Red Deer: Natural HistoryLongmans, Green and Company, 1896 - 320 pages |
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... herd of deer chooses its particular grazing ground according to the season of the year . The fells near Bampton and Shap are only visited irregularly . The approach of winter impels many of the older deer to cross over from the ' Nab ...
... herd of deer chooses its particular grazing ground according to the season of the year . The fells near Bampton and Shap are only visited irregularly . The approach of winter impels many of the older deer to cross over from the ' Nab ...
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Natural History Hugh Alexander Macpherson. members of the herd . In old days these individuals would no doubt have fallen an easy prey to the packs of wolves which once infested our English forests . Indeed it seems not unlikely that ...
Natural History Hugh Alexander Macpherson. members of the herd . In old days these individuals would no doubt have fallen an easy prey to the packs of wolves which once infested our English forests . Indeed it seems not unlikely that ...
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... herd long existed . The shepherds used to say that old stags sometimes ejected sheep from the Pillar Stone by forking them over the side . It was on the south side of Ennerdale Lake that the deer used to harbour chiefly , on what is ...
... herd long existed . The shepherds used to say that old stags sometimes ejected sheep from the Pillar Stone by forking them over the side . It was on the south side of Ennerdale Lake that the deer used to harbour chiefly , on what is ...
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... herd . The Gowbarrow deer , like those of Muncaster , roam at will over a wild moorland , but their range is limited by fencing . Yet they are as truly wild animals as the deer in any Scottish forest which happens to be enclosed . They ...
... herd . The Gowbarrow deer , like those of Muncaster , roam at will over a wild moorland , but their range is limited by fencing . Yet they are as truly wild animals as the deer in any Scottish forest which happens to be enclosed . They ...
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... herds , such as that of Windsor Forest , was often very considerable . Thus in 1691 , the hay required for the deer at Windsor Forest cost 60l . , in addition to 1,750l . expended in feeding the Ideer in Windsor New Park . Our public ...
... herds , such as that of Windsor Forest , was often very considerable . Thus in 1691 , the hay required for the deer at Windsor Forest cost 60l . , in addition to 1,750l . expended in feeding the Ideer in Windsor New Park . Our public ...
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