Mountain, Meadow, & Mere: A Series of Outdoor Sketches of Sport, Scenery, Adventures, and Natural History ...Henry S. King & Company, 1873 - 226 páginas |
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... sight no one who journeys in its neighbourhood should miss . It is situate near Hing- ham , and is twenty - eight miles from the sea . In that county of lakes , it may be interesting to notice the dif- ference in the designations of its ...
... sight no one who journeys in its neighbourhood should miss . It is situate near Hing- ham , and is twenty - eight miles from the sea . In that county of lakes , it may be interesting to notice the dif- ference in the designations of its ...
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... sight . In addition to the gulls , grebes great and small , wild ducks , snipe , water - rails , coots , and water - hens breed in numbers , and weasels , rats , and other vermin swarm , attracted by the abundance of animal food . When ...
... sight . In addition to the gulls , grebes great and small , wild ducks , snipe , water - rails , coots , and water - hens breed in numbers , and weasels , rats , and other vermin swarm , attracted by the abundance of animal food . When ...
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... sight of a fox stealing cautiously along one side of a hedgerow towards a rabbit sitting unsuspiciously on the other . He looked so handsome , with his fur gleaming in the sunlight , that I was sorely tempted to shoot him for the ...
... sight of a fox stealing cautiously along one side of a hedgerow towards a rabbit sitting unsuspiciously on the other . He looked so handsome , with his fur gleaming in the sunlight , that I was sorely tempted to shoot him for the ...
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... sight being very great . Sometimes a tub is sunk in the ground on the edge of the pool or marsh where the ducks assemble , and if this be partly filled with dry straw the shooter may keep himself tolerably warm as he lies ensconced in ...
... sight being very great . Sometimes a tub is sunk in the ground on the edge of the pool or marsh where the ducks assemble , and if this be partly filled with dry straw the shooter may keep himself tolerably warm as he lies ensconced in ...
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... sight of him can be obtained , no doubt he will be hunted down and captured , and receive what he is fully en- titled to capital punishment . " On a bright May morning , five months after the first appearance of the sheep - destroyer ...
... sight of him can be obtained , no doubt he will be hunted down and captured , and receive what he is fully en- titled to capital punishment . " On a bright May morning , five months after the first appearance of the sheep - destroyer ...
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