The Natural History of Reptiles and Serpents: To which is Added, an Appendix, Containing an Account of Worms, of Corals, and of SpongesJ. Jones, 1824 - 178 стор. |
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... A son of Captain Roach , a boy about ten years old went in the shell , as in a boat , from the shore to his father's ship , lying about a quarter of a mile distant . After having satisfied its appetite upon the grass , sca B 5 17.
... A son of Captain Roach , a boy about ten years old went in the shell , as in a boat , from the shore to his father's ship , lying about a quarter of a mile distant . After having satisfied its appetite upon the grass , sca B 5 17.
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... lying at the bottom , where the wa- ter is a fathom or more in depth . If the ani- mal perceives that he is discovered , he immedi ately attempts to escape . The men pursue and endeavour to keep him in sight , and gene- rally so far ...
... lying at the bottom , where the wa- ter is a fathom or more in depth . If the ani- mal perceives that he is discovered , he immedi ately attempts to escape . The men pursue and endeavour to keep him in sight , and gene- rally so far ...
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... lies in a state of torpor , either deeply plunged in the soft mud at the bottom of stag nant waters , or in the hollows beneath their banks . Immediately on coming forth in the spring , they change their skin , and this opera- tion they ...
... lies in a state of torpor , either deeply plunged in the soft mud at the bottom of stag nant waters , or in the hollows beneath their banks . Immediately on coming forth in the spring , they change their skin , and this opera- tion they ...
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... lies with the tip towards the throat . The animal by this singular contri- vance , is enabled to bend it to a considerable distance out of its mouth . When it is about to seize on any object , it darts it out with great agility , and ...
... lies with the tip towards the throat . The animal by this singular contri- vance , is enabled to bend it to a considerable distance out of its mouth . When it is about to seize on any object , it darts it out with great agility , and ...
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... lies concealed in a torpid state , in the mud , or under the banks , till the spring . At the return of warin weather , it comes torth , like the rest of its tribe , in order to deposit its spawn in the water . This is done 29.
... lies concealed in a torpid state , in the mud , or under the banks , till the spring . At the return of warin weather , it comes torth , like the rest of its tribe , in order to deposit its spawn in the water . This is done 29.
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The Natural History of Reptiles and Serpents: To which is Added, an Appendix ... Повний перегляд - 1824 |
The Natural History of Reptiles and Serpents: To which is Added, an Appendix ... Перегляд фрагмента - 1820 |
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afterwards animal appeared attacked become birds bite Black Snake boat body Cape Ann Catesby Cerastes Chameleon coiled colour common Viper Coraline creature Crocodile darted deposits discovered distance drupeds earth eggs escape eyes fangs feet long female flesh frequently Frog grass green green Turtle Guana half head hole hour inches Indian inhabitants insects instantly jaws joints kill kind large snake leap legs living Lizard tribe manner Martinique motion mouth moved Musidora nature nearly neck negroes never Nimble Lizard observed pain perceived person poison prey Rattle-snake reptile resembling retreat river round Salamander says Sea Serpent Secretary bird seems seen seized serpent shell side skin sometimes soon species spots spring supposed surface SURINAM TOAD swallow swelling tadpole tail taken teeth thirty throat tion Tis green Toad tongue torpid Tortoise Tree-Frog trees Turtle twisted venom viper weather whole worms wound young
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Сторінка 62 - I've seen it, sir, as well as you, And must again affirm it blue; At leisure I the beast surveyed Extended in the cooling shade." " 'Tis green, 'tis green, sir, I assure ye." "Green!" cries the other in a fury; "Why, sir, d'ye think I've lost my eyes?" " Twere no great loss," the friend replies; "For if they always serve you thus, You'll find them but of little use.
Сторінка 61 - And what a length of tail behind ! How slow its pace ! and then its hue — Who ever saw so fine a blue?"
Сторінка 61 - I've seen — and sure I ought to know — " So begs you'd pay a due submission And acquiesce in his decision. Two travellers, of such a cast, As o'er Arabia's wilds they passed, And on their way in friendly chat Now talked of this and then of that, Discoursed awhile, 'mongst other matter, Of the Chameleon's form and nature.
Сторінка 61 - OFT has it been my lot to mark A proud, conceited, talking spark, With eyes that hardly served at most To guard their master 'gainst a post ; Yet round the world the blade has been, To see whatever could be seen. Returning from...
Сторінка 13 - March last, when it was enough awakened to express its resentments by hissing; and, packing it in a box with earth, carried it eighty miles in post-chaises. The rattle and hurry of the journey so perfectly roused it, that when I turned it out on a border, it walked twice down to the bottom of my garden: however, in the evening, the weather being cold, it buried itself in the loose mould, and continues still concealed.
Сторінка 159 - For, to say nothing of half the birds, and some quadrupeds which are almost entirely supported by them, worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into it ; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called worm-casts, which, being their excrement, is a fine...
Сторінка 141 - ... the ditch, its natural element. This was no sooner perceived by the keen-eyed black one than, twisting its tail twice round a stalk of hemp and seizing its adversary by the throat, not by means of its jaws, but by twisting its own neck twice...
Сторінка 63 - I've got it yet, And can produce it." " Pray, sir, do ; I'll lay my life the thing is blue." " And I'll be sworn, that when you've seen The reptile, you'll pronounce him green.
Сторінка 141 - The aggressor was of the black kind, six feet long; the fugitive was a water snake, nearly of equal dimensions. They soon met, and in the fury of their first encounter, they appeared in an instant firmly twisted together; and whilst their united tails beat the ground, they mutually tried with open jaws to lacerate each other. What a fell aspect did they present ! their heads...
Сторінка 63 - I'll eat him." He said : then full before their sight Produced the beast, and lo! — 'twas white. Both stared, the man looked wondrous wise — "My children," the chameleon cries, (Then first the creature found a tongue), "You all are right, and all are wrong: When next you talk of what you view, Think others see as well as you: Nor wonder, if you find that none Prefers your eyesight to his own.