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... China . He had found it growing there in a wood , and brought away sufficient of its skin to make an under - waistcoat . The descrip- tion he gave of it did very much agree with what the inhabitants of Astrachan informed me of it . What ...
... China . He had found it growing there in a wood , and brought away sufficient of its skin to make an under - waistcoat . The descrip- tion he gave of it did very much agree with what the inhabitants of Astrachan informed me of it . What ...
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... Chinese . In fact these little toy dogs are called Caw - tieh and Kew - tsie in China and Indo - China . The explanation of the origin of the legend of the Vegetable Lamb - that it was derived from the root of a species of fern found in ...
... Chinese . In fact these little toy dogs are called Caw - tieh and Kew - tsie in China and Indo - China . The explanation of the origin of the legend of the Vegetable Lamb - that it was derived from the root of a species of fern found in ...
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... China . London , 1896 . Groot , J. J. M. de : The Religious System of China . Leyden , 1892- 1910 . Hayes , L. Newton : The Chinese Dragon . Shanghai , 1922 . Hopkins , L. C .: ' The Dragon Terrestrial and the Dragon Celestial ...
... China . London , 1896 . Groot , J. J. M. de : The Religious System of China . Leyden , 1892- 1910 . Hayes , L. Newton : The Chinese Dragon . Shanghai , 1922 . Hopkins , L. C .: ' The Dragon Terrestrial and the Dragon Celestial ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Animals and Man 1 Animals and Man 74 | 5 |
Shaman into Scientist ΙΟ | 10 |
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