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... considerable part of the food of the Chinese ; and upon that account they culti vate it . Horses , goats and swine eat it ; cows are not fond of it . SAGITTA , in astronomy , the arrow , or durt , a constellation of the northern hemis ...
... considerable part of the food of the Chinese ; and upon that account they culti vate it . Horses , goats and swine eat it ; cows are not fond of it . SAGITTA , in astronomy , the arrow , or durt , a constellation of the northern hemis ...
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... considerable stature when permitted to run up to stand- ards . They are usually of the aquatic tribe , being ... considerably the fastest and strongest in low moist land , particularly in marshy situations , by the verges of rivers SAL SAL.
... considerable stature when permitted to run up to stand- ards . They are usually of the aquatic tribe , being ... considerably the fastest and strongest in low moist land , particularly in marshy situations , by the verges of rivers SAL SAL.
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... considerable height , and deposit its spawn in them . In order to gain the favourite spots in rivers for this purpose , which are sometimes at the dis- tance of several hundred miles from the ocean , these fishes will overcome diffi ...
... considerable height , and deposit its spawn in them . In order to gain the favourite spots in rivers for this purpose , which are sometimes at the dis- tance of several hundred miles from the ocean , these fishes will overcome diffi ...
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... considerable buoyancy , and converts its elastic bounds into a species of flight . The membrane is also highly serviceable in cherishing the young ones , which are produced usually in May , and about three at a birth . See Mam- malia ...
... considerable buoyancy , and converts its elastic bounds into a species of flight . The membrane is also highly serviceable in cherishing the young ones , which are produced usually in May , and about three at a birth . See Mam- malia ...
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... considerable numbers , and destroy them with unmerciful eagerness . The woodcock is more remarkable for stupidity than intelligence , and is easily taken in traps and sprynges , which are placed for it near tepid springs , in passages ...
... considerable numbers , and destroy them with unmerciful eagerness . The woodcock is more remarkable for stupidity than intelligence , and is easily taken in traps and sprynges , which are placed for it near tepid springs , in passages ...
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