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... WHALE , borrowed from Dale's Hift . Harw . 411. tab . 14 . GENERA . I. WHALE . II . CACHALOT . III . DOLPHIN . page 35 48 3895 44 Div . II . CARTILAGINOUS FISH BRE REATHING thro ' certain apertures , gene- rally placed on each fide the ...
... WHALE , borrowed from Dale's Hift . Harw . 411. tab . 14 . GENERA . I. WHALE . II . CACHALOT . III . DOLPHIN . page 35 48 3895 44 Div . II . CARTILAGINOUS FISH BRE REATHING thro ' certain apertures , gene- rally placed on each fide the ...
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... whale , thofe being the links that connect the Mammalia or quadrupeds with the fish ; for the Seal is , in respect to its legs , the most imper- fect of the former class ; and in the Manati the hind feet coalefce , affuming the form of ...
... whale , thofe being the links that connect the Mammalia or quadrupeds with the fish ; for the Seal is , in respect to its legs , the most imper- fect of the former class ; and in the Manati the hind feet coalefce , affuming the form of ...
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... WHALE . I. The COMMON WHALE . Musixnros . Arift . Hift . an . lib . iii . c . 12 . Mufculus Plinii lib . xi . c . 37 . Balæna . Rondel . 475. Gefner Pifc . 114 . Balæna major , laminas corneas in fuperiore maxillas habens , fiftula ...
... WHALE . I. The COMMON WHALE . Musixnros . Arift . Hift . an . lib . iii . c . 12 . Mufculus Plinii lib . xi . c . 37 . Balæna . Rondel . 475. Gefner Pifc . 114 . Balæna major , laminas corneas in fuperiore maxillas habens , fiftula ...
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... whale varies in color : the back of fome being red , the belly generally white . Others are black , fome mottled ... whale , to this fpecies , which he tells us had in its mouth hairs inftead of teeth ; teeth * ; and Pliny defcribes the ...
... whale varies in color : the back of fome being red , the belly generally white . Others are black , fome mottled ... whale , to this fpecies , which he tells us had in its mouth hairs inftead of teeth ; teeth * ; and Pliny defcribes the ...
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... whale fishing : he was deceived by the word κητος , which is used not only to exprefs whale in general , but any great fish . The poet here meant the bark , and fhews the way of taking it in the very manner practised at prefent , by a ...
... whale fishing : he was deceived by the word κητος , which is used not only to exprefs whale in general , but any great fish . The poet here meant the bark , and fhews the way of taking it in the very manner practised at prefent , by a ...
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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