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Page 217
It is not every place that will hold the tent ' nail ' securely ; it must be driven into
suitable ground . Doubtless a wooden pin or peg is here meant , not an iron nail .
It is , however , not a tent - pin , but a peg driven into the wall , and used to hang ...
It is not every place that will hold the tent ' nail ' securely ; it must be driven into
suitable ground . Doubtless a wooden pin or peg is here meant , not an iron nail .
It is , however , not a tent - pin , but a peg driven into the wall , and used to hang ...
Page 244
The Carnivora are sometimes grouped according to the mode in which they plant
the organs of motion on the ground . Thus we have the fin - footed animals (
Pinnipedia ) , as the seals , & c .; the animals which walk on the whole hand (
carpus ) ...
The Carnivora are sometimes grouped according to the mode in which they plant
the organs of motion on the ground . Thus we have the fin - footed animals (
Pinnipedia ) , as the seals , & c .; the animals which walk on the whole hand (
carpus ) ...
Page 437
The early rain was the first showers of autumn , which partially revived the
scorched vegetation , and especially fitted the hardened ground for the plough .
The latter rain was the occasional showers which fell after the close of the rainy
season ...
The early rain was the first showers of autumn , which partially revived the
scorched vegetation , and especially fitted the hardened ground for the plough .
The latter rain was the occasional showers which fell after the close of the rainy
season ...
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| Title | Biblical Natural Science: Being the Explanation of All References in Holy Scripture to Geology, Botany, Zoology, and Physical Geography, Volume 2 Biblical Natural Science: Being the Explanation of All References in Holy Scripture to Geology, Botany, Zoology, and Physical Geography, John Duns |
| Author | John Duns |
| Publisher | William MacKenzie, 1869 |
| Original from | University of California, Berkeley |
| Digitized | 13 Apr 2016 |
| Length | 624 pages |
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