The American Naturalist, 12. köideEssex Institute, 1878 |
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... Valley of the Rio San Juan .. The New Carpet - beetle - Anthrenus Scrophularia Sensory Organs , The : Suggestions with a View to Generali- zation .. Plants used by the Indians of the United States An Interesting Case of Natural ...
... Valley of the Rio San Juan .. The New Carpet - beetle - Anthrenus Scrophularia Sensory Organs , The : Suggestions with a View to Generali- zation .. Plants used by the Indians of the United States An Interesting Case of Natural ...
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... valleys , the supply of fish failed . Her party finding that they could not rely on obtaining food at their various bivouacs , were obliged through semi - starvation to take a short cut to the Sound through the territory of the dreaded ...
... valleys , the supply of fish failed . Her party finding that they could not rely on obtaining food at their various bivouacs , were obliged through semi - starvation to take a short cut to the Sound through the territory of the dreaded ...
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... Valley Desert upon a July day . These springs - if , springs they may be called - were situated at the southern extremity of Smoky Valley surrounded by a dreary waste of sand and " alkali flats , " with here and there a stunted sage ...
... Valley Desert upon a July day . These springs - if , springs they may be called - were situated at the southern extremity of Smoky Valley surrounded by a dreary waste of sand and " alkali flats , " with here and there a stunted sage ...
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... Valley , is found Mamie Spring . ( Fig.6 . ) The water is excellent and plentiful . Its situation is rather unique . In the bottom of a dry wash lies a very large boulder of conglomerate , or more strictly. 1878. ] 23 The Springs of ...
... Valley , is found Mamie Spring . ( Fig.6 . ) The water is excellent and plentiful . Its situation is rather unique . In the bottom of a dry wash lies a very large boulder of conglomerate , or more strictly. 1878. ] 23 The Springs of ...
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... Valley of the Jordan from Lake Tiberias to the Dead Sea , sixty miles in length and about three miles in width , is generally supposed to be a desert , but this is not so . I have examined the Valley of the Jordan on the east side ...
... Valley of the Jordan from Lake Tiberias to the Dead Sea , sixty miles in length and about three miles in width , is generally supposed to be a desert , but this is not so . I have examined the Valley of the Jordan on the east side ...
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