Red Deer: Natural HistoryLongmans, Green and Company, 1896 - 320 pages |
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... once roamed from the shores of the North Sea to the red sandstone cliffs that break the swell of the Irish Channel , have for many years past found their only northern sanctuary . The forest of Martindale is situated in the very heart ...
... once roamed from the shores of the North Sea to the red sandstone cliffs that break the swell of the Irish Channel , have for many years past found their only northern sanctuary . The forest of Martindale is situated in the very heart ...
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... once filled a shelf of precipice , lying in a sort of shadow , not far below the summit of Buck Crag . It was between 1793 and 1809 that old Edward Sisson , the wildfowler , shot the female off her nest . the foot as a token of what he ...
... once filled a shelf of precipice , lying in a sort of shadow , not far below the summit of Buck Crag . It was between 1793 and 1809 that old Edward Sisson , the wildfowler , shot the female off her nest . the foot as a token of what he ...
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... once infested our English forests . Indeed it seems not unlikely that some at least of the stags which perished in the sands of Morecambe Bay were driven out into the open parts of the estuary when pursued by wolves , which were once ...
... once infested our English forests . Indeed it seems not unlikely that some at least of the stags which perished in the sands of Morecambe Bay were driven out into the open parts of the estuary when pursued by wolves , which were once ...
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... of servility , the tenants are bound to attend their Lord's hunt within this chase once a year , which is called in their court roll a Boon Hunt . On this occasion they have each their district allotted on 14 NATURAL HISTORY OF THE RED ...
... of servility , the tenants are bound to attend their Lord's hunt within this chase once a year , which is called in their court roll a Boon Hunt . On this occasion they have each their district allotted on 14 NATURAL HISTORY OF THE RED ...
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... once a year , is called a Boon Day , and for this every tenant has his dinner and a quart of ale . It is also a custom here that the person who first seizes the hunted deer shall have the head for his trouble . It is remarkable that the ...
... once a year , is called a Boon Day , and for this every tenant has his dinner and a quart of ale . It is also a custom here that the person who first seizes the hunted deer shall have the head for his trouble . It is remarkable that the ...
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