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" Pennant accepted as reasonable the explanation of them given by the country people, who thought " they were designed for the chase, and that the terraces were made after the spots were cleared in lines from wood, in order to tempt the animals into the... "
“A” General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels ... - Page 533
by John Pinkerton - 1809
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A tour in Scotland, MDCCLXIX [by T. Pennant. With] Suppl

Thomas Pennant - 1772 - 390 pages
...religious purpofes. The country people think they were defigned for the chace, and that thefe terrafles were made after the fpots were cleared in lines from...forefts in France, and other countries on the continent, cither that they might purfue the game without interruption of trees, or (hoot at it in its paflage....
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The Popular Science Review: A Quarterly Miscellany of ..., Volume 15

James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas - Science - 1876 - 508 pages
...people, who thought " they were designed for the chase, and that the terraces were made after the spots were cleared in lines from wood, in order to tempt...come within reach of the bowmen who might conceal themselves in the woods above and below." In these attempts of " the country people" we have an illustration...
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The Popular Science Monthly, Volume 10

Science - 1876 - 862 pages
...Ossian. A less romantic view was that " they were designed for the chase, and were made after the spots were cleared in lines from wood, in order to tempt the animals into the open paths after they were roused, in order that they might come within the reach of the bowmen who might conceal themselves in...
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The Popular Science Monthly, Volume 10

Science - 1877 - 804 pages
...Ossian. A less romantic view was that " they were designed for the chase, and were made after the spots were cleared in lines from wood, in order to tempt the animals into the open paths after they were roused, in order that they might come within the reach of the bowmen who might conceal themselves in...
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Notices of the Proceedings, Volume 8

Royal Institution of Great Britain - Science - 1879 - 696 pages
...people, who thought " they were designed for the chase, and that the terraces were made after the spots were cleared in lines from wood, in order to tempt...come within reach of the bowmen who might conceal themselves in the woods above and below." In these attempts of " the country people" we have an illustration...
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Fragments of Science: A Series of Detached Essays, Addresses, and ..., Volume 1

John Tyndall - Science - 1879 - 522 pages
...thought that the roads ' were designed for the chase, and that the terraces were made after the spots were cleared in lines from wood, in order to tempt...come within reach of the bowmen who might conceal themselves in the woods above and below.' In these attempts of ' the country people ' we have an illustration...
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The Journal of the Royal institution of Great Britain. Notices of ..., Volume 8

Royal institution of Great Britain - 1879 - 724 pages
...people, who thought " they were designed for the chase, and that the terraces were made after the spots were cleared in lines from wood, in order to tempt...come within reach of the bowmen who might conceal themselves in the woods above and below." In these attempts of " the country people" we have an illustration...
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Notices of the Proceedings at the Meetings of the Members of the ..., Volume 8

Royal Institution of Great Britain - Science - 1879 - 698 pages
...people, who thought " they were designed for the chase, and that the terraces were made after the spots were cleared in lines from wood, in order to tempt...come within reach of the bowmen who might conceal themselves in the woods above and below." In these attempts of " the country people" we have an illustration...
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Transactions - Leeds Geological Association, Part 8

Leeds Geological Association - 1893 - 114 pages
...They thought the roads were designed for the chase, and that the terraces were made after the spots were cleared in lines from wood, in order to tempt the animals into the open paths after they were roused, in order that they might come within reach of the bowmen who might conceal themselves in the...
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Leeds Geological Association. Transactions, Part 8

Geology - 1893 - 114 pages
...They thought the roads were designed for the chase, and that the terraces were made after the spots were cleared in lines from wood, in order to tempt the animals into the open paths after they were roused, in order that they might come within reach of the bowmen who might conceal themselves in the...
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