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... length of volumes trails behind . Pitt . But if after all fome lively writer fhould purfue the Naturalifts with more wit than argument , and more humor than good - nature , it should be endured with patience . Ridicule is , however ...
... length of volumes trails behind . Pitt . But if after all fome lively writer fhould purfue the Naturalifts with more wit than argument , and more humor than good - nature , it should be endured with patience . Ridicule is , however ...
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... length was fix feet nine inches , and breadth from the tip of one fore leg to that of the other ten feet four inches . The covering of this fpecies is compared to that of the Testudo coriacea of Rondeletius , which has an integument ...
... length was fix feet nine inches , and breadth from the tip of one fore leg to that of the other ten feet four inches . The covering of this fpecies is compared to that of the Testudo coriacea of Rondeletius , which has an integument ...
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... length of the body is two inches and a quar- ter ; the breadth , one and a quarter : the length of the fore legs one inch one - fixth ; of the hind legs , two inches . We are indebted to Jofeph Banks , efq ; for this account . Genus A I ...
... length of the body is two inches and a quar- ter ; the breadth , one and a quarter : the length of the fore legs one inch one - fixth ; of the hind legs , two inches . We are indebted to Jofeph Banks , efq ; for this account . Genus A I ...
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... length from the nose to the hind legs was three inches ; from thence to the end of the tail three and three quarters . Along the back was a black list ; each fide of that a brown one : then succeeded a narrow ftripe , spot- ted ...
... length from the nose to the hind legs was three inches ; from thence to the end of the tail three and three quarters . Along the back was a black list ; each fide of that a brown one : then succeeded a narrow ftripe , spot- ted ...
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... length of this fpecies was fix inches and an half , of which the tail was three and a quarter . The irides yellow : the head and beginning of the back flat , and covered with fmall pimples or warts , of a dark dusky color ; the fides ...
... length of this fpecies was fix inches and an half , of which the tail was three and a quarter . The irides yellow : the head and beginning of the back flat , and covered with fmall pimples or warts , of a dark dusky color ; the fides ...
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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