During the last century it has spread gradually over Asiatic Russia towards the north and east, always following the progress of cultivation. It made its first appearance on the Irtisch in Tobolsk, soon after the Russians had ploughed the land. It came... Holiday Papers - Page 119by Harry Jones - 1864 - 431 pagesFull view - About this book
| Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1834 - 440 pages
...a species known to have extended its range with the tillage of the soil. During the last century it has spread gradually over Asiatic Russia towards the...east, always following the progress of cultivation. It made its first appearance on the Irtisch in Tobolsk, soon after the Russians had ploughed the land.... | |
| sir Charles Lyell (bart.) - 1835 - 500 pages
...the Norway rat has been imported into England, where it plunders our property in ships and houses. spread gradually over Asiatic Russia towards the north...east, always following the progress of cultivation. It made its first appearance on the Irtisch in Tobolsk, soon after the Russians had ploughed the land.... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1837 - 582 pages
...its range with the tillage of the soil. During the last century it has spread gradually over Asiastic Russia towards the north and east, always following the progress of cultivation. It made its first appearance on the Irtisch in Tobolsk, soon after the Russians had ploughed the land.... | |
| Chambers's journal - 1862 - 432 pages
...without the least fatigue.' I fancy, however, that such a trip would take the ' bounce ' out of bmv In fact, he does not shift his quarters, though he...delicate birds of passage which jerk about our coppices und cardeos is the wind ; they frequently come north with the soft south wind m the spring. The change... | |
| Edward Stanley (bp. of Norwich.) - 1880 - 440 pages
...The Sparrow again extended its range with the tillage of the soil. Thus, during the last century it has spread gradually over Asiatic Russia, towards...east, always following the progress of cultivation. It made its first appearance on Crossbill. the Irtisch, in Tobolsk, soon after the Russians had ploughed... | |
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