The Dovecote and the Aviary: Being Sketches of the Natural History of Pigeons and Other Domestic Birds in a Captive State, with Hints for Their ManagementW.S. Orr, 1851 - 458 pages |
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... least possible expenditure of time and power . The forcing by gardeners , and the fattening by graziers , indeed all our artificial means of obtaining extra produce , take very second rank when we compare them with the process by which ...
... least possible expenditure of time and power . The forcing by gardeners , and the fattening by graziers , indeed all our artificial means of obtaining extra produce , take very second rank when we compare them with the process by which ...
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... least as the time of Abraham ( the Bible dis- tinctly stating it to have been among the presents given by Pharaoh to the patriarch ) , has never yet been met with in the paintings or hieroglyphics . We cannot , how- ever , infer , from ...
... least as the time of Abraham ( the Bible dis- tinctly stating it to have been among the presents given by Pharaoh to the patriarch ) , has never yet been met with in the paintings or hieroglyphics . We cannot , how- ever , infer , from ...
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... least , may be ex- plained by supposing the seers to have employed the agency of Carrier Pigeons . " Some say that the victory of Taurosthenes at Olym- pia was made known in one day to his father , at Ægina , by a vision : but others ...
... least , may be ex- plained by supposing the seers to have employed the agency of Carrier Pigeons . " Some say that the victory of Taurosthenes at Olym- pia was made known in one day to his father , at Ægina , by a vision : but others ...
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... , that the Syrians and the Assyrians either worshipped Pigeons and Doves , or at least ab- * Nat . Anim . xi . 27 . † A . Am . ii . 150 . CHAP . I. ] MISREPRESENTATION . 23 stained from them 22 [ CHAP . I. AGENTS OF SUPERSTITION .
... , that the Syrians and the Assyrians either worshipped Pigeons and Doves , or at least ab- * Nat . Anim . xi . 27 . † A . Am . ii . 150 . CHAP . I. ] MISREPRESENTATION . 23 stained from them 22 [ CHAP . I. AGENTS OF SUPERSTITION .
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... least every fourth Dutchman was a Pigeon - fancier . They were also dili- gent hunters out , and importers of new kinds ; so that what Pliny said of the Romans may be affirmed of the Dutch , i . e . , that they were mad after Pigeons ...
... least every fourth Dutchman was a Pigeon - fancier . They were also dili- gent hunters out , and importers of new kinds ; so that what Pliny said of the Romans may be affirmed of the Dutch , i . e . , that they were mad after Pigeons ...
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