History of Wonderful FishesChristopher Bentham, 1823 - 181 pages |
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Page 21
... grown , is about seventy feet , and its girth about fifty . When viewed from above , it appears like an immense animated mass , cut short , in front , so that the muzzle terminates in a somewhat squared , and almost perpendicular ...
... grown , is about seventy feet , and its girth about fifty . When viewed from above , it appears like an immense animated mass , cut short , in front , so that the muzzle terminates in a somewhat squared , and almost perpendicular ...
Page 30
... 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 way . The larger fish it penetrates with a long snout , which is in fact a hard ...
... 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 way . The larger fish it penetrates with a long snout , which is in fact a hard ...
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... growing all the way smaller like a fish . The whole body is covered with a thick bristly shining hair , which looks as if it was entirely rubbed over with oil ; and thus far the quadruped prevails over the fish . But it is in the feet ...
... growing all the way smaller like a fish . The whole body is covered with a thick bristly shining hair , which looks as if it was entirely rubbed over with oil ; and thus far the quadruped prevails over the fish . But it is in the feet ...
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... grown gray about the muzzle . As their chief food is fish , so they are very expert at pursuing and catching it . In those places where the herrings are seen in shoals , the Seals frequent , and destroy them by thou- sands . When the ...
... grown gray about the muzzle . As their chief food is fish , so they are very expert at pursuing and catching it . In those places where the herrings are seen in shoals , the Seals frequent , and destroy them by thou- sands . When the ...
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... growing for many years , the extent of their magnitude is unknown . It is generally supposed , however , that they are ... grow to an enormous size . The Ray generally chuses for its retreat , such parts of the sea as have a black muddy ...
... growing for many years , the extent of their magnitude is unknown . It is generally supposed , however , that they are ... grow to an enormous size . The Ray generally chuses for its retreat , such parts of the sea as have a black muddy ...
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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