There go the little Dobchicks, among the tall rushes and aquatic grasses that border the marsh. They have seen me, and now I watch them as they sink gently backwards into the deep water, in the manner of frightened frogs. Cunning things! “Water-witches,” as they call you, I clearly see your bills, although you have […]
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Come play with me;Why should you runThrough the shaking treeAs though I’d a gunTo strike you dead?When all I would doIs to scratch your headAnd let you go. –To a squirrel at Kyle-Na-No; William Butler Yeats This is the largest of North American tree squirrels and can weigh up to 3 pounds, which is more
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The Mole was bewitched, entranced, fascinated. By the side of the river he trotted as one trots, when very small, by the side of a man who holds one spell-bound by exciting stories; and when tired at last, he sat on the bank, while the river still chattered on to him, a babbling procession of
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..after we encamped a little Indian boy caugh several chubbs with a bone in this form which he substituted for a hook. these fish were of about 9 inches long small head large abdomen, small where the tail joined the body, the tail wide long in proportion and forked. the back and ventral fins were equadistant
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the broad leave shrub which grows something like the quill wood but has no joints, the leaf broad and deeply indented, the bark p[e]als hangs on the stem and is of a yelowish brown 〈yellow〉 colour. Meriwether Lewis, December 1, 1805, Point Adams, Oregon Physocarpus – Greek physo – bladder and carpus – fruit, and capitatus – head-like, referring to the crowded, round flower clusters. The
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