A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, and Plants, Volume 4Gray & Bowen, 1831 |
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... flesh , have been such temptations to destroy or take it , that it has long since deserted the shores frequented by man , and taken refuge in countries that are as yet but thin- ly peopled . When the Europeans first came to America ...
... flesh , have been such temptations to destroy or take it , that it has long since deserted the shores frequented by man , and taken refuge in countries that are as yet but thin- ly peopled . When the Europeans first came to America ...
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... flesh of the old ones is black and hard , though , Dam- pier says , well tasted : that of the young ones is better . But , of all delicacies , the Flamingo's tongue is the most celebrated . In fact , the Roman emperors considered them ...
... flesh of the old ones is black and hard , though , Dam- pier says , well tasted : that of the young ones is better . But , of all delicacies , the Flamingo's tongue is the most celebrated . In fact , the Roman emperors considered them ...
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... flesh is also considered by them as a delicacy , and the bird is therefore in great request at St. Kilda . When a whale is taken , these birds will , in defiance of all endeavours , light upon it , and pick out large lumps of fat , even ...
... flesh is also considered by them as a delicacy , and the bird is therefore in great request at St. Kilda . When a whale is taken , these birds will , in defiance of all endeavours , light upon it , and pick out large lumps of fat , even ...
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... flesh - coloured , and the claws black . There are about twenty varieties of this tribe , which are all distinguished by an angular knob on the chap . Gulls are found in great plenty in every place ; but it is chiefly round the rockiest ...
... flesh - coloured , and the claws black . There are about twenty varieties of this tribe , which are all distinguished by an angular knob on the chap . Gulls are found in great plenty in every place ; but it is chiefly round the rockiest ...
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... flesh ; and of these , the poor inhabitants of the northern British islands make their wretched banquets . They have been long used to no other food ; and even salted Gull can be relished by those who know no better . * This bird ...
... flesh ; and of these , the poor inhabitants of the northern British islands make their wretched banquets . They have been long used to no other food ; and even salted Gull can be relished by those who know no better . * This bird ...
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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