Days Out of DoorsD. Appleton, 1889 - 323 páginas |
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... musk - rats . This is the more interesting because these creatures are by no means confined to the meadows , but are ... rat - one of the largest and blackest that I have ever seen . I thoroughly enjoyed the animal's discomfiture , and I ...
... musk - rats . This is the more interesting because these creatures are by no means confined to the meadows , but are ... rat - one of the largest and blackest that I have ever seen . I thoroughly enjoyed the animal's discomfiture , and I ...
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... musk - rat show absolutely no fear at times when their ordinary means of defense or of escaping danger are evidently of no avail . If we study almost any of our higher animals under such conditions , the evidence that their thought ...
... musk - rat show absolutely no fear at times when their ordinary means of defense or of escaping danger are evidently of no avail . If we study almost any of our higher animals under such conditions , the evidence that their thought ...
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... musk - rat . I continually headed it off , and did not notice at the time that in spite of my movements it pursued the same general direction . Often I was startled by the mighty leaps it made , not quite clear- ing the water , but so ...
... musk - rat . I continually headed it off , and did not notice at the time that in spite of my movements it pursued the same general direction . Often I was startled by the mighty leaps it made , not quite clear- ing the water , but so ...
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... musk- rat , lodged in so appropriate a spot as a bed of mussels . A tempting feast , this , for the hungry crow , which was puzzling its poor brains to determine why such plenty should JANUARY . 23.
... musk- rat , lodged in so appropriate a spot as a bed of mussels . A tempting feast , this , for the hungry crow , which was puzzling its poor brains to determine why such plenty should JANUARY . 23.
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... musk - rat with which I had rambled in the meadows , and every comparison was in favor of the rat . To have gone very 26 DAYS OUT OF DOORS .
... musk - rat with which I had rambled in the meadows , and every comparison was in favor of the rat . To have gone very 26 DAYS OUT OF DOORS .
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abundant animal animal intelligence appeared APPLETON April archæologist autumn beautiful beneath birds bloom branches cat-bird chirping closely Cloth cold color creature creek crested tit crows curious dead early evidence eyes fact feature feet fish flowers forest frogs frost gathered Grant Allen green ground growth habits heard hill-side Indian summer insects January thaw Jersey leap least leaves lizards look mammals marsh matter meadows month mouse musk-rat nest never night oaks opossum passed pine pine barrens plant proved rail birds ramble rambler reached remained RICHARD ANTHONY PROCTOR river rocks salamanders scarcely season seen Serpent Serpent Mound shelter shore shrike silent sing skink snake snow song sound sparrows species spiders spot spring squirrels storm strange suggestive thought thrush tion to-day trees true twig upland fields walk warblers weather weather prophets wild wind winter wonder woods wrens young
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