The British encyclopedia, or, Dictionary of arts and sciences, Том 4 |
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... length of eighteen feet , and abounds parti- cularly in the torrid zone , but it is found so far north as the river Neus in North Caro- lina . It is met with both in the fresh and salt parts of rivers , and amidst the reeds along the ...
... length of eighteen feet , and abounds parti- cularly in the torrid zone , but it is found so far north as the river Neus in North Caro- lina . It is met with both in the fresh and salt parts of rivers , and amidst the reeds along the ...
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... length of its back , somewhat similar to the fins of fishes , and which is capable , at the pleasure of the animal , of being extended or con- tracted . It lives almost solely in trees , feeding upon insects , and though somewhat ...
... length of its back , somewhat similar to the fins of fishes , and which is capable , at the pleasure of the animal , of being extended or con- tracted . It lives almost solely in trees , feeding upon insects , and though somewhat ...
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... length , and open at both ends . Within this is ano ther tube , about an inch in diameter , and nearly of an equal length ; the space be- twixt the two being left clear for the pas- sage of the air . The internal tube is closed at the ...
... length , and open at both ends . Within this is ano ther tube , about an inch in diameter , and nearly of an equal length ; the space be- twixt the two being left clear for the pas- sage of the air . The internal tube is closed at the ...
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... length . " Leaving the latter argument , which surely is nothing to the purpose , we may observe , that if the cries of animals were imitated to denote those animals , great length of words was unnecessary and improbable : unnecessary ...
... length . " Leaving the latter argument , which surely is nothing to the purpose , we may observe , that if the cries of animals were imitated to denote those animals , great length of words was unnecessary and improbable : unnecessary ...
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... length of ten inches , and found in France in great numbers , but rare in England . It subsists on insects and small birds , seizing the last by the throat and strangling them , and then fixing them on a thorn , from which it tears them ...
... length of ten inches , and found in France in great numbers , but rare in England . It subsists on insects and small birds , seizing the last by the throat and strangling them , and then fixing them on a thorn , from which it tears them ...
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