Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny and Gold, 1801 |
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... whole mouth of most fishes being covered with a hard bony substance , by which they are deprived of almost all power of discriminating different bodies by the Palate , insomuch , that the salt - water fishes have been known to swallow ...
... whole mouth of most fishes being covered with a hard bony substance , by which they are deprived of almost all power of discriminating different bodies by the Palate , insomuch , that the salt - water fishes have been known to swallow ...
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... whole Organ is composed of a kind of cartilaginous substance , very hard or firm in parts , and which in some fishes , is crusted over with a thin bony lamella , so as not to allow it to collapse ; for as the skull does not form any ...
... whole Organ is composed of a kind of cartilaginous substance , very hard or firm in parts , and which in some fishes , is crusted over with a thin bony lamella , so as not to allow it to collapse ; for as the skull does not form any ...
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... few species , one region of the Sea , or individual efforts ; almost the whole order is continually irritated by the cravings of an appetite , which excites them to en- counter every danger , and which , by its excess 11.
... few species , one region of the Sea , or individual efforts ; almost the whole order is continually irritated by the cravings of an appetite , which excites them to en- counter every danger , and which , by its excess 11.
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... whole armies of Herrings from the regions of the North , devouring at every instant , thousands in the rear . Hence the life of every fish , from the smallest to the greatest , is but a continued scene of rapine , and every quarter of ...
... whole armies of Herrings from the regions of the North , devouring at every instant , thousands in the rear . Hence the life of every fish , from the smallest to the greatest , is but a continued scene of rapine , and every quarter of ...
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... whole ; so that the flesh of all terrestrial animals may be considered as being pro- duced from vegetable matter , changed by the animal process into its present state . In like manner , the flesh of all fishes may be deemed to be water ...
... whole ; so that the flesh of all terrestrial animals may be considered as being pro- duced from vegetable matter , changed by the animal process into its present state . In like manner , the flesh of all fishes may be deemed to be water ...
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