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Chapter 18 EASTERTIDE, SHAMROCKS AND SPERMACETI
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Released on: 01/12/2017
er" is the modern form of "Eastra," the name of the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring (in primitive Germanic, "Austro").
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1 Chapter 1 A DAY IN THE OBERLAND2 Chapter 2 SWITZERLAND IN EARLY SUMMER3 Chapter 3 GLETSCH4 Chapter 4 THE PROBLEM OF THE GALLOPING HORSE5 Chapter 5 THE JEWEL IN THE TOAD'S HEAD6 Chapter 6 ELEPHANTS7 Chapter 7 A STRANGE EXTINCT BEAST8 Chapter 8 VEGETARIANS AND THEIR TEETH9 Chapter 9 FOOD AND COOKERY10 Chapter 10 SMELLS AND PERFUMES11 Chapter 11 KISSES12 Chapter 12 LAUGHTER13 Chapter 13 FATHERLESS FROGS14 Chapter 14 PRIMITIVE BELIEFS ABOUT FATHERLESS PROGENY15 Chapter 15 THE PYGMY RACES OF MEN16 Chapter 16 PREHISTORIC PETTICOATS17 Chapter 17 NEW YEAR'S DAY AND THE CALENDAR18 Chapter 18 EASTERTIDE, SHAMROCKS AND SPERMACETI19 Chapter 19 MUSEUMS20 Chapter 20 THE SECRET OF A TERRIBLE DISEASE21 Chapter 21 CARRIERS OF DISEASE22 Chapter 22 IMMUNITY AND CURATIVE INOCULATIONS23 Chapter 23 THE STRANGE STORY OF ANIMAL LIFE IN NEW ZEALAND24 Chapter 24 THE EFFACEMENT OF NATURE BY MAN25 Chapter 25 THE EXTINCTION OF THE BISON AND OF WHALES26 Chapter 26 MORE ABOUT WHALES27 Chapter 27 MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT SCIENCE