A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature, Volume 5R. Wright, 1825 |
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Page 347 - ... wonderful, the animal thus swallowed seems to be rather a gainer by the misfortune. After it has lain in the conqueror's body for about an hour, it issues unhurt, and often in possession of the prey which had been the original cause of contention ; how happy would it be for men, if they had as little to fear from each other...
Page 163 - Here, after they are hatched, the young are attended and provided with every thing necessary, until they are able to shift for themselves, and take their share of the labours of the community.
Page 6 - B der either their unwearied diligence, their wonderful strength, or their inimitable propensity to labour. Their amazing love to their young is still more unparalleled among the larger classes. They not only daily carry them to such places as may afford them food, but if by accident they are killed, and even cut into pieces, they with the utmost tenderness will carry them away piecemeal in their arms.
Page 262 - In order to extirpate these pernicious birds, there is a law in the Orkney Islands, which entitles any person that kills an Eagle to a hen out of every house in the parish in which the plunderer is killed.
Page 11 - The second order of insects consists of such as have wings, but which, when produced from the egg, have their wings cased up in such a manner as not to appear. The third order of insects is of the moth and butterfly kind. The fourth order is of those winged insects, which come from a worm, instead of a caterpillar, and yet go through changes similar to those which moths and butterflies are seen to undergo. To these, we may add a fifth order, a numerous tribe, lately discovered, to which naturalists...
Page 162 - The first order, the working insects, are most numerous, being in the proportion, of one hundred to one of the soldiers. In this state they are about a quarter of an inch long, and...
Page 162 - The difference is, indeed, so great, that these perfect insects have not, until recently, been supposed to belong to the same community with the others, and are not to be discovered in the nest...
Page 171 - The horns are eight-tenths of an inch long, and terminate in points. The proboscis is an inch and a quarter long, and turns upwards, making a crooked line, terminating in two horns, each of which is near a quarter of an inch long; but they are not perforated at the end like the proboscis of other insects.
Page 15 - Every spider has two divisions in its body. The fore part, containing the head and breast, is separated from the hinder part or belly by a very slender thread, through which, however, there is a communication from one part to the other. The fore part is covered with a hard shell, as well as the legs, which adhere to the breast. The hinder part is clothed with a supple skin, beset all over with hair. They have several...
Page 26 - The best example of this order, which is the sixteenth, is the Common Flea. When examined with a microscope, it will be observed to have a small head, large eyes, and two short four-jointed antennae, between which is the trunk, or proboscis. The body...