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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the centre of production in Europe was in SAXONY. Although the product itself was long known, the method of manufacture there was only explained in the late … Rees still saw Saxony as the most important source of zaffre into the early nineteenth century [Rees (1819-20, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Zoology Fishes, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals FISHES The fishes of Somerset have received a good deal of attention from the … GANOIDS **97. Sturgeon. Acipenser sturio, Linn. Baker states very large sturgeons come up the Parret, sometimes … Sylvia undata (Boddaert). Mr. Stanley Lewis of Wells states that he discovered this species in 1900 in the Mendip …
A History of the County of Somerset
… NON-MARINE Favoured in its situation and the quality of its soil, the county of Somerset yields a record of inland mollusca above the … (congelatella, Clk). Bristol, Brislington; larv between united leaves of willow in July (Wilkinson) Diurnea fagella, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… further search will do much more than extend our knowledge of the distribution throughout the county of the species recorded in the subjoined list, and add a few … valves, uneven of surface, bare or sparingly hirsute, and united by a toothed hinge. The animals are incapable of …