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... the palms by their leaves and fruit . Thus the climate of the dawn epoch in these latitudes is believed to have been warmer than the present climate of Great Britain . The Miocene Period . The proportion of living species of 14 OLD BONES .
... the palms by their leaves and fruit . Thus the climate of the dawn epoch in these latitudes is believed to have been warmer than the present climate of Great Britain . The Miocene Period . The proportion of living species of 14 OLD BONES .
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... Britain . We know , however , from the revelations of these deposits in other lands , that the geographical changes of land and water surface have been enormous since the commencement of the Miocene epoch . The At- lantic rolls its ...
... Britain . We know , however , from the revelations of these deposits in other lands , that the geographical changes of land and water surface have been enormous since the commencement of the Miocene epoch . The At- lantic rolls its ...
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... Britain , owing , probably , to certain geogra- phical distributions of land surface , and water surface , to the history of which we have not found the clue . Ages and ages passed away , and even in the Pliocene epoch , during the ...
... Britain , owing , probably , to certain geogra- phical distributions of land surface , and water surface , to the history of which we have not found the clue . Ages and ages passed away , and even in the Pliocene epoch , during the ...
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... Britain . In Regent's Park there is a specimen of the Brown Hyena , which , Mr. Sclater informs us , is a rare animal in collections , and the only one which has ever been brought alive to England . 2. PLANTIGRADA . - Bears , Racoons ...
... Britain . In Regent's Park there is a specimen of the Brown Hyena , which , Mr. Sclater informs us , is a rare animal in collections , and the only one which has ever been brought alive to England . 2. PLANTIGRADA . - Bears , Racoons ...
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... Britain during the Mammoth period , and now the only representative of the dog tribe is the fox , of the tiger and lion the wild cat , and of the bear the badger . The remains of a gigantic bear ( Ursus spelaus ) have been found in ...
... Britain during the Mammoth period , and now the only representative of the dog tribe is the fox , of the tiger and lion the wild cat , and of the bear the badger . The remains of a gigantic bear ( Ursus spelaus ) have been found in ...
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Page 36 - Near villages and small towns I have found the nests of humble-bees more numerous than elsewhere, which I attribute to the number of cats that destroy the mice." Hence it is quite credible that the presence of a feline animal in large numbers in a district might determine, through the intervention first of mice and then of bees, the frequency of certain flowers in that district!
Page 42 - Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled : thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
Page 56 - In the autumn of 1813, I left my house at Henderson, on the banks of the Ohio, on my way to Louisville. In passing over the Barrens a few miles beyond...
Page 12 - Negroes when stealing through the gloomy shades of the tropical forest become sometimes aware of the proximity of one of these frightfully formidable apes by the sudden disappearance of one of their companions, who is hoisted up into the tree, uttering, perhaps, a short choking cry. In a few minutes he falls to the ground a strangled corpse.
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Page 56 - Before sunset I reached Louisville, distant from Hardensburgh fiftyfive miles. The Pigeons were still passing in undiminished numbers, and continued to do so for three days in succession.
Page 13 - ... with her youngest clinging to her neck, and made off rapidly on all fours to the forest, and escaped. The deserted young one on seeing the approach of the men began to utter piercing cries : the mother, having disposed of her infant in safety, returned to rescue the older offspring, but before she could descend with it her retreat was cut off. Seeing one of the negroes level his musket at her, she, clasping her young with one arm, waved the other, as if deprecating the shot ; the ball passed...
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Page 56 - Let us take a column of one mile in breadth, which is far below the average size, and suppose it passing over us without interruption for three hours, at the rate mentioned above of one mile in the minute.
Page 56 - I travelled on, and still met more the farther I proceeded. The air was literally filled with Pigeons; the light of noon-day was obscured as by an eclipse; the dung fell in spots, not unlike melting flakes of snow; and the continued buzz of wings had a tendency to lull my senses to repose.