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... thousands as they alighted weary with their long flight from Africa . But of late the present Government has strictly prohibited this practice , and now they are only allowed to be shot in a sportsmanlike manner . Still , in the inland ...
... thousands as they alighted weary with their long flight from Africa . But of late the present Government has strictly prohibited this practice , and now they are only allowed to be shot in a sportsmanlike manner . Still , in the inland ...
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... Thousands of wild flowers smile along our path . The wild clematis climbs the shrubs , and drapes them with its silvery tufts . The spiring broom clusters everywhere . The wild rose , wearing now its coral hips , stretches and gropes ...
... Thousands of wild flowers smile along our path . The wild clematis climbs the shrubs , and drapes them with its silvery tufts . The spiring broom clusters everywhere . The wild rose , wearing now its coral hips , stretches and gropes ...
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... thousands of mushrooms of every kind , which they gather and carry to the villages and towns , and there sell for almost nothing to dealers , to be sent to the city . These mushrooms are de- licious , and some of them so large and ...
... thousands of mushrooms of every kind , which they gather and carry to the villages and towns , and there sell for almost nothing to dealers , to be sent to the city . These mushrooms are de- licious , and some of them so large and ...
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... thousand pounds of charcoal , made by the charcoal - burners in the woods of Vallombrosa , about three miles from my house . Those I hired three men and two women to bring to me - over a rude and difficult path . Within six hours ...
... thousand pounds of charcoal , made by the charcoal - burners in the woods of Vallombrosa , about three miles from my house . Those I hired three men and two women to bring to me - over a rude and difficult path . Within six hours ...
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