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Close by the stream was growing a group of beautiful ground orchids,' in form like
a Hyacinthus candicans. There were clusters of great pink flowers with yellow
centres : the whole had a very gorgeous effect. Here, also, was a profusion of ...
Close by the stream was growing a group of beautiful ground orchids,' in form like
a Hyacinthus candicans. There were clusters of great pink flowers with yellow
centres : the whole had a very gorgeous effect. Here, also, was a profusion of ...
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In addition to the loss of physical energy, mental depression is induced by the
absence of light, the whole tone of the system becomes lowered, and may be a
prey to actions which, under brighter conditions, it would have been able to resist.
In addition to the loss of physical energy, mental depression is induced by the
absence of light, the whole tone of the system becomes lowered, and may be a
prey to actions which, under brighter conditions, it would have been able to resist.
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Sometimes the whole air seemed full of their clear whistling notes: in one
direction the loud, short pipe of the golden plover, in another the shrill wheezing
cry of the dunlin, reminding one of the sound made by a whistle with a pea in it.
Sometimes the whole air seemed full of their clear whistling notes: in one
direction the loud, short pipe of the golden plover, in another the shrill wheezing
cry of the dunlin, reminding one of the sound made by a whistle with a pea in it.
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The aspect of the portion ol spectrum observed was on the whole strikingly
similar to that seen when observations were made near sea-level on dry and cold
days. This is in agreement with the fact that the vapour pressure on mountains in
...
The aspect of the portion ol spectrum observed was on the whole strikingly
similar to that seen when observations were made near sea-level on dry and cold
days. This is in agreement with the fact that the vapour pressure on mountains in
...
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... of these streams the whole surface of the water, for some distance below
sewage entrance, is in a state of commotion, owing to the evolution of gas
bubbles, and the water is so foul that it cannot be used in the boilers of the little
steamers ...
... of these streams the whole surface of the water, for some distance below
sewage entrance, is in a state of commotion, owing to the evolution of gas
bubbles, and the water is so foul that it cannot be used in the boilers of the little
steamers ...
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