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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... trees that encircled three sides of it . The feeling of awe was changed to one of wonderment and delight as we saw , circling about and breaking the calmness of the water , dozens and dozens of big brown back - fins projecting above the ...
... trees that encircled three sides of it . The feeling of awe was changed to one of wonderment and delight as we saw , circling about and breaking the calmness of the water , dozens and dozens of big brown back - fins projecting above the ...
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... trees " and groups of deer knee - deep in fern . The mere lies on the east of the town , and covers some 116 acres . Its name is derived , say some old chronicles , from its being Aels Mere , or the greatest mere ; others aver that it ...
... trees " and groups of deer knee - deep in fern . The mere lies on the east of the town , and covers some 116 acres . Its name is derived , say some old chronicles , from its being Aels Mere , or the greatest mere ; others aver that it ...
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... trees is the church upon its higher ground , and a few houses , with their gardens reaching to the mere . To the left are the boat - houses nestling under the shade of several tall trees . The boats are few in number , and very safe ...
... trees is the church upon its higher ground , and a few houses , with their gardens reaching to the mere . To the left are the boat - houses nestling under the shade of several tall trees . The boats are few in number , and very safe ...
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... trees the wood- peckers glide and hammer , and it is astonishing how far the sound of the tapping may be heard on a quiet day . Steadying themselves with their tails , which are placed firmly against the trunk , they hammer away until a ...
... trees the wood- peckers glide and hammer , and it is astonishing how far the sound of the tapping may be heard on a quiet day . Steadying themselves with their tails , which are placed firmly against the trunk , they hammer away until a ...
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... trees on the south side of the mere and roll them up , together with particles of confervæ , into balls of different sizes , even up to two feet in diameter . The moss balls are composed entirely of confervæ . The currents convey these ...
... trees on the south side of the mere and roll them up , together with particles of confervæ , into balls of different sizes , even up to two feet in diameter . The moss balls are composed entirely of confervæ . The currents convey these ...
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