 | 1822 - Страниц: 502
...delicate and juicy ; so that, as Sir Stamford, in the description of its dissection, remarks, " it afforded no less interest under the knife, than satisfaction on the table." 6. On the Mean Density of the Earth. By Dr. Charles Button, FRS We can never feel satisfied that it... | |
 | John Ryley, John Gawthorp, John Whitley - 1822 - Страниц: 344
...delicate and juicy ; so that, as Sir Stamford, in the description of its dissection, remarks, " it afforded no less interest under the knife, than satisfaction on the table." M. Sexullas has shewn, in the Journal de Pkarmacie for September, that all the antimonial preparations... | |
 | Sir William Jardine - 1839 - Страниц: 414
...resembles young beef, and is very delicate and palatable. Sir T. Kaffles's words are — " It afforded much satisfaction on the table, as the flesh proved to be most excellent beef." According to the natives of Sumatra, the Dugong is never found on land, or in fresh water, but generally... | |
 | Robert Hamilton (M.D., F.R.S.E.) - 1839 - Страниц: 406
...resembles young beef, and is very delicate and palatable. Sir T. Raffles's words are — " It afforded much satisfaction on the table, as the flesh proved to be most excellent beef," According to the natives of Sumatra, the Dugong is never found on land, or in fresh water, but generally... | |
 | 1843 - Страниц: 856
...ing has a right to all that are taken. Sir Stamford Raffles states that this species afforded much satisfaction on the table, as the flesh proved to be most excellent beef. The Dugong of the Red Sea is considered different from that above noticed, by Professor Riippell, who... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1843 - Страниц: 840
...king has a right to all that are taken. Sir Stamford Raffles states that this species afforded much satisfaction on the table, as the flesh proved to be most excellent beef. The Dugong of the Red Sea is considered different from that above noticed, by Professor Riippell, who... | |
 | Robert Hamilton (M.D., F.R.S.E.) - 1860 - Страниц: 490
...resembles young beef, and is very delicate and palatable. Sir T. Raffles's words are — " It afforded much satisfaction on the table, as the flesh proved to be most excellent beef." According to the natives of Sumatra, the Dugong is never found on land, or in fresh water, hut generally... | |
 | 1821 - Страниц: 510
...four feet six inches long, • From the Traniactions of the Royal Society for 1820. Part II. which which I have succeeded in persuading him to send home...as goblets. In form the dugong resembles the common cetacca, having, like them, a broad horizontal tail, and two pectoral fins without nails. The skin... | |
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According to the natives of Sumatra, the Dugong is never found on land, or in fresh water, but generally in the shallows of the sea, when the water is only two or three fathoms deep. " During our short possession of Singapore... 