I was much entertained last summer with a tame bat, which would take flies out of a person's hand.
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Freshwater supplies in the Middle East now are barely sufficient to maintain a quality standard of living.
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Though large herds of deer do much harm to the neighbourhood, yet the injury to the morals of the people is of more moment than the loss of their crops.
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