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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Yeo, and comprises 2946 acres, of which 589 are common or waste. The soil in the southern part is a red fertile … The parish comprises 3184 acres, of which 2106 are common or waste. It has quarries of granite used for building, and …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Linn. 6. Red Mullet. Mullus barbatus, Linn. 7. Common or Ballan Wrasse. Labrus maculatus, Bl. Referred to by Baker … in the Channel some 256 feet high and three miles off the end of Brean Down, both the herring and lesser black-backed … tenacity; I know of a pair which nest yearly within a mile or two of one of the most populous towns in the county. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… than 112 have been found in the county, and possibly one or two more may yet be added, such for instance as Vitrea … themselves to special plants, which may be abundant, rare or altogether absent, according to the nature of the soil on … of moths which have been recorded as natives. From the end of the eighteenth century to the present time there have …
A History of the County of Somerset
… in the subjoined list, and add a few species to it. Two or three species not yet obtained certainly await discovery, … of these distinctive features will be found. They do not end in a proper claw, after the pattern or with the action of … must certainly reach its waters in attachment to the hulls of vessels and other floating objects. Of the sessile …