 | 1834 - 582 páginas
...THE BEAVER. — So little is known of the manners of the beaver in a domesticated state, that we fed a peculiar gratification in having it in our power...The animal arrived in this country in the winter of 1835, very young, being small and woolly, and without the covering of longhair, which mark* the adult... | |
 | 1838 - 866 páginas
...quoted it because Mr. Bennet's work is not so much known to the public as its merits deserve : — " The animal arrived in this country in the winter of 1825, very youug, being very small and woolly and without the covering of long hair which marks the adult beaver.... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1845 - 354 páginas
...companion. A tame Beaver in the Zoological Gardens of London. — " This animal arrived in England, in the winter of 1825, very young, being small and woolly, and without the covering oflong hair which marks the adult beaver. It was the sole survivor of five or six, which were shipped... | |
 | Wonders - 1847 - 444 páginas
...in a state of captivity, from the " pleasant pen" of Mr. Broderip. The following is taken from it. The animal arrived in this country in the winter of 1825, very young. It was the sole survivor of five or six which were shipped at the same time, and it was in a very pitiable... | |
 | 1850 - 758 páginas
...diabolical could he conceived and perpetrated. 1850.] LEAVES FROM A NATURALIST'S NOTE-BOOK. A BEAVER* arrived in this country in the winter of 1825, very...and woolly, and without the covering of long hair that marks the adult animal. It was the sole survivor of five or six which were shipped at the same... | |
 | William John Broderip - 1852 - 446 páginas
...the Dove-kind — Conclusion . p. 374 LEAVES FROM THE NOTE-BOOK OF A NATUEALIST. CHAPTER I. A BEAVER* arrived in this country in the winter of 1825, very young, being small and woolly, and witho\it the covering of long hair that marks the adult animal. It was the sole survivor of five or... | |
 | Reading book - 1854 - 300 páginas
...once kept in this country by Mr. Broderip, who gives the following interesting account of it : — " The animal arrived in this country in the winter of...without the covering of long hair which marks the full-grown beaver. It was the sole survivor of five or six which were shipped at the same time, and... | |
 | 1863 - 316 páginas
...skill in building themselves little villages to live in. An animal of this kind was brought to England in the winter of 1825, very young, being small and...without the covering of long hair which marks the fullgrown beaver. It was the sole survivor of five or six which were shipped at the same time, and... | |
 | 1864 - 386 páginas
...once kept in this country by Mr. Broderip, who gives the following interesting account of it : — " The animal arrived in this country in the winter of...without the covering of long hair which marks the full-grown beaver. It was the sole survivor of five or six which were shipped at the same time, and... | |
 | School board readers - 1872 - 200 páginas
...following is the account given by a gentleman of a beaver which was brought to England and tamed : — " The animal arrived in this country in the winter of...1825, very young, being small and woolly, and without tbe covering of long hair which marts the adult beaver. He was the sole survivor of five or six young... | |
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Beaver. It was the sole survivor of five or six which were shipped at the same time, and it was in a very pitiable condition. Good treatment quickly restored it to health, and kindness soon made it familiar. When called by its name 
