Vulgar words in Essays in Natural History and Agriculture (Page 1)
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But I believe that in breeding mules it is found more desirable that the father should be an ass than a horse.
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When I picked it up, I was astonished to find a Snipe with the plumage of a Woodcock, and showed it to a friend of mine, who is a good practical ornithologist, but he was as much puzzled as myself to give it a name; so not being able to find a description of it in any books to which we had access, we jumped to the conclusion that it was a hybrid between the Snipe and the Woodcock, and called it a bastard Woodcock.