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Page 123
... wood , the huntsman begins drawing steadily " down wind . " Let them have every chance now ; it will be quite early enough to begin drawing up wind when the leaf is off and Reynard has got a bit shy . Blood is an excellent thing for ...
... wood , the huntsman begins drawing steadily " down wind . " Let them have every chance now ; it will be quite early enough to begin drawing up wind when the leaf is off and Reynard has got a bit shy . Blood is an excellent thing for ...
Page 195
... wood upon his shoulder . " Everyone also to beare a faggot of wood before the procession on a certain Sunday at Burford from the Quire doore going out , to the quire doore going in , and once to bear a faggot at the burning of a heretic ...
... wood upon his shoulder . " Everyone also to beare a faggot of wood before the procession on a certain Sunday at Burford from the Quire doore going out , to the quire doore going in , and once to bear a faggot at the burning of a heretic ...
Page 315
... wood- peckers , the greater and lesser spotted , are occasion- ally met with on the Cotswolds . I do not know why we ... woods in the neighbourhood as contain an abundance of oak trees . The local name for these birds is " hic - wall ...
... wood- peckers , the greater and lesser spotted , are occasion- ally met with on the Cotswolds . I do not know why we ... woods in the neighbourhood as contain an abundance of oak trees . The local name for these birds is " hic - wall ...
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