 Lothian ; not once only, but from year to year ; and that when they were expofed to the warmth of a fire, they revived.  British Zoology - Page 344by Thomas Pennant - 1776 - 786 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Edwards - Natural history - 1770 - 286 pages
...numbers of Swallows have been found in old dry walls, and in fand-hills near his lordfhip's feat in Eoft Lothian ; not once only, but from year to year ; and...expofed to the warmth of a fire, they revived. We have alfb beard of the lame annual difcoveries near Morpeth in Northumberland, but cannot fpeak of diem... | |
 | 1772 - 412 pages
...found in old dry walls and in Lnd-hills near his lordfhip's feat in eaft Lothian; not once only, bnt from year to year; and that, when they were expofed...Northumberland, but cannot fpeak of them with the fame aflurance as the two former; neither in the two laft inftances are we certain of the particular fpecies.... | |
 | William Smellie - Animal behavior - 1790 - 576 pages
...That numbers ' of fwallows have been found in old dry walls, and in fand-hills, ' near his Lordlhip's feat in Eaft Lothian ; not once only, but from * year...were expofed to the warmth of * a fire, they revived t«' Thefe, and other facts of the fame kind, feem to be uncontrovertible; and Mr Pennant infers from... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1792 - 494 pages
...numbers of fwallows have been found in old dry walls, and in fand-hills near his Lordihip's feat in Kaft Lothian ; not once only, but from year to year ; and that when they were expofed ta the warmth of a fire, they revived. We have alfo heard of the fame annual difcovcries near Morpcth,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1797 - 516 pages
...Belhaven, that numbers of fwallows have been found in eld dry walls, and in fandhills near his lordlhip's feat in Eaft Lothian ; not once only, but from year...Northumberland, but cannot fpeak of them with the fame aflurance as the two former : neither in the two laft inflances are we certain of the particular fpecies.... | |
 | 1797 - 522 pages
...numbers of fwallows have been found in old dry walls, and in fandhills near his lordlhip's feat in liall Lothian ; not once only, but from year to year ; and...they revived. We have alfo heard of the fame annual difcoverk near Morprth in Northumberland, but cannot fpeak of them with the fame afliirance as the... | |
 | Richard Lobb - Nature study - 1817 - 418 pages
...have been found in old dry walls, and in sand hills, near the seat of the late Lord Belhaven in East Lothian; not once only, but from year to year ; and that, when they were exposed to the warmth of a fire, they revived.' These, and other facts of the same kind, are allowed... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 880 pages
...numbers of swallows have been found in old dry walls and in sand-hills near his Lordship's scat in East Lothian ; not once only, but from year to year ; and that -when they were exposed to the warmth of a fire, they revived. We have also beard of the same annual discoveries near... | |
 | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...have been found in old dry walls, and in sand hills, near the seat of the late Lord Belhaven in. East Lothian ; not once only, but from year to year : and that, when they were exposed to the warmth of a fire, they revived." These, and other facts of the same kind, are allowed... | |
 | William Smellie - Anamals - 1832 - 348 pages
...swallows have been found in old dry walls, and in sand-hills, near his Lordship's seat in EastLothian ; not once only, but from year to year; and that, when they were exposed to the warmth of a fire, they revived." 'These, and other facts of the same kind, seem to be... | |
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