United Service Magazine and Naval Military Journal, Част 2H. Colburn, 1842 |
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... rounded or pointed at the extremity , and projects beyond the mouth . In disposition they are ferocious , in habits solitary , and in taste rather polyphagous ; and they are , as our friend Basil Hall says of Midshipmen , generally very ...
... rounded or pointed at the extremity , and projects beyond the mouth . In disposition they are ferocious , in habits solitary , and in taste rather polyphagous ; and they are , as our friend Basil Hall says of Midshipmen , generally very ...
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... round , with a ball - and- socket motion , which enables him to keep a good look - out for prey . The skin is hard , and the colour of the whole body and fins is a light ash . The teeth are sharp and terrible : they are disposed in six ...
... round , with a ball - and- socket motion , which enables him to keep a good look - out for prey . The skin is hard , and the colour of the whole body and fins is a light ash . The teeth are sharp and terrible : they are disposed in six ...
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... round the vessel for several hours . The antipathy which the seaman naturally entertains towards his vora- cious enemy may explain , but cannot be said to palliate , this cruel action . " Under such a feeling , it is not to be wondered ...
... round the vessel for several hours . The antipathy which the seaman naturally entertains towards his vora- cious enemy may explain , but cannot be said to palliate , this cruel action . " Under such a feeling , it is not to be wondered ...
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... round her , she was drawn up , and it was found that a monstrous shark , which had followed the ship from Africa to Ireland , had bitten her off from the middle . We wonder how the brute of a skipper slept that night ! At times the ...
... round her , she was drawn up , and it was found that a monstrous shark , which had followed the ship from Africa to Ireland , had bitten her off from the middle . We wonder how the brute of a skipper slept that night ! At times the ...
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... round our ship , in company with many of her kind , and surrounded by a numerous progeny . The weather was superb , the water clear as crystal , and the vessel seemed to sleep at her anchors , so that we saw every object in the best ...
... round our ship , in company with many of her kind , and surrounded by a numerous progeny . The weather was superb , the water clear as crystal , and the vessel seemed to sleep at her anchors , so that we saw every object in the best ...
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