Pen and Pencil Sketches: Being Reminiscences During Eighteen Years' Residence in BengalS. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1883 - 298 páginas |
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... feathers ; so by flying against the wind they get rid of the annoyance I mentioned , - the ruffling of the feathers . Now , Mr. George , I should like to try my hand with you in the same jheel , say , on a fine sunny snipe day , with ...
... feathers ; so by flying against the wind they get rid of the annoyance I mentioned , - the ruffling of the feathers . Now , Mr. George , I should like to try my hand with you in the same jheel , say , on a fine sunny snipe day , with ...
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... feathers in the grass covert , or the jheel side . So come along , and try the edge of that jungle to the left . I will be hanged but there is old ' Rap ' in the next field , drawing better than ever you did in your life , old cock ...
... feathers in the grass covert , or the jheel side . So come along , and try the edge of that jungle to the left . I will be hanged but there is old ' Rap ' in the next field , drawing better than ever you did in your life , old cock ...
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... blackness of his starry spotted breast ; the elegant yellow legs , with spurs just budding ; the long pinion feathers , eyed to their tips , similar to the painted snipe , and indeed the whole contour was. THE BLACK PARTRIDGE . 189.
... blackness of his starry spotted breast ; the elegant yellow legs , with spurs just budding ; the long pinion feathers , eyed to their tips , similar to the painted snipe , and indeed the whole contour was. THE BLACK PARTRIDGE . 189.
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... feathers , as well as those of the back , are a rich brown , and marked on both sides with a yellowish streak , black barred also . The feathers of the first pinion , or shoulder , are elegantly striped with black on pale buff . Breast ...
... feathers , as well as those of the back , are a rich brown , and marked on both sides with a yellowish streak , black barred also . The feathers of the first pinion , or shoulder , are elegantly striped with black on pale buff . Breast ...
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... feathers , and in an attitude that made the spectator believe that he was going to jump down his throat . It certainly was a great curiosity in the way of art . His receptions were splendid , yet distressing . However , no more of this ...
... feathers , and in an attitude that made the spectator believe that he was going to jump down his throat . It certainly was a great curiosity in the way of art . His receptions were splendid , yet distressing . However , no more of this ...
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