The Polar World: a Popular Description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and Antarctic Regions of the GlobeHarper & Brothers, 1869 - 486 páginas |
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... leaves the forests to feed on the herbs and lichens of the tundra , and to seek along the shores fanned by the cooled ... leave a region where the sources of life must soon fail . The geese , ducks , and swans return in dense flocks to ...
... leaves the forests to feed on the herbs and lichens of the tundra , and to seek along the shores fanned by the cooled ... leave a region where the sources of life must soon fail . The geese , ducks , and swans return in dense flocks to ...
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... leaves , fruit - cones , and seeds have been preserved in the soil , and enable the botanist to determine the species of the plants to which they belong . They show that , besides firs and sequoias , oaks , plantains , elms , magnolias ...
... leaves , fruit - cones , and seeds have been preserved in the soil , and enable the botanist to determine the species of the plants to which they belong . They show that , besides firs and sequoias , oaks , plantains , elms , magnolias ...
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... leaves of trees . Judg ing from the lichen's appearance in the hot months , when it is dry and brittle , one might easily wonder that so large a quadruped as the reindeer should make it his favorite food and fatten upon it ; but toward ...
... leaves of trees . Judg ing from the lichen's appearance in the hot months , when it is dry and brittle , one might easily wonder that so large a quadruped as the reindeer should make it his favorite food and fatten upon it ; but toward ...
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... leaves no creature unmolested that can in any way satisfy his wants . A The lemmings , of which there are many ... leave the district . which is no longer able to afford them food . But this takes place very sel- dom , for when Mr ...
... leaves no creature unmolested that can in any way satisfy his wants . A The lemmings , of which there are many ... leave the district . which is no longer able to afford them food . But this takes place very sel- dom , for when Mr ...
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... leave the dreary regions of the north on their southerly migration . The common and king eider - duck , the Brent geese , THE SNOWY OWL . CXW.CRSS the great northern black and red throated divers , are the next to make their appearance ...
... leave the dreary regions of the north on their southerly migration . The common and king eider - duck , the Brent geese , THE SNOWY OWL . CXW.CRSS the great northern black and red throated divers , are the next to make their appearance ...
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