Animal Biography, Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners, and Economy, of the Animal Creation: Arranged According to the System of LinnaeusR. Phillips, 1805 |
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Page 19
... resemblance to the last the head however is larger , the shell broader , and the number of segments of the disk is fifteen , of which the middle range is gibbous or protuberant towards their tips . The fore legs are large and strong ...
... resemblance to the last the head however is larger , the shell broader , and the number of segments of the disk is fifteen , of which the middle range is gibbous or protuberant towards their tips . The fore legs are large and strong ...
Page 54
... resemblance to that little reptile , they called the first of them which they saw Lagarto , or Lizard . When our countrymen arrived and heard that name , they called the creature a - Lagarto , whence was afterwards derived the word ...
... resemblance to that little reptile , they called the first of them which they saw Lagarto , or Lizard . When our countrymen arrived and heard that name , they called the creature a - Lagarto , whence was afterwards derived the word ...
Page 123
... , Numbing Eel , by the English . - Beave Aal , by the Dutch . - Electric Eel . Pbil . Trans.Anguille tremblante , by the French . On a transient view it bears a great resemblance both THE ELECTRICAL GYMNOTUS , OR EEL . 123.
... , Numbing Eel , by the English . - Beave Aal , by the Dutch . - Electric Eel . Pbil . Trans.Anguille tremblante , by the French . On a transient view it bears a great resemblance both THE ELECTRICAL GYMNOTUS , OR EEL . 123.
Page 124
... resemblance both in shape and colour to the Common Eel . It is from three to four feet in length , and in the thickest part of its body ten or twelve inches in cir- cumference . The head is flat , and the mouth wide , and destitute of ...
... resemblance both in shape and colour to the Common Eel . It is from three to four feet in length , and in the thickest part of its body ten or twelve inches in cir- cumference . The head is flat , and the mouth wide , and destitute of ...
Page 142
... resemblance they are so con- scious , that whenever they find themselves in danger they sink into the mud , and continue perfectly mo- tionless . This is a circumstance so well known to fishermen , that within their palings on the ...
... resemblance they are so con- scious , that whenever they find themselves in danger they sink into the mud , and continue perfectly mo- tionless . This is a circumstance so well known to fishermen , that within their palings on the ...
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