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... Oppian , what he mistakes for whale fishing : he was deceived by the word κητος , which is used not only to exprefs whale in general , but any great fish . The poet here meant the bark , and fhews the way of taking it in the very manner ...
... Oppian , what he mistakes for whale fishing : he was deceived by the word κητος , which is used not only to exprefs whale in general , but any great fish . The poet here meant the bark , and fhews the way of taking it in the very manner ...
Page 42
... : the pectoral fins ten feet long : the * Oppian , Halicut , I. Lin , 368. Alian Hift . an . ix . c . 49 , Plin . lib , îx . 6 • 5 • back back fin about three feet high , placed near the 42 ROUND - LIPPED WHALE . Clafs IV .
... : the pectoral fins ten feet long : the * Oppian , Halicut , I. Lin , 368. Alian Hift . an . ix . c . 49 , Plin . lib , îx . 6 • 5 • back back fin about three feet high , placed near the 42 ROUND - LIPPED WHALE . Clafs IV .
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... Oppian Halieut . I. 103 . Raia undulata five cinerea . Raia Batis . Lin . Syft . 395- Raia varia , dorfo medio gla- bro , unico aculeorum ordine in cauda . Arted . fynon . 102 . Rondel . 346. Gefner pifc . 791 . The Skate , or Flaire ...
... Oppian Halieut . I. 103 . Raia undulata five cinerea . Raia Batis . Lin . Syft . 395- Raia varia , dorfo medio gla- bro , unico aculeorum ordine in cauda . Arted . fynon . 102 . Rondel . 346. Gefner pifc . 791 . The Skate , or Flaire ...
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... Oppian Halieut . ii . 141 . Bos ovidii ? 94. Plinii lib . ix . c . 24 . Raia oxyrhinchus . Rondel . 347 . Gefner pifc . 792 . IN Wil . Ieth . 71. Raii fyn . pife . 26 . Raia oxyrinchus . Lin . ft . 395 . Raia varia tuberculis , decem ...
... Oppian Halieut . ii . 141 . Bos ovidii ? 94. Plinii lib . ix . c . 24 . Raia oxyrhinchus . Rondel . 347 . Gefner pifc . 792 . IN Wil . Ieth . 71. Raii fyn . pife . 26 . Raia oxyrinchus . Lin . ft . 395 . Raia varia tuberculis , decem ...
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... Oppian styles it , Ευρύτατο παντεσσι μετ ' ίχουσιν . Broadeft among fishes . He adds an account of its fondnefs of human flesh , and the method it takes of destroying men , by over - laying and keeping them down by its vast weight till ...
... Oppian styles it , Ευρύτατο παντεσσι μετ ' ίχουσιν . Broadeft among fishes . He adds an account of its fondnefs of human flesh , and the method it takes of destroying men , by over - laying and keeping them down by its vast weight till ...
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alfo almoſt alſo anal fin antients Arift Arted belly Belon black ſpots BLENNY body branchioftegous rays coafts color Cyprinus Defcr deſcribed dorfo dorſal fin duſky eſteemed eyes falmon fame Faun fays fcales fecond feet feven fharp fides fifh filvery fin confifts firft firſt firſt dorſal fin fiſh fiſhermen fize flender fmall foft fome fometimes fpecies fpines fpotted fuch fuec fyft fynon Gefner pifc Genus gills Gronov Halieut head Hift Icth inches irides itſelf laft largeſt laſt lateral line length Linnæus maxilla moſt mouth muſt nofe noſe numbers obferved Oppian pectoral fins pinna placed Plinii lib Pliny pounds Raii fyn reſemblance reſpect river Rondel Salvian ſcales Schonevelde ſeaſon ſeen ſeven ſharp ſhort ſkin ſmall ſmooth ſome ſpawn ſpecies ſpines ſpiny ſtrong Syft Synon tail taken teeth themſelves theſe Theſe fiſh thofe thoſe toad uſed vaft ventral fins whale yellow Zooph