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Natural History Hugh Alexander Macpherson. NYPL RESEARCH LIBRARIES 3 3433 08249148 5 MYR. Front Cover.
Natural History Hugh Alexander Macpherson. NYPL RESEARCH LIBRARIES 3 3433 08249148 5 MYR. Front Cover.
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... cover such a vast number of subjects that their writers necessarily find it impossible to deal with each in a really comprehensive manner ; and it is not within the scope of such works exhaustively to discuss the animals described , in ...
... cover such a vast number of subjects that their writers necessarily find it impossible to deal with each in a really comprehensive manner ; and it is not within the scope of such works exhaustively to discuss the animals described , in ...
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... cover of the roots of an overhanging elder - tree . The deer became entangled in the net , and dragged the fisherman across the stream in its endeavour to escape . The man was so frightened that he returned home , and sent for the ...
... cover of the roots of an overhanging elder - tree . The deer became entangled in the net , and dragged the fisherman across the stream in its endeavour to escape . The man was so frightened that he returned home , and sent for the ...
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... covers of scrub - oak and other trees . ' Mr. Carter found that his tame and well - fed hinds bred every year after reaching maturity . Such fecundity is , I believe , exceptional ; at any rate the Westmorland hinds do not , as a rule ...
... covers of scrub - oak and other trees . ' Mr. Carter found that his tame and well - fed hinds bred every year after reaching maturity . Such fecundity is , I believe , exceptional ; at any rate the Westmorland hinds do not , as a rule ...
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... cover . Nets are then placed around the thickets , and drivers accompanied by dogs proceed to drive the deer into the nets . Mr. F. W. Styan , F.Z.S. , tells me that the Chinese attach great value to the velvet of the stag of Kopsch's ...
... cover . Nets are then placed around the thickets , and drivers accompanied by dogs proceed to drive the deer into the nets . Mr. F. W. Styan , F.Z.S. , tells me that the Chinese attach great value to the velvet of the stag of Kopsch's ...
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