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" ... of the city of Norwich; and they made their way to the water above, though the boards were smooth planed, and five or six feet perpendicular. He says, when they first rose out of the water upon the dry board, they rested a little — which seemed... "
Salmonia: Or, Days of Fly Fishing. In a Series of Conversations. With Some ... - Page 173
by Sir Humphry Davy - 1828 - 273 pages
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The Edinburgh Journal of Science, Volume 9

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...
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Knowledge for the People ...

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...
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Popular chemistry, mechanics, arts and manufactures

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...
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Gleanings in Natural History: With Local Recollections : to which ..., Volume 2

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...
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The Field Book: Or, Sports and Pastimes of the United Kingdom; Comp. from ...

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...
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The Field Book: Or, Sports and Pastimes of the United Kingdom; Comp. from ...

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...
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The Angler in Wales: Or, Days and Nights of Sportsmen, Volume 1

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...
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Sacred philosophy of the seasons, Volume 1

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...
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Sacred Philosophy of the Seasons: Illustrating the Perfections of ..., Volume 1

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...
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Sacred Philosophy of the Seasons: Illustrating the Perfections of God, in ...

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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