"Marmot" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... wild and lonely ride. Save the hid loon's mocking cry, Or marmot on the mountain side, The earth was ...
— The Trail of the Goldseekers - A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse • Hamlin Garland
... rhinoceros, Sedgwick's deer, deer of Polignac, Southern elephant. ("Prehistoric Europe," p. 95.) (10) The northern animals include the following: Alpine hare, musk-sheep, glutton, reindeer, arctic fox, lemming, tailless hare, marmot, spermophile, ibex, snowy vole, chamois. (Geikie's "Prehistoric Europe," p. 32.) (11) Geikie's "Prehistoric Europe," p. 28. (12) The following animals are given as southern species: Hippopotamus, African elephant, spotted hyena, striped hyena, serval, caffer cat, lion, leopard. In addition ...
— The Prehistoric World - Vanished Races • E. A. Allen
... carefully-selected pack on the sled contained the marmot-skin, woollen blankets, a change of flannels apiece, a couple of sweaters, a Norfolk jacket, and several changes of foot-gear. This last item was dwelt on earnestly by all. "Keep your feet dry," John Dillon had said, "and leave the rest ...
— The Magnetic North • Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond) |
