Gleanings in Natural History: With Local Recollections : to which are Added Maxims and Hints for an Angler, Band 2J. Murray, 1832 - 313 Seiten |
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... circumstance respecting them . I have often strained my eyes in watching them while * It was observed to me that these long claws of the lark might be intended to answer a double purpose - that of enabling the bird to walk with more ...
... circumstance respecting them . I have often strained my eyes in watching them while * It was observed to me that these long claws of the lark might be intended to answer a double purpose - that of enabling the bird to walk with more ...
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... circumstances , in a way which one would almost have thought mere instinct could not have taught them , proves them to be possessed of a faculty which might be considered as only belonging to man . If we want instances of fidelity ...
... circumstances , in a way which one would almost have thought mere instinct could not have taught them , proves them to be possessed of a faculty which might be considered as only belonging to man . If we want instances of fidelity ...
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... circumstance , Upon discovering a number of ants regaling them- selves with some treacle in one of his cupboards , he put them to the rout , and then suspended the pot of treacle by a string from the ceiling . He imagined that he had ...
... circumstance , Upon discovering a number of ants regaling them- selves with some treacle in one of his cupboards , he put them to the rout , and then suspended the pot of treacle by a string from the ceiling . He imagined that he had ...
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... circumstance , I should have been inclined to suppose that the young take refuge in the inside of the mother by entering her mouth , in the same way young vipers do , a fact I shall have occasion hereafter to notice . that as it may ...
... circumstance , I should have been inclined to suppose that the young take refuge in the inside of the mother by entering her mouth , in the same way young vipers do , a fact I shall have occasion hereafter to notice . that as it may ...
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... circumstance of the young being found in the gut , may account for the ignorance in which many per- sons have so long remained as to that fact . Why the eel should not , like the female viper , with whom it is very conspicuous , show an ...
... circumstance of the young being found in the gut , may account for the ignorance in which many per- sons have so long remained as to that fact . Why the eel should not , like the female viper , with whom it is very conspicuous , show an ...
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Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...