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Gilbert White
Gilbert White
English Scientist
Born: Jul 18, 1720
Died: Jun 26, 1793
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Bats drink on the wing, like swallows, by sipping the surface, as they play over pools and streams. Gilbert White
Nature Bats Wing Drink Over Like Surface Sipping Swallows Pools Play Streams
Numbers of snipes breed every summer in some moory ground on the verge of this parish. Gilbert White
Every Summer Some Parish Verge Breed Ground Numbers
General Howe turned out some German wild boars and sows in his forests, to the great terror of the neighbourhood; and, at one time, a wild bull or buffalo: but the country rose upon them and destroyed them. Gilbert White
Time Great Country Rose Wild Destroyed Neighbourhood Out One Time Some General Buffalo Terror Bull His German Forests Them Turned
Hedge-hogs abound in my gardens and fields. Gilbert White
Abound Fields Gardens
I want to be better informed with regard to ichthyology. Gilbert White
Better Want Regard Informed
I was much entertained last summer with a tame bat, which would take flies out of a person's hand. Gilbert White
Bat Summer Out Entertained Would Take Tame Hand Person Which Much Flies Last Last Summer
Though large herds of deer do much harm to the neighbourhood, yet the injury to the morals of the people is of more moment than the loss of their crops. Gilbert White
People Herd Though Neighbourhood Crops Morals More Loss Than Much Moment Large Injury Deer Harm

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