It is, I find, in zoology as it is in botany: all nature is so full, that that district produces the greatest variety which is the most examined.
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The most insignificant insects and reptiles are of much more consequence, and have much more influence in the economy of nature, than the incurious are aware of and are mighty in their effect, from their minuteness, which renders them less an object of attention and from their numbers and fecundity.Gilbert White
Freshwater supplies in the Middle East now are barely sufficient to maintain a quality standard of living.
Gilbert White
Providence has been so indulgent to us as to allow of but one venomous reptile of the serpent kind in these kingdoms, and that is the viper.
Gilbert White
I was much entertained last summer with a tame bat, which would take flies out of a person's hand.
Gilbert White
I have procured some of the mice mentioned in my former letters, a young one and a female with young, both of which I have preserved in brandy.
Gilbert White
Hedge-hogs abound in my gardens and fields.
Gilbert White
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