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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ZEAL-MONACHORUM ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Crediton, hundred of North Tawton, South Molton and N. divisions of Devon, 8 … is a red fertile loam, and in the northern productive corn land; the surface is hilly, and sandstone of good quality is …
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 late Mr. W. Baker, who has contributed … species in the county. It appears indeed that a stream of land birds enters the county by Bridgwater Bay and proceeds …
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 … even greater damage by eating the grass-roots in pasture land, as well as those of mangold, potato and turnip. It was …
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 … amphibious, not in the sense of being able to inhabit both land and water, but as being what is now called 'euryhaline,' …