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Excerpt from Gleanings From the Natural History of the AncientsMowtedge. They are fragmentary, and greatly indebted to the labours of previous workers. But they have not been put together without much.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digi...

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from In the Country: EssaysA glance at the physical features of the country shows how these picturesque lanes were formed. The aboriginal track-way over hill and dale, rudely marked out by stones laid at intervals, just as the Devon coastguardsmen still guide themselves over the cliffs at night by lines of stones so deposited, sank gradually into the soil. Mud from the path was ¿ung on either side.Violent rains cut deep furrows in the ...

Excerpt from Gleanings From the Natural History of the AncientsNarrative eagerly the more marvellous that it was. Anything in the nature of a traveller's Rory they welcomed as readily as we fhould difiruf't it. Thus the crocodile from an egg growing up to an exceeding magnitude, commo'n conceit and divers writers deliver, it hath no period of en creafe, but groweth as long as it liveth. And thus, in brief, in moft a'pprehenfions the conceits o...

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Gleanings from the Natural History of the Ancients is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1896. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. ...

Excerpt from In the Country: Essays A glance at the physical features of the country shows how these picturesque lanes were formed. The aboriginal track-way over hill and dale, rudely marked out by stones laid at intervals, just as the Devon coastguardsmen still guide themselves over the cliffs at night by lines of stones so deposited, sank gradually into the soil. Mud from the path was ¿ung on either side. Violent rains cut deep furrows in ...

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Gleanings from the Natural History of the Ancients, written by Reverend Morgan George Watkins in the late 19th century, is a fascinating insight into how ancient Greeks and Romans viewed their countries' natural inhabitants. Descriptions from across the Mediterranean of diverse animal and plant species are included. This unique title, part of the Loren Coleman Presents series from Cosimo Classics, will fascinate lovers of history, cryptozoolog...

Gleanings from the Natural History of the Ancients, written by Reverend Morgan George Watkins in the late 19th century, is a fascinating insight into how ancient Greeks and Romans viewed their countries' natural inhabitants. Descriptions from across the Mediterranean of diverse animal and plant species are included. This unique title, part of the Loren Coleman Presents series from Cosimo Classics, will fascinate lovers of history, cryptozoolog...

Excerpt from Gleanings From the Natural History of the AncientsNarrative eagerly the more marvellous that it was. Anything in the nature of a traveller's Rory they welcomed as readily as we fhould difiruf't it. Thus the crocodile from an egg growing up to an exceeding magnitude, commo'n conceit and divers writers deliver, it hath no period of en creafe, but groweth as long as it liveth. And thus, in brief, in moft a'pprehenfions the conceits o...

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.