A History of the earth and animated nature v.1, Volume 1A. Fullarton, 1852 |
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Page 13
... seen to possess : and many birds tes- tify a strong attachment to the hand that feeds them . How far they are capable of instruction , is manifest to those that have the care of hawks . But a still more surprising instance of this was seen ...
... seen to possess : and many birds tes- tify a strong attachment to the hand that feeds them . How far they are capable of instruction , is manifest to those that have the care of hawks . But a still more surprising instance of this was seen ...
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... seen both , will throw more light on the subject than the reasonings of a hundred philosophers . NOTE A. The Dodo , described above , has now become ex- tinct , and its former existence has even been called in question by some writers ...
... seen both , will throw more light on the subject than the reasonings of a hundred philosophers . NOTE A. The Dodo , described above , has now become ex- tinct , and its former existence has even been called in question by some writers ...
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... seen in that depository , were those of the above specimen . To verify the painting , which is also to be seen in the British Museum , Mr. Duncan appears to have taken all the pains possible , and states it to have been drawn from a ...
... seen in that depository , were those of the above specimen . To verify the painting , which is also to be seen in the British Museum , Mr. Duncan appears to have taken all the pains possible , and states it to have been drawn from a ...
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... seen them in sev- eral parts of the mountains of Quito , and ob- served them hovering over a flock of sheep ; and he thinks they would , at a certain time , have attempted to carry one off , had they not been scared away by the ...
... seen them in sev- eral parts of the mountains of Quito , and ob- served them hovering over a flock of sheep ; and he thinks they would , at a certain time , have attempted to carry one off , had they not been scared away by the ...
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... seen in company with the wild dogs of the country , tearing a carcass very deliberately together . This odd association produces no quarrels ; the birds and quadrupeds seem to live amicably , and nothing but harmony subsists between ...
... seen in company with the wild dogs of the country , tearing a carcass very deliberately together . This odd association produces no quarrels ; the birds and quadrupeds seem to live amicably , and nothing but harmony subsists between ...
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