The Tiber and Its TributariesLongmans, Green, and Company, 1877 - 221 pàgines |
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Pàgina xix
... ..... Reservoirs for Retaining the Floods ... Animals of the Tiber .. PACE V ix xix I 7 24 27 39 44 49 52 54 62 64 70 74 77 81 93 102 104 105 106 108 III 114 126 127 130 Birds of the Tiber : The Gulls ...... The Kingfisher.
... ..... Reservoirs for Retaining the Floods ... Animals of the Tiber .. PACE V ix xix I 7 24 27 39 44 49 52 54 62 64 70 74 77 81 93 102 104 105 106 108 III 114 126 127 130 Birds of the Tiber : The Gulls ...... The Kingfisher.
Pàgina xx
Strother Ancrum Smith. Birds of the Tiber : The Gulls ...... The Kingfisher . The Heron ...... The Bittern .... Fish of the Tiber : The Lupus .. ..... The Sturgeon . The Grey Mullet The Eel ....... The Tench . The Shad The Lamprey . The ...
Strother Ancrum Smith. Birds of the Tiber : The Gulls ...... The Kingfisher . The Heron ...... The Bittern .... Fish of the Tiber : The Lupus .. ..... The Sturgeon . The Grey Mullet The Eel ....... The Tench . The Shad The Lamprey . The ...
Pàgina 4
... birds , and styles it " amoenus , " or " picturesque , " and " coelo gratissimus amnis , " " river most acceptable to heaven . " Later writers are equally enthusiastic in its praise , when it bore a more artificial character , and owed ...
... birds , and styles it " amoenus , " or " picturesque , " and " coelo gratissimus amnis , " " river most acceptable to heaven . " Later writers are equally enthusiastic in its praise , when it bore a more artificial character , and owed ...
Pàgina 100
... bird . would fly , scarcely fifteen miles from Rome to the sea - as not to deserve a serious reply . Gambarini and Chiesa report that the effect of the wind in retarding the current of the river is extremely slight . This they ...
... bird . would fly , scarcely fifteen miles from Rome to the sea - as not to deserve a serious reply . Gambarini and Chiesa report that the effect of the wind in retarding the current of the river is extremely slight . This they ...
Pàgina 104
... bird would fly , as I have said , is one hundred and forty miles . For this distance all the rain and melted snow from the western slopes of the Apennines must fall within the basin of the Tiber . If to this we add the contributions of ...
... bird would fly , as I have said , is one hundred and forty miles . For this distance all the rain and melted snow from the western slopes of the Apennines must fall within the basin of the Tiber . If to this we add the contributions of ...
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