A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, and Plants, Volume 4Gray & Bowen, 1831 |
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Page 66
... fins , and seems to rest upon its pectoral and ventral fins near the bottom : if the fish folds up ( for it has the power of folding ) , either of its pectoral fins , it inclines to the same side ; folding the right pectoral fin , its ...
... fins , and seems to rest upon its pectoral and ventral fins near the bottom : if the fish folds up ( for it has the power of folding ) , either of its pectoral fins , it inclines to the same side ; folding the right pectoral fin , its ...
Page 68
... fin , and black on the back ; the ICELAND WHALE , without a back fin , and whitish on the back ; the NEW. 68 NATURAL HISTORY .
... fin , and black on the back ; the ICELAND WHALE , without a back fin , and whitish on the back ; the NEW. 68 NATURAL HISTORY .
Page 69
... fin , and whitish on the back ; the NEW ENGLAND WHALE , with a hump on the back ; the WHALE WITH SIX HUMPS on the back ... fins on each side are from five to eight feet , composed of bones and muscles , and suf- ficiently strong to give ...
... fin , and whitish on the back ; the NEW ENGLAND WHALE , with a hump on the back ; the WHALE WITH SIX HUMPS on the back ... fins on each side are from five to eight feet , composed of bones and muscles , and suf- ficiently strong to give ...
Page 70
... fins , the longest spars of which are found to be not less than eighteen feet . The tongue is almost immoveably fixed to the lower jaw , seeming one great lump of fat ; and , in fact , it fills several hogsheads with blubber . The eyes ...
... fins , the longest spars of which are found to be not less than eighteen feet . The tongue is almost immoveably fixed to the lower jaw , seeming one great lump of fat ; and , in fact , it fills several hogsheads with blubber . The eyes ...
Page 72
... fins ; and whatever efforts the great animal makes , it still keeps its hold , and lives upon the fat , which it is provided with in- struments to arrive at . The sword - fish , however , is the Whale's most terrible enemy . " At the ...
... fins ; and whatever efforts the great animal makes , it still keeps its hold , and lives upon the fat , which it is provided with in- struments to arrive at . The sword - fish , however , is the Whale's most terrible enemy . " At the ...
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Alligator anal fins animal appears ash colour back fin bait belly bill bird boat body bones bottom brown called claws coasts common covered CRAB creature Crocodile danger deep devour dorsal fin DUCK dusky Eels eggs EIDER DUCK England eyes feathers feed feet long female fish fishermen flesh Frog furnished genus gills goose Greenland grows GULL head hundred inches in length inches long inhabitants kind known lakes lateral line legs lizard mackerel manner motion mouth MULTIVALVE neck pectoral fins placed plumage pounds pounds weight prey quadrupeds rays resembles rivers round scales season seen seize seldom Serpent Shark shell shoals shore side silvery skin slender snail Snake sometimes spawn species spermaceti spines spots surface swimming tail taken teeth thick Toad Tortoise tribe upper venomous ventral ventral fins Viper viviparous weighs whale whole wings wound yellow young