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In the tail of the peacock.

by Isabel Savory

Publisher: Hutchinson & co. in London

Written in English
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    • Morocco -- Description and travel

      • Edition Notes

      On cover: The earth is a peacock: Morocco is the tail of it.

      StatementBy Isabel Savory. With 48 illustrations from photographs and a photgravure portrait.
      Classifications
      LC ClassificationsDT310 .S26
      The Physical Object
      Paginationxii, 352 p.
      Number of Pages352
      ID Numbers
      Open LibraryOL6930713M
      LC Control Number03020374
      OCLC/WorldCa5735941
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book horrifying looking tail over a matter of days!/5. Peacocks are ground-feeders that eat insects, plants, and small creatures. There are two familiar peacock species. The blue peacock lives in India and Sri Lanka, while the green peacock is found.

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In the tail of the peacock. London, Hutchinson & Co., (OCoLC) Document Type. The book’s scope is now even wider, incorporating recent findings on the history of mathematics in China, India, and early Islamic civilizations as well as Egypt and Mesopotamia. With more detailed coverage of proto-mathematics and the origins of trigonometry and infinity in the East, The Crest of the Peacock further illuminates the global.

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Additional Physical Format: Online version: Savory, Isabel. In the tail of the peacock. New York, J. Pott, (OCoLC) Document Type: Book. The peacock "tail", known as a "train", consists not of tail quill feathers, but highly elongated upper tail coverts.

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Juno smiled. He was a good bird and she liked him. The Peacock then described the long train of brightly coloured. The peacock became very sad and lonely.

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