| 1828 - 408 pages
...rose out of the water upon the dry board they rested a little, which seemed to be till their slime was thrown out, and sufficiently glutinous, and then...facility as if they had been moving on a plane surface. There can, I think, be no doubt that they are assisted by their small scales, which, placed like those... | |
| John Timbs - 1832 - 362 pages
...rose out of the water upon the dry board, they rested a little, which seemed to l>e till their slime was thrown out, and sufficiently glutinous ; and then...facility, as if they had been moving on a plane surface. There can, I think, be no doubt that they are assisted by their small scales, which, placed like those... | |
| John Timbs - 1832 - 356 pages
...rose out of the water upon the dry boardj they rested a little, which seemed to be till their slime was thrown out, and sufficiently glutinous ; and then...facility, as if they had been moving on a plane surface. There can, I think, be no doubt that they are assisted by their small scales, which, placed like those... | |
| Edward Jesse - 1832 - 342 pages
...out of the ' water upon the dry board, they rested a little, which ' seemed to be till their slime was thrown out and ' sufficiently glutinous, and then they rose up the ' perpendicular ascent as if they had been moving ' on a plane surface. There can, I think, be no ' doubt that they are assisted... | |
| William Hamilton Maxwell - 1833 - 640 pages
...teemed to be till their slime was thrown out, and sufficiently glutinous — and then they rose np the perpendicular ascent with the same facility as...p. 311.) There can, I think, be no doubt, that they arc assisted by their small scales, which, placed like those of serpents, must facilitate their progressive... | |
| William Hamilton Maxwell - 1833 - 618 pages
...rose out of the water upon the dry board, they rested a little — which seemed to be till their slime was thrown out, and sufficiently glutinous— and...facility as if they had been moving on a plane surface. — (Tram. Abr. vol. ix. p. 311.) There can, I think, be no doubt, that they are assisted by their... | |
| Thomas Medwin - 1834 - 370 pages
...rose out of the water upon the dryboard, they rested a little — which seemed to be till their slime was thrown out, and sufficiently glutinous — and...with the same facility as if they had been moving ou a plane surface. — (Trans. Abr. vol. ix. p. 311.) There can, I think, be no doubt, that they are... | |
| Henry Duncan - 1836 - 430 pages
...rose out of the water upon the dry board, they rested a little, which seemed to be till their slime was thrown out, and sufficiently glutinous, and then they rose up the perpendicular ascent as if they had been moving on a plain surface. There can, I think, be no doubt, that they are assisted... | |
| Henry Duncan - 1847 - 430 pages
...rose out of the water, upon the dry board', they rested a little, which seemed to be till their slime was thrown out, and sufficiently glutinous, and then they rose up the perpendicular ascent as if they had been moving on a plain surface. There can, I think, be no doubt, that they are assisted... | |
| Henry Duncan (D.D.) - 1847 - 430 pages
...out of the water upon the dry board, they rested a little, which seemed to be till their slime w^is thrown out, and sufficiently glutinous, and then they rose up the perpendicular ascent as if they had been moving on a plain surface. There can, I think, be no doubt, that they are assisted... | |
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