British Animals Extinct Within Historic Times: With Some Account of British Wild White CattleTrübner and Company, 1880 - 258 pages |
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... published , but were on the eve of being incorporated in an important essay by Mr. Edward Alston , which was nearly ready for the press when Mr. Storer's volume appeared . It would be ungenerous , however , on the part of the writer ...
... published , but were on the eve of being incorporated in an important essay by Mr. Edward Alston , which was nearly ready for the press when Mr. Storer's volume appeared . It would be ungenerous , however , on the part of the writer ...
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... published in 1693 ) , tells us ( pp . 213 , 214 ) that his friend Mr. Edward Llwyd , in an old Welsh MS . on British laws and customs , discovered cer- tain statutes and regulations relating to hunting , from which it appeared that the ...
... published in 1693 ) , tells us ( pp . 213 , 214 ) that his friend Mr. Edward Llwyd , in an old Welsh MS . on British laws and customs , discovered cer- tain statutes and regulations relating to hunting , from which it appeared that the ...
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... published in the reign of Queen Anne , will serve as specimens of the manner in which these pastimes were announced to the public : - " At the Bear Garden in Hockley - in - the - Hole , near Clerkenwell Green , this present Monday ...
... published in the reign of Queen Anne , will serve as specimens of the manner in which these pastimes were announced to the public : - " At the Bear Garden in Hockley - in - the - Hole , near Clerkenwell Green , this present Monday ...
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... published in 1588. We are thus minute in describing the circumstance , because the passage we are proceeding to notice has been attributed to Dr. Powel , while from the preceding observations it will appear to be really the writing of a ...
... published in 1588. We are thus minute in describing the circumstance , because the passage we are proceeding to notice has been attributed to Dr. Powel , while from the preceding observations it will appear to be really the writing of a ...
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... in Scotland . In his " Scotia Illustrata , " published in 1684 , he * Fibri , from Fiber , denoting an animal that is fond of the fibrum or edge , of the water . " " remarks ( par . iii . cap . v . 40 EXTINCT BRITISH ANIMALS .
... in Scotland . In his " Scotia Illustrata , " published in 1684 , he * Fibri , from Fiber , denoting an animal that is fond of the fibrum or edge , of the water . " " remarks ( par . iii . cap . v . 40 EXTINCT BRITISH ANIMALS .
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