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... most instructive hints on the subject of the following sheets . Would ! would to Heaven that I was capable of adding the third to the number ! But the grateful tribute of a A 2 figh * figh is all I can give to what is now то.
... most instructive hints on the subject of the following sheets . Would ! would to Heaven that I was capable of adding the third to the number ! But the grateful tribute of a A 2 figh * figh is all I can give to what is now то.
Page iv
... long and happy , is the earnest wish of him , who is , with the trueft regard , Your most affectionate kinfman , And faithful humble fervant , Downing , March 25 , 1769 . Thomas Pennant • Page 21 , dele ** , and ** xxix [ iv ]
... long and happy , is the earnest wish of him , who is , with the trueft regard , Your most affectionate kinfman , And faithful humble fervant , Downing , March 25 , 1769 . Thomas Pennant • Page 21 , dele ** , and ** xxix [ iv ]
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... most inveterate of all difeafes . Had I followed Linnæus , and included the Carti- laginous Fish in this clafs , there would have been ample room for panegyric , for it is very doubtful whether any are pernicious ; but the uses of many ...
... most inveterate of all difeafes . Had I followed Linnæus , and included the Carti- laginous Fish in this clafs , there would have been ample room for panegyric , for it is very doubtful whether any are pernicious ; but the uses of many ...
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... most deceitful draught ; In rich calenian wine fhe does infufe , ( To eafe his pains ) the toad's envenom'd juice . This opinion begat others of a more dreadful na- ture ; for in after - times fuperftition gave it preterna- Hift . an ...
... most deceitful draught ; In rich calenian wine fhe does infufe , ( To eafe his pains ) the toad's envenom'd juice . This opinion begat others of a more dreadful na- ture ; for in after - times fuperftition gave it preterna- Hift . an ...
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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