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... nearly up to their middle in water . Such were some of the scenes which the Wye pre- sented during my sojourn near its banks , but which were occasionally varied by visits to the hill country of Brecon and Radnorshire . Nothing can be ...
... nearly up to their middle in water . Such were some of the scenes which the Wye pre- sented during my sojourn near its banks , but which were occasionally varied by visits to the hill country of Brecon and Radnorshire . Nothing can be ...
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... , and other aquatic plants nearly meet as they bend towards each other from either side . In some places there are deep holes , generally under the MEADOW SCENERY . 7 roots of some stunted alder or PRIMITIVE HABITS OF THE WELSHI .
... , and other aquatic plants nearly meet as they bend towards each other from either side . In some places there are deep holes , generally under the MEADOW SCENERY . 7 roots of some stunted alder or PRIMITIVE HABITS OF THE WELSHI .
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... nearly disappeared , not from any lack of keepers to look after them , but from actual star- vation in the winter months . In a glade in Hainault Forest , about a mile from Barkingside , stood an oak which had been known through many ...
... nearly disappeared , not from any lack of keepers to look after them , but from actual star- vation in the winter months . In a glade in Hainault Forest , about a mile from Barkingside , stood an oak which had been known through many ...
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... frequent the sedgy pools and salt marshes near the sea . That favourite diversion of our ancestors , Heron hawking , is now , it is to be regretted , nearly obsolete . It must have been an exciting and beautiful sight with.
... frequent the sedgy pools and salt marshes near the sea . That favourite diversion of our ancestors , Heron hawking , is now , it is to be regretted , nearly obsolete . It must have been an exciting and beautiful sight with.
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... had been warned of his approaching death , in consequence of a Raven having always croaked when it flew over his head . Like the Bustard , its existence in this country is THE BUSTARD AND KITE . 33 nearly at an end 32 RAVENS .
... had been warned of his approaching death , in consequence of a Raven having always croaked when it flew over his head . Like the Bustard , its existence in this country is THE BUSTARD AND KITE . 33 nearly at an end 32 RAVENS .
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