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The Wonders of Nature and Art: Or, A Concise Account of Whatever is Most ... - Page 172
by Thomas Smith - 1804
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A Modern System of Natural History: Containing Accurate ..., Volume 9

Samuel Ward - 1776 - 410 pages
...flefh at that time changes its colour; therefore moft of them are obliged to ftay in the flat parts till they recover, making holes in the earth, •which they cover at the mouth with leaves and dirt, fo that no air may enter. There they throw off their old (hells, which they leave in a manner quite...
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The Arminian Magazine: Consisting of Extracts and Original ..., Volume 6

John Wesley - 1783 - 798 pages
...feeble, that they can hardly creep along. Moft of them., therefore, are obliged to continue in the ftat parts of the country till they recover, making holes in the earth, vfhich they cover at the mouth with leaves and dirt. There they thrpw off their old fhells. At that...
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The Britannic magazine; or entertaining repository of heroic adventures. Vol ...

94 pages
...and lean, that they can hardly creep along, and the flefh at that time changes its colour. The mod of them, therefore, are obliged to continue in the....which they cover at the mouth with leaves and dirt, fo that no air may enter. There they throw off their old (hells, which they leave, as it were, quite...
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The Britannic magazine; or entertaining repository of heroic ..., Volume 1

482 pages
...then leave the ueapon where they inflicted the wound. They even try t changes its colour. The moft of them, therefore, are obliged to continue in the...the country till they recover, making holes in the ranh, UILICU me wouna. j. ney even try 19 recover, maKing noies in tne ear IB, intimidate their enemies...
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Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts ..., Volume 4, Part 1

Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 454 pages
...conlmue ia the flat parts of the country till it away» See (the Index fiibjoined to) MRDICISE.». they recover, making holes in the earth, which they cover at the mouth with leaves and dirt, fo that no aii may enter. There they throw off their old (hells, which they leave, as it were, quite...
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The New Wonderful Museum, and Extraordinary Magazine: Being a Complete ...

William Granger - 1802 - 672 pages
...and lean, that they can hardly creep along, and the flefli at that time changes its colour. The moft of them, therefore, are obliged to continue in the...which they cover at the mouth with leaves and dirt, fo tlrat no air may enter. There they throw off their old (hells, •which they leave, as it were,...
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A Key to Physic and the Occult Sciences, Opening to Mental View the System ...

Ebenezer Sibly - 1802 - 420 pages
...and lean, that they can hardly creep along, and the flefh at that time changes its colour. The moft of them, therefore, are obliged to continue in the...which they cover at the mouth with leaves and dirt, fo that no air may enter. There they throw off their old fhells, which they leave, as it were, quite...
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Animal Biography: Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners ..., Volume 3

William Bingley - 1803 - 624 pages
...and their flesh at this time changes its colour. Many of them are obliged to continue in the level parts of the country till they recover, making holes in the. earth which they block up with leaves and dirt. la these they cast their old shells, and continue afterwards nearly...
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The Natural History of Animals: Containing an Account of Remarkable Beasts ...

1822 - 194 pages
...shore, and slowly travelling up the mountains. The old ones, however, are not so active to return. The most of them, therefore, are obliged to continue in the flat parts of the country till they recover. There they throw off their old shells, and remain almost without motion for six days together. They...
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Birds, pt. 5-6. Fishes, pt. 1-4. Of frogs, lizards and serpents

Oliver Goldsmith - 1824 - 510 pages
...feeble and lean, that they can hardly creep along, and the flesh at that time changes its colour. The most of them, therefore, are obliged to continue in...which they cover at the mouth with leaves and dirt, so that no air may enter. There they throw off their old shells, which they leave as it were quite...
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