 I counted thirty-two little trees; and one of them, judging from the rings of growth, had during twenty-six years tried to raise its head above the stems of the heath, and had failed. No wonder that, as soon as the land was enclosed, it became thickly...  Two Months in the Highlands, Orcadia, and Skye - Seite 263von Charles Richard Weld - 1860 - 404 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1866 - 808 Seiten
...by the cattle. In one square yard, at a point some hundred yards distant from one of the old clumps, I counted thirty-two little trees ; and one of them,...head above the stems of the heath, and had failed. No wonder that, as soon as the land was enclosed, it became thickly clothed with vigorously growing... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1861 - 470 Seiten
...counted thirtytwo little trees ; and one of them, with twenty-six rings of growth, had during many years tried to raise its head above the stems of the heath, and had failed. No wonder that, as soon as the land was enclosed, it became thickly clothed with vigorously growing... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1864 - 472 Seiten
...counted thirtytwo little trees ; and one of them, with twenty-six rings of growth, had during many years tried to raise its head above the stems of the heath, and had failed. E"o wonder that, as soon as the land was enclosed, it became thickly clothed with vigorously growing... | |
 | 1876 - 444 Seiten
...counted thirty-two little trees ; and one of them, "with twenty-six rings of growth, had during many years tried " to raise its head above the stems of the heath, and had failed. " No wonder that, as soon as the land was enclosed, it became " thickly clothed with vigorously growing... | |
 | Edward Step - 1881 - 270 Seiten
...counted thirty-two little trees; and one of them, with twenty-six rings of growth, had, during many years, tried to raise its head above the stems of the heath, and had failed. No wonder that, as soon as the land was enclosed, it became thickly clothed with vigorously growing... | |
 | Edward Step - 1881 - 284 Seiten
...counted thirty-two little trees; and one of them, with twenty-six rings of growth, had, during many years, tried to raise its head above the stems of the heath, and had failed. No wonder that, as soon as the land was enclosed, it became thickly clothed with vigorously growing... | |
 | George Thomas Bettany - 1887 - 232 Seiten
...by the cattle. In one square yard, at a point some hundred yards distant from one of the old clumps, I counted thirty-two little trees ; and one of them,...head above the stems of the heath, and had failed." The interdependence of animal upon animal, of animal upon plant, of plant upon animal, is enforced... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1896 - 406 Seiten
...county thirty-two little trees ; and one of them, with twenty-six rings of growth, had, during many years tried to raise its head above the stems of the heath, and had failed. No wonder that, as soon as the land was enclosed, it became thickly clothed with vigorously growing... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1896 - 408 Seiten
...county thirty-two little trees ; and one of them, with twenty-six rings of growth, had, during many years tried to raise its head above the stems of the heath, and had failed. No wonder that, as soon as the land was enclosed, it became thickly clothed with vigorously growing... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1897 - 494 Seiten
...counted thirty -two little trees; and one of them, with twentysix rings of growth, had during many years tried to raise its head above the stems of the heath, and had failed. No wonder that as soon as the land was inclosed it became thickly clothed with vigorously growing young... | |
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