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Sporting Magazine: Or, Monthly Calendar of the Transactions of the Turf, the ... - Page 147
1799
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Anthologia Hibernica: Or, Monthly Collections of Science, Belles ..., Volume 1

1793 - 542 pages
...feven or eight inches in thicknefs, and then another layer of eggs, and in this manner one itratum upon another, nearly to the top. I believe they commonly...by the heat of the fun ; and perhaps the vegetable fubftance mixt with the earth, being afted upon by the fun, may caufe a fmall degree of fermentition,...
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The Caledonian Bee: Or, a Select Collection of Interesting Extracts, from ...

Caledonian bee - 1795 - 302 pages
...upon this a ftratum of mortar, feren or eight inches in thicknefs, and then another layer of eggs j and in this manner, one ftratum upon another, nearly...the vegetable fubftances mixed with the earth, being afted upon by the fun, may caufe a fmall degree of fermentation, and fo increase the heat ia thofe...
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The Caledonian Bee: Or, a Select Collection, of Interesting Extracts, from ...

1795 - 292 pages
...eight inches in.thicknefs, and then ano.' her layer of eggs ;' and in thfs. manner, one flratum, ipon another, nearly to the top. I believe they commonly .lay from one to t,wo hundred eggs in a neft i t:cfe are hatched, I fuppofe, by the heat of the fun ; md, perhaps, the vegetable fubfeances mixed...
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The Port Folio, Volume 2

1809 - 572 pages
...seven or eight inches in thickness, and then another layer of eggs ; and in this manner one stratum upon another nearly to the top. I believe they commonly lay from one to two hundred eggs in a nest: these are hatched, I suppose, by the heat of the sun ; and perhaps the vegetable sub. stances...
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The Lady's Magazine, Or, Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex ..., Part 1

1794 - 826 pages
...herbage. At firft they Iny a floor of this kind of tempered mortar on the ground, upon which they depojit a layer of eggs, and 'upon this a ftratum of mortar...to two hundred eggs in a neft ; thefe are hatched, 1 (uppofe, by the heat of the fun ; and perhaps the vegetable fubftance mixt with the earth, being...
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The Lady's Magazine, Or, Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex ..., Part 2

1794 - 802 pages
...of tempered mortar onthe ground, upon wnich they depofit a layer of eggs, and upon this a ftratura of mortar feven or eight inches in thicknefs, and...to two hundred eggs in a neft ; thefe are hatched, 1 fuppofe, by the heat of the fun ; and perhaps the vegetable ^ibftance mixt with the earth, being...
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The Caledonian bee; or, A select collection of interesting extracts from ...

Caledonian bee - 1811 - 300 pages
...upon the ground, on which they de-. pofit a layer of eggs, and upon this a ftratum of mortar, feren or eight inches in thicknefs, and then another layer...the vegetable fubftances mixed with the earth, being acted upon by the fun, may caufe a fmall degree of fermentation, and fo inereafe the heat in thofe...
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Walker's Hibernian Magazine, Or, Compendium of Entertaining Knowledge, Part 1

1793 - 624 pages
...feven or eight inches in thicknefs, and then another layer of eggs, and in this manner one Itratutn upon another, nearly to the top. I believe they commonly lay from one to hundred eggs in a neft : thefe ate and juft behind their fore-legs or arms, two ^ hatched, I iuppofe,...
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The Brighton gleaner; or, General repository of literary ..., Volume 1

1822 - 494 pages
...seven or eight inches in thickness, and then another layer of eggs, and, in this manner, one stratum upon another, nearly to the top. I believe they commonly lay from one to two hundred eggs in a nest : these are hatched, I suppose, by the heat of the sun ; and, perhaps, the vegetable substances...
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The Pocket magazine of classic and polite literature ..., Volume 2, Part 2

1825 - 458 pages
...or -eight inches .in thickness, and then another layer of eggs ; and in this manner, one stratum on another, nearly to the top. I believe .they commonly lay from one to two hundred 'Cggs in a .nest : these are hatched, 1 suppose, by the heat of the sun; and, perhaps, the vegetable...
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