Chatty Readings in Elementary Science: Nature knowledge, Livro 3Longmans, Green, and Company, 1901 |
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... live in the woods , feeding on the leaves , fruits , grains and grasses of the forest . Hunters make a strong enclosure , into which they drive the wild elephants , using tame ones to assist them in AN ELEPHANT'S FOOT . the hunt . After ...
... live in the woods , feeding on the leaves , fruits , grains and grasses of the forest . Hunters make a strong enclosure , into which they drive the wild elephants , using tame ones to assist them in AN ELEPHANT'S FOOT . the hunt . After ...
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... lives in the dreary Arctic regions among the fields of ice and snow . Because he eats only flesh and fish , he is said to be carniv- orous . The soles of his feet are covered with short hairs to prevent him from slipping upon the ice ...
... lives in the dreary Arctic regions among the fields of ice and snow . Because he eats only flesh and fish , he is said to be carniv- orous . The soles of his feet are covered with short hairs to prevent him from slipping upon the ice ...
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... lives on the banks of rivers . It is four - legged and covered with fur . It has a broad bill like that of a duck , with which it grubs in the mud for small shellfish . These it cracks with its strong , horny , toothless jaws , and eats ...
... lives on the banks of rivers . It is four - legged and covered with fur . It has a broad bill like that of a duck , with which it grubs in the mud for small shellfish . These it cracks with its strong , horny , toothless jaws , and eats ...
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... a hare or a lamb , then the prey is carried off alive to the rock on which the eagle lives . 5. When a bird of prey pounces , the weight of its body bends the legs , and so closes the NATURE KNOWLEDGE . III . 31 The King of Birds.
... a hare or a lamb , then the prey is carried off alive to the rock on which the eagle lives . 5. When a bird of prey pounces , the weight of its body bends the legs , and so closes the NATURE KNOWLEDGE . III . 31 The King of Birds.
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... lives near the abodes of man , and is often found in the neighborhood of farmyards , where it feasts on the mice which do so much damage to the harvest fields and the stored grain . 3. The formation of the feathers on all owls is such ...
... lives near the abodes of man , and is often found in the neighborhood of farmyards , where it feasts on the mice which do so much damage to the harvest fields and the stored grain . 3. The formation of the feathers on all owls is such ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
baby back-bone bark barn owl bear beautiful becomes belong birds body branches breathe butterfly caddis-case caddis-worm called carry caterpillar claws coat color coral polyps cotton countries covered creatures crusted animal daisy dandelion dark drupe eagle earth eggs elephant eyes fastened feathers feed feelers feet fern fibers fishes flax flax flower flowerless plants fore fronds fruit gills grain grass green ground grow groweth grubs head hermit crab hind insects kangaroo kind leaf leaves legs LESSON live lobster look maize mice monkey moth mouth nacre nest Pearl oysters pistil poison pollen prey protection reptiles rock sea anemones seed lobe shell skin snakes soft soft-bodied animals soil sole-walkers sometimes species spider spinnerets spores stamens stem stomach strong substances surface swallow swan tail talons taproot threads tiny tree trunk walk whelk wings witch-hazel wonderful wood woody yellow Young oysters
Passagens conhecidas
Página 126 - Hiawatha!" With his knife the tree he girdled; Just beneath its lowest branches, Just above the roots, he cut it, Till the sap came oozing outward; Down the trunk, from top to bottom, Sheer he cleft the bark asunder, With a wooden wedge he raised it, Stripped it from the trunk unbroken.
Página 10 - Hark, how the chairs and tables crack, Old Betty's joints are on the rack; Loud quack the ducks, the peacocks cry, The distant hills are looking nigh. How restless are the snorting swine...
Página 11 - The glowworms, numerous and bright, Illumed the dewy dell last night ; At dusk the squalid toad was seen Hopping and crawling o'er the green ; The whirling...
Página 127 - And the larch, with all its fibres, Shivered in the air of morning, Touched his forehead with its tassels, Said with one long sigh of sorrow, 'Take them all, O Hiawatha!
Página 126 - Of your balsam and your resin, So to close the seams together That the water may not enter, That the river may not wet me...
Página 11 - And seem precipitate to fall, As if they felt the piercing ball. " 'Twill surely rain, I see with sorrow Our jaunt must be put off to-morrow.
Página 10 - The hollow winds begin to blow, The clouds look black, the glass is low ; The soot falls down, the spaniels sleep, And spiders from their cobwebs peep. Last night the sun went pale to bed, The moon in halos hid her head ; The boding shepherd heaves a sigh, For, see, a rainbow spans the sky ; Tiie walls are damp, the ditches smell, Closed is the pink-eyed pimpernel.
Página 69 - COME, take up your hats, and away let us haste To the Butterfly's ball and the Grasshopper's feast ; The trumpeter Gadfly has summoned the crew, And the revels are now only waiting for you.
Página 11 - The whirling wind the dust obeys, And in the rapid eddy plays. The frog has changed his yellow vest, And in a russet coat is drest.
Página 71 - Harlequin fell. Yet he touched not the ground, but with talons outspread, Hung suspended in air, at the end of a thread. Then the Grasshopper came, with a jerk and a spring, Very long was his leg, though but short was his Wing...