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... bodies , swollen toward the rear end , where attached by a single sucking disc to the supporting surface . Attached in thousands side by side , they often thickly cover and blacken several square feet of surface . They sway gently in ...
... bodies , swollen toward the rear end , where attached by a single sucking disc to the supporting surface . Attached in thousands side by side , they often thickly cover and blacken several square feet of surface . They sway gently in ...
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... body fit down closely to the stone and deflect the water , so that it presses them against their support . In still water the deep pools are the insect larvae that special home of the larger fishes . We shall return to them in the next ...
... body fit down closely to the stone and deflect the water , so that it presses them against their support . In still water the deep pools are the insect larvae that special home of the larger fishes . We shall return to them in the next ...
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... body wanting Mosquitoes Black - flies Culicidae Simuliidae free free True midges Soldier - flies Chironomidae free ... body with two short taper- ing tails extensile process long as the body as truncated forms of aquatic insects in their ...
... body wanting Mosquitoes Black - flies Culicidae Simuliidae free free True midges Soldier - flies Chironomidae free ... body with two short taper- ing tails extensile process long as the body as truncated forms of aquatic insects in their ...
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... body wanting waters lip jointed beak for punc- all waters turing and sucking FOOD - HABITS mainly carnivorous mainly herbivorous carnivorous carnivorous carnivorous of the same species , being more or less wormlike , having wings ...
... body wanting waters lip jointed beak for punc- all waters turing and sucking FOOD - HABITS mainly carnivorous mainly herbivorous carnivorous carnivorous carnivorous of the same species , being more or less wormlike , having wings ...
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... body , and where it is reduces the efficiency of his pigship to the com- mon level of mamma- lian kind , and leaves him endowed only with his appetite . directed in its operations by the aid of very keen olfactories . This is a most ...
... body , and where it is reduces the efficiency of his pigship to the com- mon level of mamma- lian kind , and leaves him endowed only with his appetite . directed in its operations by the aid of very keen olfactories . This is a most ...
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Page 233 - Tis enough for us now that the leaves are green. We sit in the warm shade and feel right well How the sap creeps up and the blossoms swell, We may shut our eyes, but we cannot help knowing That skies are clear and grass is growing.
Page 52 - Thou crownest the year with Thy goodness ; And Thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : And the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; The valleys also are covered over with corn ; They shout for joy, they also sing.
Page 205 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground ; Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And bring forth boughs like a plant But man dieth, and wasteth away : Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
Page 150 - Then the little Hiawatha Learned of every bird its language, Learned their names and all their secrets, How they built their nests in Summer, Where they hid themselves in Winter, Talked with them whene'er he met them, Called them " Hiawatha's Chickens." Of all beasts he learned the language, Learned their names and all their secrets, How the beavers built their lodges, Where the squirrels hid their acorns, How the reindeer ran so swiftly, Why the rabbit was so timid, Talked with them whene'er he...
Page 180 - My heart is awed within me when I think Of the great miracle that still goes on, In silence, round me, — the perpetual work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed Forever.
Page 320 - The little cares that fretted me I lost them yesterday, Among the fields above the sea, Among the winds at play, Among the lowing of the herds, The rustling of the trees, Among the singing of the birds, The humming of the bees.
Page 137 - The hand that built the firmament hath heaved And smoothed these verdant swells, and sown their slopes With herbage, planted them with island groves, And hedged them round with forests.
Page 268 - Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
Page 9 - ... look back a little and tell you what our fathers have told us, and what we have heard from the white people. " Brother, listen to what we say. There was a time when our forefathers owned this great land.
Page 96 - I'm truly sorry man's dominion. Has broken nature's social union, An' justifies that ill opinion, Which makes thee startle At me, thy poor earth-born companion, An...