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Page 18
... grows feldom to a greater length than two feet ; tho ' once we faw a female ( which is nearly a third larger than the male ) which was almost three feet long.ods The ground - color of this ferpent is a dirty yellow ; that of the female ...
... grows feldom to a greater length than two feet ; tho ' once we faw a female ( which is nearly a third larger than the male ) which was almost three feet long.ods The ground - color of this ferpent is a dirty yellow ; that of the female ...
Page 25
... grows fuddenly , and continues of an equal bulk to the tail , which ends quite blunt . The color of the back is cinereous , marked with very small lines compofed of minute black specks ; the fides are of a reddish caft ; the belly dusky ...
... grows fuddenly , and continues of an equal bulk to the tail , which ends quite blunt . The color of the back is cinereous , marked with very small lines compofed of minute black specks ; the fides are of a reddish caft ; the belly dusky ...
Page 35
... grow . Such is their bulk within the arctic circle , but in those of the torrid zone , where they are unmolested , whales are still seen one hundred and fixty feet long * . The head is very much difproportioned to the fize of the body ...
... grow . Such is their bulk within the arctic circle , but in those of the torrid zone , where they are unmolested , whales are still seen one hundred and fixty feet long * . The head is very much difproportioned to the fize of the body ...
Page 43
... grow to the length of twenty feet ; they make but little noise in blowing , are very tame , come very near the ships , and will accompany them for a great way . Belon describes and figures a fifh very much re- fembling , if not the fame ...
... grow to the length of twenty feet ; they make but little noise in blowing , are very tame , come very near the ships , and will accompany them for a great way . Belon describes and figures a fifh very much re- fembling , if not the fame ...
Page 45
... grows very small at the point , bending very much ; but in some the flexure is more than in others . These , as well as the teeth of all other whales , we have ob- served are very hard , and cut like ivory . The eyes very small , and ...
... grows very small at the point , bending very much ; but in some the flexure is more than in others . These , as well as the teeth of all other whales , we have ob- served are very hard , and cut like ivory . The eyes very small , 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