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 36
... extremely watchful , and more sensible of approaching changes in the atmosphere than the common Gray Goose . In England , France , and Germany , they have been long ago domesti- cated . Mr. Platt , a respectable farmer on Long Island ...
... extremely watchful , and more sensible of approaching changes in the atmosphere than the common Gray Goose . In England , France , and Germany , they have been long ago domesti- cated . Mr. Platt , a respectable farmer on Long Island ...
Page 50
... extremely light and delicate flesh colour , varied only by occasional darker tinges . Except on the temples , which are naked and flesh coloured , the head and upper part of the neck are clothed with a short down . The upper mandible is ...
... extremely light and delicate flesh colour , varied only by occasional darker tinges . Except on the temples , which are naked and flesh coloured , the head and upper part of the neck are clothed with a short down . The upper mandible is ...
Page 71
... extremely fat , and yield above fifty barrels of blubber . The mother , at the same time , is equally lean and emaciated . At the age of two years they are called stunts , as they do not thrive much imme- diately after quitting the ...
... extremely fat , and yield above fifty barrels of blubber . The mother , at the same time , is equally lean and emaciated . At the age of two years they are called stunts , as they do not thrive much imme- diately after quitting the ...
Page 89
... swallowing a man with great ease . But its furni- ture of teeth is still more terrible . Of these there are six rows extremely hard , sharp pointed , and of a wedgelike fig- ure . It is asserted that there are seventy -. THE SHARK . 89.
... swallowing a man with great ease . But its furni- ture of teeth is still more terrible . Of these there are six rows extremely hard , sharp pointed , and of a wedgelike fig- ure . It is asserted that there are seventy -. THE SHARK . 89.
Page 97
... extremely large , and resemble wings , whence probably it derives the name of Angel . This species of Shark feeds on flounders and flat fish . It is extremely fierce and dangerous to be approached . Mr. Pennant speaks of a fisherman ...
... extremely large , and resemble wings , whence probably it derives the name of Angel . This species of Shark feeds on flounders and flat fish . It is extremely fierce and dangerous to be approached . Mr. Pennant speaks of a fisherman ...
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Alligator anal fins animal appears ash colour back fin bait belly bill bird boat body bones bottom brown called claws coasts common covered CRAB creature Crocodile danger deep devour dorsal fin DUCK dusky Eels eggs EIDER DUCK England eyes feathers feed feet long female fish fishermen flesh Frog furnished genus gills goose Greenland grows GULL head hundred inches in length inches long inhabitants kind known lakes lateral line legs lizard mackerel manner motion mouth MULTIVALVE neck pectoral fins placed plumage pounds pounds weight prey quadrupeds rays resembles rivers round scales season seen seize seldom Serpent Shark shell shoals shore side silvery skin slender snail Snake sometimes spawn species spermaceti spines spots surface swimming tail taken teeth thick Toad Tortoise tribe upper venomous ventral ventral fins Viper viviparous weighs whale whole wings wound yellow young