A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, and Plants, Volume 4Gray & Bowen, 1831 |
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Page 70
... animal organs . ' It can move all ways with equal ease ; every part has its own individual motion . The skin is smooth and black , and in some places mar- bled with white and yellow ; which , running over the sur- face , has a very ...
... animal organs . ' It can move all ways with equal ease ; every part has its own individual motion . The skin is smooth and black , and in some places mar- bled with white and yellow ; which , running over the sur- face , has a very ...
Page 71
... animal , and is very different from the real bones of the Whale . The real bones are hard , like those of great land animals , are very porous , and filled with mar- Two great strong bones sustain the under lip , lying against each ...
... animal , and is very different from the real bones of the Whale . The real bones are hard , like those of great land animals , are very porous , and filled with mar- Two great strong bones sustain the under lip , lying against each ...
Page 72
... animal , of the shell - fish kind , called the Whale - louse , that sticks to its body , as we see shells sticking to the foul bottom of a ship . This insinuates itself chiefly under the fins ; and whatever efforts the great animal ...
... animal , of the shell - fish kind , called the Whale - louse , that sticks to its body , as we see shells sticking to the foul bottom of a ship . This insinuates itself chiefly under the fins ; and whatever efforts the great animal ...
Page 73
... animal vainly endeavours to reach its invader , and strikes with its tail against the surface of the water , making a report at each blow louder than the noise of a cannon . " There is still another and more powerful enemy , called , by ...
... animal vainly endeavours to reach its invader , and strikes with its tail against the surface of the water , making a report at each blow louder than the noise of a cannon . " There is still another and more powerful enemy , called , by ...
Page 78
... animal is sufficiently distin- guished from all others of the deep , by its tooth or teeth , which stand pointing directly forward from the upper jaw , and are from nine to ten feet long . In all the variety of weapons with which nature ...
... animal is sufficiently distin- guished from all others of the deep , by its tooth or teeth , which stand pointing directly forward from the upper jaw , and are from nine to ten feet long . In all the variety of weapons with which nature ...
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