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Page ix
... almost universal , is it founded on reafon ? In fome it may be owned that the outward form is disagreeable , while the noxious qualities of others are justly productive of terror : but are we on that account to reject them ? The more ...
... almost universal , is it founded on reafon ? In fome it may be owned that the outward form is disagreeable , while the noxious qualities of others are justly productive of terror : but are we on that account to reject them ? The more ...
Page 11
... almost every Being capable of annoying it , a strong repugnancy to meddle with fo hideous and threatening an appearance . tion . The time of their propagation is very early in Genera the spring : at that season the females are seen ...
... almost every Being capable of annoying it , a strong repugnancy to meddle with fo hideous and threatening an appearance . tion . The time of their propagation is very early in Genera the spring : at that season the females are seen ...
Page 18
... almost three feet long.ods The ground - color of this ferpent is a dirty yellow ; that of the female deeper . Its back is marked the whole length with a series of rhomboid black spots , touching each other at the points ; the fides with ...
... almost three feet long.ods The ground - color of this ferpent is a dirty yellow ; that of the female deeper . Its back is marked the whole length with a series of rhomboid black spots , touching each other at the points ; the fides with ...
Page 50
... almost always given them . A dolphin is fcarce ever exhibited by the antients in a ftrait shape , but almost always incurvated : fuch are those on the coin of Alexander the Great , which is preserved by Belon , as well as on feveral ...
... almost always given them . A dolphin is fcarce ever exhibited by the antients in a ftrait shape , but almost always incurvated : fuch are those on the coin of Alexander the Great , which is preserved by Belon , as well as on feveral ...
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... almost darken the fea as they rise above water to take breath : but porpeffes not only feek for prey near the surface , but often descend to the bot- tom in search of fand eels , and fea worms , which they root out of the fand with ...
... almost darken the fea as they rise above water to take breath : but porpeffes not only feek for prey near the surface , but often descend to the bot- tom in search of fand eels , and fea worms , which they root out of the fand with ...
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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