Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny and Gold, 1801 |
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... head is one foot beneath the surface , hears voices and words uttered in the Air , but when immersed twelve feet , he scarcely hears a musquet discharged over his head ; hence it is probable , that Nature having for ever con- signed ...
... head is one foot beneath the surface , hears voices and words uttered in the Air , but when immersed twelve feet , he scarcely hears a musquet discharged over his head ; hence it is probable , that Nature having for ever con- signed ...
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... head ; but it is not every genus of fishes that has the outward opening . The nerves of the Ear pass outwards from the brain , and appear to terminate at once on the external surface of the swelling of the semi - circular tubes above ...
... head ; but it is not every genus of fishes that has the outward opening . The nerves of the Ear pass outwards from the brain , and appear to terminate at once on the external surface of the swelling of the semi - circular tubes above ...
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... head ; and which probably defends it in the water , as they are without Eye - lids ; the globe is more depressed in front , and is furnished behind with a muscle , which serves to lengthen or flatten it according to the animal's ...
... head ; and which probably defends it in the water , as they are without Eye - lids ; the globe is more depressed in front , and is furnished behind with a muscle , which serves to lengthen or flatten it according to the animal's ...
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... head sinks lower and lower , and it stands , as it were , upon it ; until , getting weaker and losing all poise , the tail turns over , and at last it swims on the surface of the water with its belly upwards . The reason why fishes ...
... head sinks lower and lower , and it stands , as it were , upon it ; until , getting weaker and losing all poise , the tail turns over , and at last it swims on the surface of the water with its belly upwards . The reason why fishes ...
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... head , and by the regular undulated appearance of the sides , as if they were ribbed . The glutinous parts about the head , lose their delicate flavour after it has been twenty - four hours out of water , even in winter , in VOL . II . I ...
... head , and by the regular undulated appearance of the sides , as if they were ribbed . The glutinous parts about the head , lose their delicate flavour after it has been twenty - four hours out of water , even in winter , in VOL . II . I ...
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