History of Wonderful FishesChristopher Bentham, 1823 - 181 pages |
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Page 14
... prey . The eyes of all the Whale kind are covered by eye - lids , as in man , thus preserving and resting that organ . The female is supposed to carry her young nine or ten months , and generally produces one or at most two at a birth ...
... prey . The eyes of all the Whale kind are covered by eye - lids , as in man , thus preserving and resting that organ . The female is supposed to carry her young nine or ten months , and generally produces one or at most two at a birth ...
Page 19
... prey into shallow water , he was left by the tide aground upon the sands . - The fishermen collec- ted , and after a desperate conflict , in which the Whale fought with the utmost fury . ' succeeded in putting him to death . This Whale ...
... prey into shallow water , he was left by the tide aground upon the sands . - The fishermen collec- ted , and after a desperate conflict , in which the Whale fought with the utmost fury . ' succeeded in putting him to death . This Whale ...
Page 35
... prey , and sometimes even in their gambols , these leaps have been repeated with such astonishing celerity , that it is scarcely possible to conceive how , in such short intervals , the necessary force could be im- pressed . They have ...
... prey , and sometimes even in their gambols , these leaps have been repeated with such astonishing celerity , that it is scarcely possible to conceive how , in such short intervals , the necessary force could be im- pressed . They have ...
Page 38
... prey near the sur- face of the water ; they also occasionally descend to the bottom , and root about among the sand and mud , for flat - fish , sand - launces , and various kinds of marine worms . We are informed , likewise , that ...
... prey near the sur- face of the water ; they also occasionally descend to the bottom , and root about among the sand and mud , for flat - fish , sand - launces , and various kinds of marine worms . We are informed , likewise , that ...
Page 39
... prey , gets within the line , where he continues his chace till he finds by the ebbing of the tide , that it is time to retire into the deeper water . He now makes towards the river ; but the twigs being then in part above water , and ...
... prey , gets within the line , where he continues his chace till he finds by the ebbing of the tide , that it is time to retire into the deeper water . He now makes towards the river ; but the twigs being then in part above water , and ...
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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