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... once , as if on signal , calling out . In the general racket I could distinguish many sounds , but few certain — perhaps sandhill cranes , a coyote , a screech owl ; cer- tainly a great horned owl ; and unmistakably , though I had never ...
... once , as if on signal , calling out . In the general racket I could distinguish many sounds , but few certain — perhaps sandhill cranes , a coyote , a screech owl ; cer- tainly a great horned owl ; and unmistakably , though I had never ...
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... once neat house . The guest - houses were still there , and clean enough , but now , we learned , kept open only for the duck- hunters in season . We had no choice but to stay overnight , for Mecca , a center for agricultural labor , is ...
... once neat house . The guest - houses were still there , and clean enough , but now , we learned , kept open only for the duck- hunters in season . We had no choice but to stay overnight , for Mecca , a center for agricultural labor , is ...
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Essays Madeleine Doran. 82 burros , once the prospectors ' indispensable pack - animals , which have returned to their natural wildness and multiplied . They thrive on the scant browse . All day and all night in the spring the raucous ...
Essays Madeleine Doran. 82 burros , once the prospectors ' indispensable pack - animals , which have returned to their natural wildness and multiplied . They thrive on the scant browse . All day and all night in the spring the raucous ...
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