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... observation be made whether the covering is cruftaceous or coriaceous , that we may be affured that these were the European kind , not the American ; it feeming not improbable but they might be a couple that had escaped out of fome Weft ...
... observation be made whether the covering is cruftaceous or coriaceous , that we may be affured that these were the European kind , not the American ; it feeming not improbable but they might be a couple that had escaped out of fome Weft ...
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... observed ) with a power of living a good while under water without respiration , which is owing to their lungs being compofed of a series of bladders : but he mistakes the nature of air , when he affirms that they receive a quantity of ...
... observed ) with a power of living a good while under water without respiration , which is owing to their lungs being compofed of a series of bladders : but he mistakes the nature of air , when he affirms that they receive a quantity of ...
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... observed it elsewhere , might conclude their filence to be general as to the time , but particular as to the place . Elian ** , who quotes Theophraftus for the laft paffage , afcribes the fame filence to the frogs of the lake Pierus in ...
... observed it elsewhere , might conclude their filence to be general as to the time , but particular as to the place . Elian ** , who quotes Theophraftus for the laft paffage , afcribes the fame filence to the frogs of the lake Pierus in ...
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... observed to take a bait like a fish . III . The BROWN Lacertus vulg . terreftris ven- tre nigro maculato . Raii Jyn . quad . 264 . L. vulgaris . L. cauda tereti mediocri , pedibus unguicu- LIZAR D. latis , palmis tetradactylis , dorfo ...
... observed to take a bait like a fish . III . The BROWN Lacertus vulg . terreftris ven- tre nigro maculato . Raii Jyn . quad . 264 . L. vulgaris . L. cauda tereti mediocri , pedibus unguicu- LIZAR D. latis , palmis tetradactylis , dorfo ...
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... observations of Marten , who fays , that their colors in the water are extremely beautiful , and that their skin is very finooth and slippery . 9 n : ba What is called whalebone adheres to the upper jaw , and is formed of thin parallel ...
... observations of Marten , who fays , that their colors in the water are extremely beautiful , and that their skin is very finooth and slippery . 9 n : ba What is called whalebone adheres to the upper jaw , and is formed of thin parallel ...
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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