Wanderings in South America, the North-West of the United States and the Antilles ... 1812, 1816, 1820 & 1824 ...Macmillan and Company, 1879 - 520페이지 |
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... feet in length . As soon as I had got a change of clothes , I killed it , and made a dissection of the head . " I would sometimes go ashore in the swamps to shoot maroudies , which are somewhat related to the pheasant ; 16 BIOGRAPHY .
... feet in length . As soon as I had got a change of clothes , I killed it , and made a dissection of the head . " I would sometimes go ashore in the swamps to shoot maroudies , which are somewhat related to the pheasant ; 16 BIOGRAPHY .
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... soon as the lacerated parts would become stiff by inaction , I resolved at once to push on to Rome , wherefore , putting one shoe on the sound foot , which , by the way , had two unbroken blisters on it , I forced the wounded one into ...
... soon as the lacerated parts would become stiff by inaction , I resolved at once to push on to Rome , wherefore , putting one shoe on the sound foot , which , by the way , had two unbroken blisters on it , I forced the wounded one into ...
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... soon restored . From this accident Waterton drew a characteristic warn- ing , namely , never to use ladders when climbing trees . One , if not the principal reason of his cessation from tropical explorations , was his marriage . In 1829 ...
... soon restored . From this accident Waterton drew a characteristic warn- ing , namely , never to use ladders when climbing trees . One , if not the principal reason of his cessation from tropical explorations , was his marriage . In 1829 ...
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... soon give up the lancet as the razor . He would not even wear a particle of whisker , and kept his thick , snowy hair within half an inch of length . He had not lost a hair , in spite of his advanced age , and I have often thought that ...
... soon give up the lancet as the razor . He would not even wear a particle of whisker , and kept his thick , snowy hair within half an inch of length . He had not lost a hair , in spite of his advanced age , and I have often thought that ...
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... soon after the herons had settled here to breed , the rats became extremely scarce ; and now I rarely see one in the place , where formerly I could observe numbers sitting on the stones at the mouth of their holes , as soon as the sun ...
... soon after the herons had settled here to breed , the rats became extremely scarce ; and now I rarely see one in the place , where formerly I could observe numbers sitting on the stones at the mouth of their holes , as soon as the sun ...
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