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... feet in length from the tip of the bill to the extremity of the short tail . Its extent of wing is about five feet . The wings do not reach to the extremity of the tail . The weight of the largest birds is about ten pounds . The colour ...
... feet in length from the tip of the bill to the extremity of the short tail . Its extent of wing is about five feet . The wings do not reach to the extremity of the tail . The weight of the largest birds is about ten pounds . The colour ...
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... feet six inches or five feet eight inches , although there is reason to think that The it sometimes exceeds six feet . Its strength appears. 13.
... feet six inches or five feet eight inches , although there is reason to think that The it sometimes exceeds six feet . Its strength appears. 13.
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... feet . See ALPS . St G. , however , is chiefly famous for the pass over the Alps , which at its summit rises to the height of 6800 feet . By means of this pass , the high - road from Fluelen , on Lake Lucerne , is carried without ...
... feet . See ALPS . St G. , however , is chiefly famous for the pass over the Alps , which at its summit rises to the height of 6800 feet . By means of this pass , the high - road from Fluelen , on Lake Lucerne , is carried without ...
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... feet high , and food for cattle . two of them nearly twice that height . These cottagers to plant them on dunghills , and to train windows were executed between 1560 and 1603 by the shoots along the neighbouring grass . - The the ...
... feet high , and food for cattle . two of them nearly twice that height . These cottagers to plant them on dunghills , and to train windows were executed between 1560 and 1603 by the shoots along the neighbouring grass . - The the ...
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... feet above the sea , and the inner diameter of the crater about 400 yards . As soon as the eruption ceased , the action of the waves began to reduce the island , and before many months transpired , the whole mass of scoriæ and sand ...
... feet above the sea , and the inner diameter of the crater about 400 yards . As soon as the eruption ceased , the action of the waves began to reduce the island , and before many months transpired , the whole mass of scoriæ and sand ...
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