Cought a rat in our Stores, which had done some mischief, this rat was about the Sise of a Comn. large rat, larger ears, long whiskers & toes, with a tail long & hairey like a ground Squirel, verry fine fur and lighter than the Common rat. Wind to day as usial from the S. […]
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From 50 to 100 Gyrfalcons were delivered to Moscow annually, the highest numbers delivered during the reign of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov (1645–1676). Gyrfalcon trappers in the Russian Arctic in the 13th -18th Centuries, Jevgeni Shergalin. This is a bird of the northern tundra and the world’s largest falcon, weighing up to 4.5 lbs. and 22 inches
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The men on the expedition felt overwhelmed by their most ancient memories in that paradise of dampness and silence, going back to before original sin, as their boots sank into pools of steaming oil and their machetes destroyed bloody lilies and golden salamanders. – One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez This is a
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See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings: Short is his joy; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Alexander Pope, Windsor Forest. This is a bird native to Asia that has been widely introduced throughout the word for hunting. It is a
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Deep down inside me a tiny voice was calling. At first scarcely audible, it persisted until I could no longer ignore it. It was the voice of the wild places, and I knew that it was now part of me forever. –Percy Fawcett, Amazon explorer. This is a relatively common species found in the Amazon basin
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