History of Wonderful FishesChristopher Bentham, 1823 - 181 pages |
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Page 11
... quantity . They usually swim in troops ; and are found in most parts of the Northern Ocean . The Greenlanders pur- sue and kill them on account of their oil , for domestic uses ; they use their flesh for food , and their teeth as ...
... quantity . They usually swim in troops ; and are found in most parts of the Northern Ocean . The Greenlanders pur- sue and kill them on account of their oil , for domestic uses ; they use their flesh for food , and their teeth as ...
Page 12
... quantity ; and the whalebone of which their jaws consist , and which supplies , in these animals , the place of teeth in catching and securing their food . THE GREAT WHALE is believed to be the largest of all living creatures . It ...
... quantity ; and the whalebone of which their jaws consist , and which supplies , in these animals , the place of teeth in catching and securing their food . THE GREAT WHALE is believed to be the largest of all living creatures . It ...
Page 23
... quantity of nourish- ment that they must of necessity require . They feed on various kinds of fish , which swim in shoals , both large and small , nor do they seem to refuse any marine animals that come in their way . They swallow ...
... quantity of nourish- ment that they must of necessity require . They feed on various kinds of fish , which swim in shoals , both large and small , nor do they seem to refuse any marine animals that come in their way . They swallow ...
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... quantity , that as much as eighteen or twenty butts of it have been taken from the heads of the largest Cachalots . The spermaceti , when the animals are alive , is perfectly fluid , but when cold , it is of a whitish colour , and is ...
... quantity , that as much as eighteen or twenty butts of it have been taken from the heads of the largest Cachalots . The spermaceti , when the animals are alive , is perfectly fluid , but when cold , it is of a whitish colour , and is ...
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... quantity of lines , and , instead " of waiting for the return of the tide in the " coble , they all return to the boat and hait " their other lines ; thus hawling one set , and 66 shooting another , every turn of tide . They 66 commonly ...
... quantity of lines , and , instead " of waiting for the return of the tide in the " coble , they all return to the boat and hait " their other lines ; thus hawling one set , and 66 shooting another , every turn of tide . They 66 commonly ...
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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