A Guide to the Exhibition Rooms of the Departments of Natural History and Antiquitiesorder of the Trustees, 1878 - 154 pages |
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... kinds of Orang from Borneo and Sumatra . These animals live chiefly on fruits , but possess an extraordinary strength , which they well know how to use when attacked . Over the Cases containing the Antelopes and Bats are placed the ...
... kinds of Orang from Borneo and Sumatra . These animals live chiefly on fruits , but possess an extraordinary strength , which they well know how to use when attacked . Over the Cases containing the Antelopes and Bats are placed the ...
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... kinds of Ibex and Wild Goats of Siberia , India , and Europe , and some of their domestic varieties ( Cases 6 to 8 ... kind of Antelopes acclimatized in England and Ireland ; by the Elk , the most bulky species of Deer , inhabiting North ...
... kinds of Ibex and Wild Goats of Siberia , India , and Europe , and some of their domestic varieties ( Cases 6 to 8 ... kind of Antelopes acclimatized in England and Ireland ; by the Elk , the most bulky species of Deer , inhabiting North ...
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... kinds are black , white , or brown , and often variegated . The Camels , remarkable for their stomachs complicated with cells for holding water , and for their humps , which are stores of nutriment , whereby they are fitted for long ...
... kinds are black , white , or brown , and often variegated . The Camels , remarkable for their stomachs complicated with cells for holding water , and for their humps , which are stores of nutriment , whereby they are fitted for long ...
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... kinds of Seals , Manatees , and Porpoises ; and arranged in Table Cases are the general collections of Corals . In the central eastern division of this Saloon , suspended from the roof , is the skeleton of a Whale from New Zealand ...
... kinds of Seals , Manatees , and Porpoises ; and arranged in Table Cases are the general collections of Corals . In the central eastern division of this Saloon , suspended from the roof , is the skeleton of a Whale from New Zealand ...
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... kind of hammock in which they nurse their young . Cases 21-51 contain the Carnivorous Quadrupeds , distinguished by the sharpness and trenchant form of some of their molars , the tubercles projecting from others , and the large size of ...
... kind of hammock in which they nurse their young . Cases 21-51 contain the Carnivorous Quadrupeds , distinguished by the sharpness and trenchant form of some of their molars , the tubercles projecting from others , and the large size of ...
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