Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 28W. Blackwood & Sons, 1830 - Scotland |
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Page 5
... course , the bear is always as lean as a post- but in autumn , as fat as a pillow . He is not often found in poor hilly countries , but in the wildest recesses of the forest , where there are mo- rasses and wild wood - fruit in abun ...
... course , the bear is always as lean as a post- but in autumn , as fat as a pillow . He is not often found in poor hilly countries , but in the wildest recesses of the forest , where there are mo- rasses and wild wood - fruit in abun ...
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... course of another century or two . Formerly they were to be found in all parts of Sweden ; now , they are rarely to be heard of in the more southern provinces of that kingdom . They disappear with the great woods . Our countrymen ...
... course of another century or two . Formerly they were to be found in all parts of Sweden ; now , they are rarely to be heard of in the more southern provinces of that kingdom . They disappear with the great woods . Our countrymen ...
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... course , to ter- minate . As the eastern side of the country intended to be embraced by the skall was flanked by rivers , lakes , & c . - obstacles which , unless hard- pressed , wild beasts seldom attempt to pass - a large portion of ...
... course , to ter- minate . As the eastern side of the country intended to be embraced by the skall was flanked by rivers , lakes , & c . - obstacles which , unless hard- pressed , wild beasts seldom attempt to pass - a large portion of ...
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... course terminated , and the people dispersed . It " The game was now to be collected from the different parts of the skall - plats ; this was effected by slinging it on poles , and carrying it on men's shoulders . was found to consist ...
... course terminated , and the people dispersed . It " The game was now to be collected from the different parts of the skall - plats ; this was effected by slinging it on poles , and carrying it on men's shoulders . was found to consist ...
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... course of a day , and occasion- ally to come with such violence against trees , as to think he should be dashed to pieces , or the trees up- rooted . Ere long he became a de- cent skater , and supposes he could go fifty miles , over ...
... course of a day , and occasion- ally to come with such violence against trees , as to think he should be dashed to pieces , or the trees up- rooted . Ere long he became a de- cent skater , and supposes he could go fifty miles , over ...
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