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Page xix
... , a communication with every part of the country is put upon the easiest footing possible . But I beg the reader in the most earnest manner , to give his attention to the following remarks a 2 CHARLES WATERTON , ESQ . xix.
... , a communication with every part of the country is put upon the easiest footing possible . But I beg the reader in the most earnest manner , to give his attention to the following remarks a 2 CHARLES WATERTON , ESQ . xix.
Page xx
... give the sufferer a chance of saving his life by the supposed , although as yet un- tried , efficacy of the Wourali poison ; which , worst come to the worst , would , by its sedative and narcotic qualities , render death calm and ...
... give the sufferer a chance of saving his life by the supposed , although as yet un- tried , efficacy of the Wourali poison ; which , worst come to the worst , would , by its sedative and narcotic qualities , render death calm and ...
Page xxxiii
... give me to understand that I must keep at a respectful distance from him . No bird ever preened its plumage with more assiduity than the house- maid in Holland removes every particle of dust and dirt from the façade of her neat and ...
... give me to understand that I must keep at a respectful distance from him . No bird ever preened its plumage with more assiduity than the house- maid in Holland removes every particle of dust and dirt from the façade of her neat and ...
Page xxxv
... give it ) who has always a good collection of living water - fowl on hand for sale . He is moderate in his charges , and he appeared to me to have a very fair practical knowledge of the economy of those birds in which he dealt . But he ...
... give it ) who has always a good collection of living water - fowl on hand for sale . He is moderate in his charges , and he appeared to me to have a very fair practical knowledge of the economy of those birds in which he dealt . But he ...
Page xxxvii
... give them strong hints that the usual way of mounting specimens in zoology is unsound , and ought to be abandoned ; and that some other plan must absolutely be adopted , ere a single sample can be produced that would stand the test of ...
... give them strong hints that the usual way of mounting specimens in zoology is unsound , and ought to be abandoned ; and that some other plan must absolutely be adopted , ere a single sample can be produced that would stand the test of ...
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