. Field, forest and farm; things interesting to young nature-lovers, including some matters of moment to gardeners and fruit-growers. Natural history; Agriculture. finally to exterminate him, that is their sole concern, their incessant preoccupation. They are implacable, pitiless; hunger urges them on, both for their own sake and in behalf of their families. They live at the expense of those that live at our • ex- pense; they are the enemies of our ene- mies. "As participants in Adder, or Viper this great work must be named the bat and the hedge-hog, the owl, the martin, the swallow, and
. Field, forest and farm; things interesting to young nature-lovers, including some matters of moment to gardeners and fruit-growers. Natural history; Agriculture. finally to exterminate him, that is their sole concern, their incessant preoccupation. They are implacable, pitiless; hunger urges them on, both for their own sake and in behalf of their families. They live at the expense of those that live at our • ex- pense; they are the enemies of our ene- mies. "As participants in Adder, or Viper this great work must be named the bat and the hedge-hog, the owl, the martin, the swallow, and all the smaller birds, the lizard, the adder, the frog, and the toad. Praise be to God who has given us as protectors from that glutton, the insect, such birds as the swallow and the warbler, the robin and the nightingale, the martin and the starling. And yet these invaluable creatures, guardians of earth's bounty, a delight to the eye, a solace to the ear, have their homes pillaged by the barbarous and stupid robber of birds' nests. Praise be to God who for the pro- tection of our daily bread has given us the owl and the toad, Green Lizard of Europe -fcjje and the bat, the adder, the lizard and the mole. Never- theless these useful creatures that come so valiantly to our aid are cursed and calumniated, and we stu- pidly vent upon them our loathing and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Fabre, Jean-Henri, 1823-1915; Bicknell, Florence Constable, tr. New York, The Century Co.
Size: 2095px × 1193px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, booksubjectagriculture, booksubjectnaturalhisto
