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... ounces These ftones are formed of feveral crusts , each very fmooth and gloffy ; their form triangular ; but their edges rounded , as if by collifion against each other . · The all - wife Creator hath finely limited the feveral fervices ...
... ounces These ftones are formed of feveral crusts , each very fmooth and gloffy ; their form triangular ; but their edges rounded , as if by collifion against each other . · The all - wife Creator hath finely limited the feveral fervices ...
Page 102
... ounces : the ears resemble those of the rat : the eyes large and black : the color of the head and whole upper part of the body is a light brown , mixed with tawny and afh - color : the end of the nofe , the throat and belly , are of a ...
... ounces : the ears resemble those of the rat : the eyes large and black : the color of the head and whole upper part of the body is a light brown , mixed with tawny and afh - color : the end of the nofe , the throat and belly , are of a ...
Page 105
... ounces ; the length seven inches from the end of the nose to the tail ; the tail five inches : on each foot are five toes , the inner toe of the fore - foot is very small ; the first joint of the latter is very flexible , which muft ...
... ounces ; the length seven inches from the end of the nose to the tail ; the tail five inches : on each foot are five toes , the inner toe of the fore - foot is very small ; the first joint of the latter is very flexible , which muft ...
Page 107
... ounce . They are more flender than the other long - tailed Field Moufe ; their eyes lefs prominent ; their ears naked , and standing out of the fúr ; their tail flightly covered with hair ; their back of a fuller red than the larger fpe ...
... ounce . They are more flender than the other long - tailed Field Moufe ; their eyes lefs prominent ; their ears naked , and standing out of the fúr ; their tail flightly covered with hair ; their back of a fuller red than the larger fpe ...
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... ounces the length twenty - three inches : the breadth five feet four inches the wing when clofed reached beyond the end of the tail : that , as in all the hawk kind , confifts of twelve feathers : the two middle feathers were dufky ...
... ounces the length twenty - three inches : the breadth five feet four inches the wing when clofed reached beyond the end of the tail : that , as in all the hawk kind , confifts of twelve feathers : the two middle feathers were dufky ...
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afh color Aldr alfo almoſt alſo belly Belon Belon av bill breadth breaſt breed Briffon av Brit brown Brunnich Buffon claws coverts d'Oys defcribed DESCRIP diſtinguiſhed dufky duſky edged eggs exterior fame color Faun fays feed feems feen feet female feven fhort fides firft firſt fize fmall fome fometimes fpecies fpots Fren Frisch ftrong fuch fummer furniſhed fwallows fyft Gefner av Gefner quad hair havoke head Hift hind hiſtory horſe houſes inches irides iſlands kind Kram laſt leffer lefs legs length male mandible marked middle feathers moft moſt muſt neck neft numbers obferved Olina ounces outmoſt pale plate prey quadrupeds quil feathers quil-feathers rabbets Raii fyn reaſon reddish Scopoli Scotland ſhort ſhould ſkin ſmall ſpecies ſpots Suec tail thefe theſe animals theſe birds thofe thoſe throat tipt toes trees uſed wings yellow young Zinan Zool
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Page 308 - But, first and chiefest, with thee bring Him that yon soars on golden wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The Cherub Contemplation; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song, In her sweetest saddest plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of Night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke Gently o'er the accustomed oak.
Page 313 - Wisely regardful of the embroiling sky, In joyless fields and thorny thickets, leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is; Till more familiar grown, the table-crumbs Attract his slender feet.
Page 70 - ... the seller was to forfeit to the buyer the third part of its value. If any one stole or killed the cat that guarded the prince's granary, he was to forfeit a milch ewe, its fleece and lamb ; or as much wheat as, when poured on the cat suspended by its tail (the head touching the floor) would form a heap high enough to cover the tip of the former.
Page 307 - It is found but in some of the southern parts of the country, being totally unknown in Scotland, Ireland, or North Wales. They frequent thick hedges and low coppices, and generally keep in the middle of the bush, so that they are rarely seen. They begin their song in the evening, and generally continue it for the whole night.
Page 298 - When the weather grows gloomy, the larker changes his engine, and makes use of a trammel-net, twentyseven or twenty-eight feet long, and five broad ; which is put on two poles, eighteen feet long, and carried by men under each arm, who...
Page 298 - ... bits of looking-glass, fixed in a piece of wood, and placed in the middle of the nets, which are put in a quick whirling motion by the string the larker commands ; he also makes use of a decoy-lark.
Page 18 - When it is necessary to kill any, they are always shot ; if the keeper only wounds the beast, he must take care to keep behind some tree, or his life would be in danger from. the furious attacks of the animal ; which will never desist till a period is put to its life.
Page 344 - Lothian ; not once only, but from year to year ; and that when they were expofed to the warmth of a fire, they revived.
Page 1 - Britifh horfes, is to be drawn from that of our mill-horfes: fome of thefe will carry at one load thirteen meafures, which at a moderate computation of 70 pounds each, will amount to 910; a weight fuperior to that which the lefler...
Page 65 - also kept their Bear-ward : twenty shillings was the annual reward of that officer from his lord, the fifth Earl of Northumberland, ' when he comyth to my Lorde in Cristmas, with his Lordshippe's beests for making of his Lordschip pastyme the said twelve days.