The Countries of the World: Being a Popular Description of the Various Continents, Islands, Rivers, Seas, and Peoples of the Globe, Volumes 3-4Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1892 |
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Page 184
... Wild Boar is by choice herbivorous , feeding on plants , fruits , and roots ; but it will also eat Snakes , Lizards , and various insects , and when pressed by hunger nothing appears to come amiss to its voracious appetite ; it is ...
... Wild Boar is by choice herbivorous , feeding on plants , fruits , and roots ; but it will also eat Snakes , Lizards , and various insects , and when pressed by hunger nothing appears to come amiss to its voracious appetite ; it is ...
Page 186
... wild rice growing very thick among the rhur , and a kind of soft downy grass about a foot in height , they find themselves very comfortably situated . About the middle of March , or , at the latest , by the beginning of April , the Hogs ...
... wild rice growing very thick among the rhur , and a kind of soft downy grass about a foot in height , they find themselves very comfortably situated . About the middle of March , or , at the latest , by the beginning of April , the Hogs ...
Page 188
... wild stocks - the Wild Boar , and an Eastern type known now only in the domesticated con- dition , and named Sus Indica by Pallas . The breeds of Hogs de- scended from the Wild Boar are to dis d 似 do MILK DENTITION OF PIG . d ...
... wild stocks - the Wild Boar , and an Eastern type known now only in the domesticated con- dition , and named Sus Indica by Pallas . The breeds of Hogs de- scended from the Wild Boar are to dis d 似 do MILK DENTITION OF PIG . d ...
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