Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny and Gold, 1801 |
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... species ; the external orifice being small , and placed on the upper flat surface of the 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 ...
... species ; the external orifice being small , and placed on the upper flat surface of the 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 ...
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... Species . If we turn our attention in this argument to Sea fish , those with the most capacious mouths , pursue almost every thing that exists , and often meet each other in fierce opposition , when the fish which has the widest throat ...
... Species . If we turn our attention in this argument to Sea fish , those with the most capacious mouths , pursue almost every thing that exists , and often meet each other in fierce opposition , when the fish which has the widest throat ...
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... species , pursue those of another , through vast tracts of the Ocean , from the vicinity of the Pole to the Equator . The Cod pursues the Whiting , which flies before it from the banks of Newfoundland , to the southern coasts of Spain ...
... species , pursue those of another , through vast tracts of the Ocean , from the vicinity of the Pole to the Equator . The Cod pursues the Whiting , which flies before it from the banks of Newfoundland , to the southern coasts of Spain ...
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... species of food ; but the munificent Author of Nature , notwithstanding the annual consump- tion of fishes is constant and immense , has made a kind provision for his creatures , in which the glory of his providence is remarkable in a ...
... species of food ; but the munificent Author of Nature , notwithstanding the annual consump- tion of fishes is constant and immense , has made a kind provision for his creatures , in which the glory of his providence is remarkable in a ...
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... species , and furnishes the rest with an aliment adapted to their Nature . The Table of the ingenious Mr. HARMER , and his accurate remarks upon the prolific powers of fishes , deserve a place here , and no alteration is made in them ...
... species , and furnishes the rest with an aliment adapted to their Nature . The Table of the ingenious Mr. HARMER , and his accurate remarks upon the prolific powers of fishes , deserve a place here , and no alteration is made in them ...
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