The Illustrated Natural HistoryG. Routledge and Sons, 1863 - 810 pages |
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... mentioned , it has a vexatious habit of taking the angler's bait , and causes many a fisherman to lose his temper when pulling up a useless little Mud Tortoise instead of the fish on which he had set his heart . It seizes the worm just ...
... mentioned , it has a vexatious habit of taking the angler's bait , and causes many a fisherman to lose his temper when pulling up a useless little Mud Tortoise instead of the fish on which he had set his heart . It seizes the worm just ...
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... mentioned pail of water , which they usually received with a dreamy lengthy sort of hiss . Even after their three weeks ' starvation , they died very hard . One , whose throat was cut in the morning , and from whose body numerous eggs ...
... mentioned pail of water , which they usually received with a dreamy lengthy sort of hiss . Even after their three weeks ' starvation , they died very hard . One , whose throat was cut in the morning , and from whose body numerous eggs ...
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... mentioned . These great reptiles are divided , or rather fall naturally , into two families , namely , the Crocodiles and the Alligators . All the members of these families can be easily distinguished by the shape of their jaws and ...
... mentioned . These great reptiles are divided , or rather fall naturally , into two families , namely , the Crocodiles and the Alligators . All the members of these families can be easily distinguished by the shape of their jaws and ...
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... mentioned , by the lower canine teeth fitting into pits in the upper jaw . They are divided into three genera , all of which are inhabitants of the New World . They are indiscriminately called Alligators , Crocodiles , or Caymans , by ...
... mentioned , by the lower canine teeth fitting into pits in the upper jaw . They are divided into three genera , all of which are inhabitants of the New World . They are indiscriminately called Alligators , Crocodiles , or Caymans , by ...
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... mentioned as falling a victim to the previous species , is closely allied to the Teguexin . It is rather a pretty Lizard , with a very long whip - like tail , and peculiarly elongated toes on the hinder feet . The long tail is covered ...
... mentioned as falling a victim to the previous species , is closely allied to the Teguexin . It is rather a pretty Lizard , with a very long whip - like tail , and peculiarly elongated toes on the hinder feet . The long tail is covered ...
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Page 351 - Where its dim dreaming life was wont to dwell, As the frail tenant shaped his growing shell, Before thee lies revealed, — Its irised ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unsealed!
Page 351 - Build thee more stately mansions, 0 my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low- vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea!
Page 351 - Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread his lustrous coil; Still, as the spiral grew, He left the past year's dwelling for the new, Stole with soft step its shining archway through, Built up its idle door, Stretched in his last-found home, and knew the old no more.
Page 25 - ... sends the sand around her, scattering it to the distance of several feet. In this manner the hole is dug to the depth of eighteen inches, or sometimes more than two feet. This labour I have seen performed in the short period of nine minutes.
Page 266 - In this manner the merciless pursuer seemed to stride along the sea with fearful rapidity, while his brilliant coat sparkled and flashed in the sun quite splendidly. As he fell headlong on the water at the end of each huge leap, a series of circles were sent far over the still surface, -which lay as smooth as a mirror.
Page 136 - ... than the rest, actually scans its lips, and almost without resistance becomes a meal for its enemy. During such a proceeding the snake is generally observed with its head raised about ten or twelve inches above the branch round which its body and tail are entwined, with its mouth open and its neck inflated, as if anxiously endeavouring to increase the terror which it would almost appear it was aware would sooner or later bring within its grasp some one of the feathered group. "Whatever may be...
Page 591 - The Birgos is diurnal in its habits; but every night it is said to pay a visit to the sea, no doubt for the purpose of moistening its branchiae.
Page 348 - It was creeping on its eight legs, which, from their soft and flexible nature, bent considerably under the weight of its body, so that it was lifted by the efforts of its tentacula only, a small distance from the rocks. It appeared much alarmed at seeing...
Page 540 - ... able to graze, perishes in a state of extreme exhaustion. Those which are in good condition often perish soon after the bite is inflicted, with staggering and blindness, as if the brain were affected by it. Sudden changes of temperature produced by falls of rain seem to hasten the progress of the complaint; but in general, the emaciation goes on uninterruptedly for months, and do what we will, the poor animals perish miserably.
Page 540 - ... begin to run, the coat stares as if the animal were cold, a swelling appears under the jaw, and sometimes at the navel ; and, though the animal continues to graze, emaciation commences, accompanied with a peculiar flaccidity of the muscles, and this proceeds unchecked until, perhaps months afterward, purging comes on, and the animal, no longer able to graze, perishes in a state of extreme exhaustion.