A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, and Plants, Volume 4Gray & Bowen, 1831 |
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... Shark - The White Shark --- The Blue , the Long - tailed , the Basking , the Hammer - headed , and the Angel Shark - The Remora - The Pilot Fish - The Dogfish and its Varieties - The Sawfish - The Ray - The Skate The Rough - Ray - The ...
... Shark - The White Shark --- The Blue , the Long - tailed , the Basking , the Hammer - headed , and the Angel Shark - The Remora - The Pilot Fish - The Dogfish and its Varieties - The Sawfish - The Ray - The Skate The Rough - Ray - The ...
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... sharks more than twelve feet long have been found in their stomachs . The Cachalot is as destructive among the lesser fishes as the whale is harm- less ; and can at one gulp swallow a shoal of fishes down its enormous gullet . Linnæus ...
... sharks more than twelve feet long have been found in their stomachs . The Cachalot is as destructive among the lesser fishes as the whale is harm- less ; and can at one gulp swallow a shoal of fishes down its enormous gullet . Linnæus ...
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... Sharks , dolphins , and porpesses fall an easy prey to it . THE GRAMPUS , THE DOLPHIN , AND THE PORPESSE . ALL these fish have teeth both in the upper and lower jaw , and are much less than the whale . The Grampus , which is the largest ...
... Sharks , dolphins , and porpesses fall an easy prey to it . THE GRAMPUS , THE DOLPHIN , AND THE PORPESSE . ALL these fish have teeth both in the upper and lower jaw , and are much less than the whale . The Grampus , which is the largest ...
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... SHARK ... The White Shark ... The Blue , the Long - tailed , the Basking , the Hammer - head- ed , and the Angel Shark ... The Remora ... The Pilot Fish ... The Dogfish and its Varieties ... The Sawfish ... The RAY ... The Skate ... The ...
... SHARK ... The White Shark ... The Blue , the Long - tailed , the Basking , the Hammer - head- ed , and the Angel Shark ... The Remora ... The Pilot Fish ... The Dogfish and its Varieties ... The Sawfish ... The RAY ... The Skate ... The ...
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... SHARK . Or all the inhabitants of the deep those of the Shark kind are the fiercest and most voracious . THE WHITE SHARK Is sometimes seen to rank even among the whales for mag- nitude ; and is found from twenty to thirty feet long ...
... SHARK . Or all the inhabitants of the deep those of the Shark kind are the fiercest and most voracious . THE WHITE SHARK Is sometimes seen to rank even among the whales for mag- nitude ; and is found from twenty to thirty feet long ...
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