 | 1888 - 596 pages
...from its liver, one fish yielding from a ton to a ton and a half. Its capture is attended with some danger, as one blow from its enormously strong tail...sufficient to stave in the sides of a large boat. [Cases The Notidanidtt are characterized by having only one dorsal fin, " J without spine, opposite to the... | |
 | 1879 - 270 pages
...approaches annually the West Coast of Ireland, rarely straying to the coasts of England and Scotland. Jt is of a harmless disposition, its food consisting...species furnishing an excellent wool. The wild species are brown, while thedomesticated kinds are black, white, or brown, and often variegated. The Camel... | |
 | British Museum - 1880 - 306 pages
...the most bulky species of Deer, inhabiting North America and some districts of North Eastern Europe. approaches annually the West Coast of Ireland, rarely...stave in the sides of a large boat. Cases 1 and 2, 81 and 32. The Llamas, used as beasts of burden in the Andes of South America, one species furnishing... | |
 | Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther - 1880 - 754 pages
...yielding from a ton to a ton and a-half. Its capture is not unattended with danger, as one blow from the enormously strong tail is sufficient to. stave in the sides of a large boat. At certain seasons it is gregarious, and many specimens may be seen in calm weather lying together... | |
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Jt is of a harmless disposition, its food consisting of small fishes and other marine animals swimming in shoals. On the West Coast of Ireland it is chased for the sake of the oil which is extracted from the liver, one fish yielding from a ton to a ton... 