History of Wonderful FishesChristopher Bentham, 1823 - 181 pages |
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CONTENTS . Page . The Sea Unicorn - Great Whale - - Sword Fish Dolphin Porpoise — Grampus Seal - - Shark - Ray Electrical Eel , or Torpedo - Cuttle Fish 7 12 30 33 4 37 40 42 50 59 68 77 - Sturgeon 75 - - Cod Migration of Fishes 82 86 ...
CONTENTS . Page . The Sea Unicorn - Great Whale - - Sword Fish Dolphin Porpoise — Grampus Seal - - Shark - Ray Electrical Eel , or Torpedo - Cuttle Fish 7 12 30 33 4 37 40 42 50 59 68 77 - Sturgeon 75 - - Cod Migration of Fishes 82 86 ...
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... sword - fish . Whenever this appears , the Whale immediately exerts all his powers to escape its attack , which is always unavoidable if they meet . The Sword Fish is sufficiently active to evade the blows that he makes with his tail ...
... sword - fish . Whenever this appears , the Whale immediately exerts all his powers to escape its attack , which is always unavoidable if they meet . The Sword Fish is sufficiently active to evade the blows that he makes with his tail ...
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... get clear of the ice by the end of August ; so that in the month of September , at furthest , they may be ex- pected home . The more fortunate ships how- ever return in June or July . THE SWORD - FISH . THE Sword - fish is 29.
... get clear of the ice by the end of August ; so that in the month of September , at furthest , they may be ex- pected home . The more fortunate ships how- ever return in June or July . THE SWORD - FISH . THE Sword - fish is 29.
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THE SWORD - FISH . THE Sword - fish is a very large and powerful animal , ofttimes growing to the length of twenty feet and upwards . Its voracity is un- bounded , for it attacks and destroys almost every thing living that comes in its ...
THE SWORD - FISH . THE Sword - fish is a very large and powerful animal , ofttimes growing to the length of twenty feet and upwards . Its voracity is un- bounded , for it attacks and destroys almost every thing living that comes in its ...
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... sword or snout of one of these fishes . On the outside , this was rough , not unlike seal - skin , and the end , where it was broken off , appeared like a coarse kind of ivory . The fish , from the direction in which the sword lay , is ...
... sword or snout of one of these fishes . On the outside , this was rough , not unlike seal - skin , and the end , where it was broken off , appeared like a coarse kind of ivory . The fish , from the direction in which the sword lay , is ...
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animal appear bait Barnacle Goose belly blubber boats body bottom Cachalot caught claws coast colour covered crab creature danger deep devour diving Dolphin Eels eggs eight Electrical Eel encrease enemies fastened feet in length fins fish fisheries fishermen five flesh frequently furnished Goose Barnacle Grampus Greenland grow habitation harpoon head holes Holibut hooks hundred inches inhabitants kind lines lobster Mackerel manner miles motion mouth muscles Nautilus nets nippers numbers ocean oysters pearls pieces pilchard ponds porpoise pounds pounds weight prey pursue quadruped quantity resembles retreats rivers rocks sail Salmon salt sand scarcely season seems seen seize seldom Shark shell Shetland Isles ship shoals shore side skin sometimes soon spawn spermaceti stomach Sturgeon substance Sucking-fish surface swim Sword-fish tail taken teeth three or four throw tide tribe Turbot usually voracity weather Whale White Shark whole young