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 4
... close line of two or three hundred together ; and , as Dampier tells us , present , at the distance of half a mile , the exact representation of a long brick wall . This line , however , is broken when they seek for food ; but they ...
... close line of two or three hundred together ; and , as Dampier tells us , present , at the distance of half a mile , the exact representation of a long brick wall . This line , however , is broken when they seek for food ; but they ...
Page 7
... close to the seamark . THE RAZORBILL Is not above half the size of the preceding , which it resem- bles both in form and plumage , except that it has the use of its wings , and lays its egg ( for each of these species lays but one ) on ...
... close to the seamark . THE RAZORBILL Is not above half the size of the preceding , which it resem- bles both in form and plumage , except that it has the use of its wings , and lays its egg ( for each of these species lays but one ) on ...
Page 59
... close their wings to their sides and precipi- tate themselves head foremost into the water , dropping almost like a stone . Their eye in this act is so correct , that they never fail to rise with a fish in their mouth . If in flying ...
... close their wings to their sides and precipi- tate themselves head foremost into the water , dropping almost like a stone . Their eye in this act is so correct , that they never fail to rise with a fish in their mouth . If in flying ...
Page 73
... close to the shore ; so that the blubber being cut off was immediately boiled into oil on the spot . The ships in those times took in nothing but the pure oil and the whalebone , and all the business was executed in the country ; by ...
... close to the shore ; so that the blubber being cut off was immediately boiled into oil on the spot . The ships in those times took in nothing but the pure oil and the whalebone , and all the business was executed in the country ; by ...
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... close . Nothing now remains but to sail homewards , where the fat is to be boiled and melted down into train oil . A late improvement has been made in the method of discharging the harpoon , namely , by shooting it out of a kind of ...
... close . Nothing now remains but to sail homewards , where the fat is to be boiled and melted down into train oil . A late improvement has been made in the method of discharging the harpoon , namely , by shooting it out of a kind of ...
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