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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... say with cer- tainty . There is , however , good reason for sup- posing it to have been brought thither from the West Indies by a gentleman of the name ... says , without seeming to have received the slightest 12 THE COMMON TORTOISE .
... say with cer- tainty . There is , however , good reason for sup- posing it to have been brought thither from the West Indies by a gentleman of the name ... says , without seeming to have received the slightest 12 THE COMMON TORTOISE .
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Arranged According to the System of Linnaeus William Bingley. he says , without seeming to have received the slightest injury , save from the closing of its eyes , which it never afterwards opened . In a short time the hole was observed ...
Arranged According to the System of Linnaeus William Bingley. he says , without seeming to have received the slightest injury , save from the closing of its eyes , which it never afterwards opened . In a short time the hole was observed ...
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... says , he has frequently seen them dug up with the moss frozen as hard as ice . In this state their legs are as easily broken off as the stem of a tobacco - pipe , without giving them the least sensation but by wrapping them up in warm ...
... says , he has frequently seen them dug up with the moss frozen as hard as ice . In this state their legs are as easily broken off as the stem of a tobacco - pipe , without giving them the least sensation but by wrapping them up in warm ...
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... says that some philoso- phers have been of opinion that the eggs of these animals , created at the beginning of the world , and floating about on the watery expanse , have since that time continued inclosed in the interior parts of ...
... says that some philoso- phers have been of opinion that the eggs of these animals , created at the beginning of the world , and floating about on the watery expanse , have since that time continued inclosed in the interior parts of ...
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... species of Opossum . Ferman says that the Pipa is only calculated for having one breed . The number of young produced by a female that he observed was seventy - five ; and they were all perfected in the space of five days THE PIPA . 45.
... species of Opossum . Ferman says that the Pipa is only calculated for having one breed . The number of young produced by a female that he observed was seventy - five ; and they were all perfected in the space of five days THE PIPA . 45.
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