Country-side: A Wildlife Magazine, Volum 1British Naturalists Association, 1905 Science gossip and Country queries and notes are incorporated with this. |
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Pàgina 126 - ... impetuous leap. Instantly the strong pincers are fastened, and they only let go when the piece gives way. At such times this little animal seems animated by a kind of fury which causes it to disregard entirely its own safety, and to seek only the conquest of its prey. The bite is very painful. The negroes relate that criminals were in former times exposed in the path of the bashikouay ants, as the most cruel manner of putting them to death.
Pàgina 240 - To-day I saw the dragon-fly Come from the wells where he did lie. 'An inner impulse rent the veil Of his old husk: from head to tail Came out clear plates of sapphire mail. 'He dried his wings: like gauze they grew; Thro' crofts and pastures wet with dew A living flash of light he flew.
Pàgina 129 - ... plant, with its dark green leaves forming the limit of a circle two or three feet in diameter...
Pàgina 264 - The roses employed should be just blown, of the sweetest-smelling kinds, gathered in as dry a state as possible. After each gathering, spread out the petals on a sheet of paper, and leave until free from all moisture ; then place a layer of petals in the jar, sprinkling with coarse salt; then another layer and salt alternating, until the jar is full. Leave for a few days, or until a broth is formed ; then incorporate thoroughly, and add more petals and salt, mixing daily for a week, when fragrant...
Pàgina 102 - France, at that time uninhabited, immediately after the discovery of the passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope.
Pàgina 8 - Winners in Life's Race ; or, The Great Backboned Family. By ARABELLA B. BUCKLEY, author of "The Fairy-Land of Science" and
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