white on the buttocks which gives rise to the ...
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... animal , the hunter can get quite near a flock without being discovered , provided he approaches against the wind . If the wind blows from him , it is astonishing how quickly their scent warns them of him , without the least aid from ...
... animal , the hunter can get quite near a flock without being discovered , provided he approaches against the wind . If the wind blows from him , it is astonishing how quickly their scent warns them of him , without the least aid from ...
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... animal for which , despite his own rough exterior , he has a true , even poetical , admiration . I never found a hun- ter on the Plains ( I am not including boy - tourists and foreign emigrants ) who would not blush to emulate . Gordon ...
... animal for which , despite his own rough exterior , he has a true , even poetical , admiration . I never found a hun- ter on the Plains ( I am not including boy - tourists and foreign emigrants ) who would not blush to emulate . Gordon ...
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... animal to tumble him down his hole beyond the risk of capture . So we soon abandoned the job . The people on the Plains have an effective but rather tedious way of catching prairie - dogs alive . They draw a barrel of water to some ...
... animal to tumble him down his hole beyond the risk of capture . So we soon abandoned the job . The people on the Plains have an effective but rather tedious way of catching prairie - dogs alive . They draw a barrel of water to some ...
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... animal we had known by reputation since the earliest days devoted to the peru- sal of Mrs. Trimmer . The gifted beaver had left his " sign " on every tree adjoining the bank . If a work- man may be known by his chips , the admiration ...
... animal we had known by reputation since the earliest days devoted to the peru- sal of Mrs. Trimmer . The gifted beaver had left his " sign " on every tree adjoining the bank . If a work- man may be known by his chips , the admiration ...
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