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... eight hundred pounds , the leffer near seven hundred . Doctor Borlafe first published these animals to the world , and discovered them in our feas . B He Size . He describes them as having seven spiny or BRITISH ZOOLOGY. ...
... eight hundred pounds , the leffer near seven hundred . Doctor Borlafe first published these animals to the world , and discovered them in our feas . B He Size . He describes them as having seven spiny or BRITISH ZOOLOGY. ...
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... first i ' th ' charmed pot . We know by the poet that this charm was in- tended for a defign of the first consideration , that of raifing the dead from their repose , and bringing be- fore the eyes of Macbeth a hateful second - fight of ...
... first i ' th ' charmed pot . We know by the poet that this charm was in- tended for a defign of the first consideration , that of raifing the dead from their repose , and bringing be- fore the eyes of Macbeth a hateful second - fight of ...
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... first spotted with black , The tail was compreffed fideways , and very thin towards the upper edge , and flender towards the end , The fore feet divided into four toes ; the hind in- to five ; all without nails , dusky spotted with ...
... first spotted with black , The tail was compreffed fideways , and very thin towards the upper edge , and flender towards the end , The fore feet divided into four toes ; the hind in- to five ; all without nails , dusky spotted with ...
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... first state . At that period they have a fin above and below their tail ; that on the upper part extends along the back as far as the head , but both drop off as foon as the animal takes to the land , being then no lon- ger of any use ...
... first state . At that period they have a fin above and below their tail ; that on the upper part extends along the back as far as the head , but both drop off as foon as the animal takes to the land , being then no lon- ger of any use ...
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... first red , afterwards livid , which by degrees fpreads to the neighbouring parts ; great faintness , and a quick tho ' low and interrupted pulse enfue ; great fickness at the stomach , bilious convulfive vomitings , cold sweats , and ...
... first red , afterwards livid , which by degrees fpreads to the neighbouring parts ; great faintness , and a quick tho ' low and interrupted pulse enfue ; great fickness at the stomach , bilious convulfive vomitings , cold sweats , and ...
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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