Zoological sketches, descriptions of one hundred and twenty animals [signed T.B.M.].1844 |
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... quantities on a small rocky island called the Stacks of Skerries . In the centre of the island is a lake , on the banks of which the Seals are found basking in multitudes with their young . As soon as they are alarmed by the prospect of ...
... quantities on a small rocky island called the Stacks of Skerries . In the centre of the island is a lake , on the banks of which the Seals are found basking in multitudes with their young . As soon as they are alarmed by the prospect of ...
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... quantities of which are procured from Canada , and other places , by the Hudson's Bay Company . This animal is about two feet long , and nearly a foot high . Its body is thick , and it is furnished with a broad flat tail , covered with ...
... quantities of which are procured from Canada , and other places , by the Hudson's Bay Company . This animal is about two feet long , and nearly a foot high . Its body is thick , and it is furnished with a broad flat tail , covered with ...
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... quantities of small fish and sea - insects are inclosed ; and , on the mouth being shut , the water passes away , leaving these caught , as in a sieve , for the purpose of the creature's nourishment . The whalebone is a very valuable ...
... quantities of small fish and sea - insects are inclosed ; and , on the mouth being shut , the water passes away , leaving these caught , as in a sieve , for the purpose of the creature's nourishment . The whalebone is a very valuable ...
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... quantities to make this powerful and active creature a great prize to the but Whale - fishers . Its habits are different from those of the Common Whale . It is less quiet in its movements , seldom lying motionless on the surface of the ...
... quantities to make this powerful and active creature a great prize to the but Whale - fishers . Its habits are different from those of the Common Whale . It is less quiet in its movements , seldom lying motionless on the surface of the ...
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... sufficient room for the mass of hay and feathers collected for the dwelling of its family . Sometimes the nest is fixed in a tree near a house . So fond is this bird of warmth , that large quantities of feathers are used even to line a ...
... sufficient room for the mass of hay and feathers collected for the dwelling of its family . Sometimes the nest is fixed in a tree near a house . So fond is this bird of warmth , that large quantities of feathers are used even to line a ...
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Africa ancient animal appearance Asia attack Barn Owl beasts beautiful bird bird of prey Bishop Stanley body British Quadrupeds called Camel Cassowaries caught chiefly claws coast colour common COMMON VIPER Crab creature cruel devoured dogs Eels eggs enemy England favourite feathers feeds feet female fish flesh flocks fond frequently frogs gentle Goat ground habits head HIPPOPOTAMUS horse hunger hunt Hyæna inches Indians inhabitants insects Izaak Walton kind known legs length Leopard lion live Mackerel manner mouth native nest NEWFOUNDLAND DOG numbers Ostrich pectoral fins Peregrine Falcon Pike pounds pounds weight prey Psalm quadrupeds quantities remarkable reptile rivers says scarcely Scotland season seen seized sheep skin sometimes South America species swallow swim tail taken Tiger trees tribe Trout vast numbers Whale WHIMPER White Shark wild wings winter woods worms Yarrell young Zoological Society
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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.