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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... surface to be readily seen by the naked eye during calm wea- ther . Amid these submarine pastures , a number of marine animals are found ; and , among them , prodigious multitudes of Turtles . In these mea- dows , as they may be called ...
... surface to be readily seen by the naked eye during calm wea- ther . Amid these submarine pastures , a number of marine animals are found ; and , among them , prodigious multitudes of Turtles . In these mea- dows , as they may be called ...
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... surface , holding their heads above water , appa- rently for the purpose of breathing the fresh air . But as they are surrounded with many dangers , both from their natural enemies , and from mankind , they are necessitated to use great ...
... surface , holding their heads above water , appa- rently for the purpose of breathing the fresh air . But as they are surrounded with many dangers , both from their natural enemies , and from mankind , they are necessitated to use great ...
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... surface of the water . The legs are so far . fin - shaped as to be of little other use than to swim with . The inhabitants of the Bahama Islands are pecu- liarly dexterous in catching the Turtles . In the month of April , they go in ...
... surface of the water . The legs are so far . fin - shaped as to be of little other use than to swim with . The inhabitants of the Bahama Islands are pecu- liarly dexterous in catching the Turtles . In the month of April , they go in ...
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... surface of the water , where some person is in waiting to slip a noose round their neck . 1 They very seldom go ashore , except for the pur- pose of depositing their eggs in the sand : this is done in April . They dig a hole at high ...
... surface of the water , where some person is in waiting to slip a noose round their neck . 1 They very seldom go ashore , except for the pur- pose of depositing their eggs in the sand : this is done in April . They dig a hole at high ...
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... surface of the water , apparently about midway between the Azores and the Bahama Islands , and these were the nearest possible land . This circum- stance was the more remarkable as it happened in the month of April , just at their ...
... surface of the water , apparently about midway between the Azores and the Bahama Islands , and these were the nearest possible land . This circum- stance was the more remarkable as it happened in the month of April , just at their ...
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