Those who have walked in an evening by the sedgy sides of unfrequented rivers, must remember a variety of notes from different water-fowl: the loud scream of the wild goose, the croaking of the mallard, the whining of the lapwing, and the tremulous neighing... Birds, pt. 5-6. Fishes, pt. 1-4. Of frogs, lizards and serpents - Page 26 by Oliver Goldsmith - 1824 Full view -
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