 The Teivi has another singular particularity, being the only river in Wales, or even in England, which has beavers ; in Scotland they are said to be found in one river, but are very scarce.  The new Aberystwyth guide - Pàgina 134per Thomas Jeffery Llewelyn Prichard - 1824Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
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...gives the following interesting account, which is thus translated from the original : — " The Teivi has another singular particularity, being the only...nature of these animals, the manner in which they bring materials from the woods to the water, and with what skill they convert them in the construction of... | |
 | 546 pàgines
...gives the following interesting account, which is thus translated from the original : — " The Teivi has another singular particularity, being the only...nature of these animals, the manner in which they bring materials from the woods to the water, and with what skill they convert them in the construction of... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1848 - 550 pàgines
...gives the following interesting account, which is thus translated from the original : — " The Teivi has another singular particularity, being the only river in Wales, or even ia England, which has beavers ; in Scotland they are said to be found in one river, but are very scarce.... | |
 | George Nicholson - 1840 - 692 pàgines
...delightful garden, all stood together upon a small plot of ground ; and he remarks that the Teiri has a singular particularity, being the only river in Wales, or even in England, which has beavers, and he enters into a long description of the animal, its habits, &c. Sir Richard Hoare, who is the... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1856 - 552 pàgines
...height equal to the longest spear. But the Teivi has a greater curiosity in natural history. It is the only river in Wales, or even in England, which...has beavers. In Scotland they are said to be found, he remarks, in one river only. His description of the beaver's habits differs little from the observations... | |
 | 1860 - 394 pàgines
...noticed by the Archdeacon in this part of the Principality. " The Teivi," he informs his readers, " has another singular particularity, being the only river in Wales, or even in England, that has beavers. In Scotland they are said to be found in one river, but are very scarce." We shall... | |
 | Giraldus (Cambrensis.) - 1863 - 550 pàgines
...leap, an orchard with a delightful garden, all stand together on a small plot of ground. The Teivi has another singular particularity, being the only...river in Wales, or even in England, which has beavers ;s in Scotland they are said to be found in one river, but are very scarce. I think it not a useless... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1864 - 276 pàgines
...Beavers, in the Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin by Giraldus de Barri AD 1188, we read, " The (river) Teivi has another singular particularity being the only...has beavers ; in Scotland they are said to be found but in one river, but are very scarce." Sir Bobert Hoare, from whose edition of Giraldus Cambrensis... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1874 - 560 pàgines
...height equal to the longest spear. But the Teivi has a greater curiosity in natural history. It is the only river in Wales, or even in England, which...has beavers. In Scotland they are said to be found, ho remarks, in one river only. His description of the beaver's habits differs little from the observations... | |
 | Rowland Williams - 1874 - 440 pàgines
...• Cambrian Journal, part. xiii. p. 64. t Giraldus says the river has the singular particularity of being the only river in Wales, or even in England, which has beavers. — VoL ii. p. 49. Sir R. C, Hoare, in his annotations on Giraldus, adds, that ' the beaver no longer... | |
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