| Mrs. Loudon (Jane), Jane Loudon - 1848 - 426 páginas
...length is some thirty or forty feet, its head being six or eight feet long ; and it has paddles and tail like a shark; its whole energies are fixed on what is going on above, where perhaps some gigantic fish is seen devouring its prey. Suddenly striking with its short but compact... | |
| John Coventry - 1854 - 150 páginas
...sharks hovered about, feeding on the larger forms." Again, describing the Ichthyosaurus, he says : — " Its whole energies are fixed on what is going on above, where the Plesiosaurus, or some giant Sharh, is seen devouring its prey." — ANSTED'S GEOLOGY. Note 5, page 43. " His wondering fellows... | |
| William Garland Barrett - 1855 - 340 páginas
...towards the nearest water. Arrived at the water, we can understand from its structure that it was liable to exhibit greater energy. Unlike the crocodile tribe,...its large tail, the monster darts through the water 0 at a rate which the eye can scarcely follow towards the surface. The vast jaws, lined with formidable... | |
| G. Collins - 1859 - 300 páginas
...upwards, and glaring like globes of fire ; its length is some 30 or 40 feet, its head being 6 or 8 feet long, and it has paddles and a tail like a shark ; its whole energies are fixed on what is going ou above, where the Plesiosaurns or some giant shark is seen devouring its prey. Suddenly, the monster... | |
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