Rural Sports, 3. kötetLongman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1812 |
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4. oldal
... whole Brood are hatched together , the Eggs are excluded singly and at considerable intervals . Ten , fifteen , or twenty young Birds may be produced at one Covey , yet the parent Bird has never been en- cumbered by the load of more ...
... whole Brood are hatched together , the Eggs are excluded singly and at considerable intervals . Ten , fifteen , or twenty young Birds may be produced at one Covey , yet the parent Bird has never been en- cumbered by the load of more ...
16. oldal
... whole Province within the limits of their Horizon , they may be said to carry in their brain a geographical Chart of the places which they view ; that their Facility in traversing wide terri- tories , is one of the causes which prompts ...
... whole Province within the limits of their Horizon , they may be said to carry in their brain a geographical Chart of the places which they view ; that their Facility in traversing wide terri- tories , is one of the causes which prompts ...
18. oldal
... whole of what the procreant Bird suffers . HARVEY tells us , that he has often found the Female wasted to skin and bone by sitting upon her Eggs . Another Observation Dr. P. makes , that the Pairing of Birds , and the non - pairing of ...
... whole of what the procreant Bird suffers . HARVEY tells us , that he has often found the Female wasted to skin and bone by sitting upon her Eggs . Another Observation Dr. P. makes , that the Pairing of Birds , and the non - pairing of ...
30. oldal
... whole of the Old Continent . It may surprise the Sportsman to read , that this bird , which he finds wild in Forests , which can scarcely be said to have an Owner , was brought from the Banks of the Phasis , a river of Colchis , in Asia ...
... whole of the Old Continent . It may surprise the Sportsman to read , that this bird , which he finds wild in Forests , which can scarcely be said to have an Owner , was brought from the Banks of the Phasis , a river of Colchis , in Asia ...
34. oldal
... whole consists of eighteen feathers , regularly shortening towards the sides ; all of them have transverse bars of black on each side of the shaft , about twenty - four on the two middle feathers , the rest in proportion ; the legs are ...
... whole consists of eighteen feathers , regularly shortening towards the sides ; all of them have transverse bars of black on each side of the shaft , about twenty - four on the two middle feathers , the rest in proportion ; the legs are ...
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Animal appear ash-colour Barrel belly bill Birds Bittern breast breed Brimstone Brood brown Bustard Cannon Charge Cock colour common Country covered Covey Cross-bow Decoys distance Dotterel Ducks dusky Eggs eight England feathers feed feet Female Fens Fieldfares fire Flesh flight flocks four frequently Game Gamekeeper Geese Greek Fire grey ground Grous Gunpowder half Hares hatched head hundred inches Jack Snipe JOSEPH MANTON killed kind Lapwing legs length Lord Male Manor marked moulting Musquet neck Nest never Night ounces pale Partridges person Pheasant piece Pigeons Plumage Poachers Pointer pounds Powder Ptarmigan Quadrupeds Quails quantity quills Rifles Rooks Ruffs Saltpetre says Season seen Setter shew shillings Shooter shooting shot side Snipes soon Spaniels Species Sportsman spot Spring Swan tail taken tion Trees tridges twelve Water Wild Fowl Wings Winter Wood Woodcock young
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5. oldal - tis God directs, in that 'tis man. Who taught the nations of the field and wood To shun their poison, and to chuse their food? Prescient, the tides or tempests to withstand, Build on the wave, or arch beneath the sand ? Who made the spider parallels design, Sure as De Moivre, without rule or line?
12. oldal - ... of human creatures, as imitating the language of different animals. Thus, for instance, the affinity between chatterers and monkeys, and praters and parrots, is too obvious not to occur at once : grunters and growlers may be justly compared to hogs : snarlers are curs...
2. oldal - ... gestures as to appear like a wounded and dying bird; the kingfisher darts along like an arrow; fern-owls or goat-suckers, glance in the dusk over the tops of trees like a meteor; starlings as it were swim along, while misselthrushes use a wild and desultory flight; swallows sweep over the surface of the ground and water, and distinguish themselves by rapid turns and quick evolutions; swifts dash round in circles; and the bank-martin moves with frequent vacillations like a butterfly. Most of the...
120. oldal - ... commit the offender to the common gaol or house of correction, there to be imprisoned only, or to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour...
393. oldal - In the centre of this grove there stood an oak, which, though shapely and tall on the whole, bulged out into a large excrescence about the middle of the stem. On this a pair of ravens had fixed their residence for such a series of years, that the oak was distinguished by the title of the Raven Tree.
17. oldal - A bird's nest. Mark it well ! — within, without; No tool had he that wrought — no knife to cut, No nail to fix — no bodkin to insert — No glue to join ; his little beak was all. And yet how neatly finished ! What nice hand, With every implement and means of art, And twenty years...
12. oldal - However this may be, we may consider those whose tongues hardly seem to be under the influence of reason, and do not keep up the proper conversation of human creatures, as imitating the language of different animals. Thus, for instance, the affinity between Chatterers and Monkeys, and Praters...
394. oldal - February) when those birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the butt, the wedges were inserted into the opening, the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle or mallet, the tree nodded to its fall ; but still the dam sat on. At last, when it gave way, the bird was flung from her nest ; and, though her parental affection deserved a better fate, was whipped down by the twigs, which brought her dead to the ground.
18. oldal - To view the structure of this little work, A bird's nest. Mark it well, within, without. No tool had he that wrought, no knife to cut, No nail to fix, no bodkin to insert, No glue to join; his little beak was all. And yet how neatly finish'd ! What nice hand, With ev'ry implement and means of art, And twenty years apprenticeship to boot, Could make me such another?
6. oldal - One in their nature, which are two in ours; And Reason raise o'er Instinct as you can, In this 'tis God directs, in that 'tis man.