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Page 50
... swallow , with the utmost voracity , rags , leather , wood , iron , or stone , indiscriminately . " I saw one at Oran , ( says Dr. Shaw , ) that swallowed , without any seeming uneasiness or inconvenience , several leaden bullets , as ...
... swallow , with the utmost voracity , rags , leather , wood , iron , or stone , indiscriminately . " I saw one at Oran , ( says Dr. Shaw , ) that swallowed , without any seeming uneasiness or inconvenience , several leaden bullets , as ...
Page 51
... swallow almost any thing not too large See Plate xii . Fig . 5 . DESCRIPTION . The body of the Cassowary is extremely heavy , and its wings are so short , that it has no power to raise itself from the ground in flight . The quills of ...
... swallow almost any thing not too large See Plate xii . Fig . 5 . DESCRIPTION . The body of the Cassowary is extremely heavy , and its wings are so short , that it has no power to raise itself from the ground in flight . The quills of ...
Page 52
... swallow even burning coals . It is particularly fond of fruit , and of the eggs of poultry ; but it is not able to ... swallows all its food without bruising it . The bird is sometimes ill - tempered and mischievous ; is much irri- tated ...
... swallow even burning coals . It is particularly fond of fruit , and of the eggs of poultry ; but it is not able to ... swallows all its food without bruising it . The bird is sometimes ill - tempered and mischievous ; is much irri- tated ...
Page 60
... swallows it , and returns to his fishing . Heron - hawking was formerly a favourite diversion in this kingdom ; and a ... swallow it . Its toes are long , and arm- ed with strong , hooked talons ; one of which is serrated on the edge ...
... swallows it , and returns to his fishing . Heron - hawking was formerly a favourite diversion in this kingdom ; and a ... swallow it . Its toes are long , and arm- ed with strong , hooked talons ; one of which is serrated on the edge ...
Page 62
... swallowing them entire . They sometimes feed on fish ; and one of them will devour as much as would serve four men ... swallow them . The Indians believe that these Cranes are invulnera- ble , and that they are animated by the souls of ...
... swallowing them entire . They sometimes feed on fish ; and one of them will devour as much as would serve four men ... swallow them . The Indians believe that these Cranes are invulnera- ble , and that they are animated by the souls of ...
Common terms and phrases
afterwards anal fins animals appear bait belly bill birds Bittern body breed Brit brown Cassowary catch caught coasts colour common Common Pheasant covered Crocodile deposit DESCRIPTION devour distance dorsal fin Ducks Edible Frog eggs Electrical Eel eyes feathers feed feet female fins fish flesh flocks four frequently Frog goose Greek Tortoise ground hatched head hundred inches inhabitants insects islands jaws killed Lapwing legs length Linn.-Le Linnæus Lizard male mandible months mouth nearly neck nest Ostrich oviparous Partridge pectoral fins Pelecan Pheasant Plate plumage pond pounds prey rivers season seen seize seldom Shark shell shoals shore side skin slender snake sometimes soon spawn species spots spring surface swallow swim SYNONYMS tail taken thick Toad toes trees tribe Turtles upper usually voracious weight WHITE STORK whole wings winter worms young young-ones Zool
Popular passages
Page 46 - Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, And warmeth them in the dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may break them.
Page 282 - ... ocean. It is divided into distinct columns of five or six miles in length and three or four in breadth...
Page 96 - ... as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill ; in short space after it cometh to full maturitie, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowl bigger than a mallard, and lesser than a goose...
Page 166 - WITCH. Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg and...
Page 96 - When it is perfectly formed, the shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the foresaid lace, or string ; next come the legs of the bird hanging out ; and, as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill : in short space after it cometh to full maturitie, and falleth into the sea...
Page 51 - Most people have, one time or other, seen a partridge run, and consequently must know that there is no man whatever able to keep up with it ; and it is easy to imagine that if this bird had a longer step, its speed would be considerably augmented. The ostrich...
Page 141 - 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.
Page 219 - 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.
Page 315 - THE electric organs of the torpedo are placed on each side of the cranium and gills, reaching from thence to the semicircular cartilages of each great fin, and extending longitudinally from the anterior extremity of the animal to the transverse cartilage, which divides the thorax from the abdomen...
Page 276 - I spake to you formerly, that keeps tame Otters, that he hath known a Pike in extreme hunger, fight with one of his Otters for a Carp that the Otter had caught, and was then bringing out of the water.