Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny and Gold, 1801 |
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... numbers then must still remain in the unexplored and unfathomable Abyss of the Ocean ! The external form of the greater part of fishes , greatly tends to the celerity and ease of their motion ; at either end being sharp , and swelling ...
... numbers then must still remain in the unexplored and unfathomable Abyss of the Ocean ! The external form of the greater part of fishes , greatly tends to the celerity and ease of their motion ; at either end being sharp , and swelling ...
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... numbers subsist upon animal food alone , and of this they are so ravenous , as to spare not those of their own kind ... number , nor solitary in their habits ; their rapacity is not confined to a few species , one region of the Sea , or ...
... numbers subsist upon animal food alone , and of this they are so ravenous , as to spare not those of their own kind ... number , nor solitary in their habits ; their rapacity is not confined to a few species , one region of the Sea , or ...
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... numbers , and their productive powers , to the extent and variety of the dangers to which they are unceasingly exposed . To supply the constant waste , occasioned by their destruc- tion in the unequal combat , they are not only more ...
... numbers , and their productive powers , to the extent and variety of the dangers to which they are unceasingly exposed . To supply the constant waste , occasioned by their destruc- tion in the unequal combat , they are not only more ...
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... numbers . These Insects proceed in their career evidently in search of food alone ; the foremost of this pestife- rous throng seize upon the first vegetables that come in their way and devour them , leaving those that follow to die with ...
... numbers . These Insects proceed in their career evidently in search of food alone ; the foremost of this pestife- rous throng seize upon the first vegetables that come in their way and devour them , leaving those that follow to die with ...
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William Barker Daniel. respect consumed , or even lessened , by the numbers or long abode of this fish in one station . This reasoning is strongly confirmed , by the condition , when examined , of the body of the Herring ; whenever one ...
William Barker Daniel. respect consumed , or even lessened , by the numbers or long abode of this fish in one station . This reasoning is strongly confirmed , by the condition , when examined , of the body of the Herring ; whenever one ...
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