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... birds , and that they had been inhabited for upwards of a hundred years by Irish hermits , but that these had at last been driven away by Norwegian rovers . The details which the monk gives of the solstice , the length of the summer day ...
... birds , and that they had been inhabited for upwards of a hundred years by Irish hermits , but that these had at last been driven away by Norwegian rovers . The details which the monk gives of the solstice , the length of the summer day ...
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... birds , which have the majority of the rocks to themselves , as only one of them , Heimey or Home Isle , is inhabited . This is the largest of a group of fifteen , and is as big as all the rest put together . Its length is three miles ...
... birds , which have the majority of the rocks to themselves , as only one of them , Heimey or Home Isle , is inhabited . This is the largest of a group of fifteen , and is as big as all the rest put together . Its length is three miles ...
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... birds have a wick run down their throats , and they are so charged with oil that they serve as lamps . The fulmar ... bird has time to spit the oil from its beak , which it will do , when alarmed , knowing it to be the treasure for ...
... birds have a wick run down their throats , and they are so charged with oil that they serve as lamps . The fulmar ... bird has time to spit the oil from its beak , which it will do , when alarmed , knowing it to be the treasure for ...
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... birds , which throng it in myriads . The Mealsack has never been scaled and never will . The great Auk ( Alca impennis ) is said to breed at its foot , and among some neighbouring skerries . The sea is rarely sufficiently calm for a ...
... birds , which throng it in myriads . The Mealsack has never been scaled and never will . The great Auk ( Alca impennis ) is said to breed at its foot , and among some neighbouring skerries . The sea is rarely sufficiently calm for a ...
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... bird was becoming scarce in the Faroe Isles in the end of the last century , according to Landt , who lived there from 1791-98 . The bird cannot fly , but is a powerful swimmer ; its wings are about four inches in length , and the ...
... bird was becoming scarce in the Faroe Isles in the end of the last century , according to Landt , who lived there from 1791-98 . The bird cannot fly , but is a powerful swimmer ; its wings are about four inches in length , and the ...
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