Zoological sketches, descriptions of one hundred and twenty animals [signed T.B.M.].1844 |
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... CAMEL , OR DRO- THE PIKE . MEDARY 95 THE SALMON THE NYL - GHAU 97 THE COMMON TROUT THE COW 99 THE COD - FISH THE INDIAN OX . 101 THE HADDOCK THE CAPE BUFFALO . . 103 THE SWORD - FISH THE AMERICAN BISON . 105 THE FLYING FISH THE SHEEP ...
... CAMEL , OR DRO- THE PIKE . MEDARY 95 THE SALMON THE NYL - GHAU 97 THE COMMON TROUT THE COW 99 THE COD - FISH THE INDIAN OX . 101 THE HADDOCK THE CAPE BUFFALO . . 103 THE SWORD - FISH THE AMERICAN BISON . 105 THE FLYING FISH THE SHEEP ...
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... sledges with the help of the Rein - Deer . A couple of these swift creatures yoked together will carry their master 112 English miles in a day . THE REIN - DEER . THE ARABIAN CAMEL , OR DROMEDARY . THE REIN-DEER THE COMMON VIPER 205.
... sledges with the help of the Rein - Deer . A couple of these swift creatures yoked together will carry their master 112 English miles in a day . THE REIN - DEER . THE ARABIAN CAMEL , OR DROMEDARY . THE REIN-DEER THE COMMON VIPER 205.
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... Camel in form , and to the Panther in spots . Pliny , and other ancient writers , briefly noticed it ; but Heliodorus * thus described it in his Ethiopica : - " The ambassador of the people of * A native of Emessa in Phoenicia , and ...
... Camel in form , and to the Panther in spots . Pliny , and other ancient writers , briefly noticed it ; but Heliodorus * thus described it in his Ethiopica : - " The ambassador of the people of * A native of Emessa in Phoenicia , and ...
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... camel , marked with florid spots the hinder parts were low , like those of a lion ; the shoulders , front feet , and breast , disproportionably elevated ; the neck was small , and lengthened out from the body , like a swan ; the head in ...
... camel , marked with florid spots the hinder parts were low , like those of a lion ; the shoulders , front feet , and breast , disproportionably elevated ; the neck was small , and lengthened out from the body , like a swan ; the head in ...
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... Camel , of resisting thirst , and of providing against its effects . Mr. Bennett , in his description of a specimen which was recently kept in the Zoological Society's Gardens , adverts to other points of likeness between the Llama and.
... Camel , of resisting thirst , and of providing against its effects . Mr. Bennett , in his description of a specimen which was recently kept in the Zoological Society's Gardens , adverts to other points of likeness between the Llama and.
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Página 164 - And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.
Página ix - Sacred to neatness and repose, the' alcove, The chamber, or refectory, may die : A necessary act incurs no blame. Not so when held within their proper bounds, And guiltless of offence, they range the air, Or take their pastime in the spacious field : There they are privileged ; and he that hunts Or harms them there is guilty of a wrong, Disturbs the' economy of Nature's realm, Who, when she form'd, design'd them an abode.
Página 172 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Página 20 - Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities...
Página 86 - The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Página 158 - For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram; once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold and silver, ivory and apes and peacocks.
Página 126 - As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings : So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
Página ix - Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.
Página 208 - Their poison is like the poison of a serpent : they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear, which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
Página 34 - But the King shall rejoice in GOD ; all they also that swear by him shall be commended; for the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.