Animal Biography, Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners, and Economy, of the Animal Creation, Arranged According to the System of Linnaeus, Том 1R. Phillips, 1803 |
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... remarkable : he says , that one day he saw , from his barge , one of these monkies come down to the water's edge , rinse its mouth , and appear to clean its teeth with one of its fingers . " Account of an Expedition to Surinam . * THE ...
... remarkable : he says , that one day he saw , from his barge , one of these monkies come down to the water's edge , rinse its mouth , and appear to clean its teeth with one of its fingers . " Account of an Expedition to Surinam . * THE ...
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... remarkable for climbing up the nebees , or natural ropes , with which many parts of the forests are interwoven . * This is a very tender animal , and has not yet , we believe , been brought into Europe . Stedman's Surinam . THE ...
... remarkable for climbing up the nebees , or natural ropes , with which many parts of the forests are interwoven . * This is a very tender animal , and has not yet , we believe , been brought into Europe . Stedman's Surinam . THE ...
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... remarkable . If one is chained in their neighbourhood , especially if of the society to which he belonged , they will attempt va- rious means , for some time , to procure his liberty : but when their efforts prove ineffectual , and they ...
... remarkable . If one is chained in their neighbourhood , especially if of the society to which he belonged , they will attempt va- rious means , for some time , to procure his liberty : but when their efforts prove ineffectual , and they ...
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... remarkable celerity . He perished by an accident . He appeared much attached to his master , who always used to caress him after feeding his return of affection consisted in taking the end of M. D'Obsonville's fingers , pressing them ...
... remarkable celerity . He perished by an accident . He appeared much attached to his master , who always used to caress him after feeding his return of affection consisted in taking the end of M. D'Obsonville's fingers , pressing them ...
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... remarkable circum- stance , that instead of distinct excretory apertures , there is only one common canal , as in Birds . † The Sloths have no cutting - teeth in either jaw : the canine - teeth are obtuse ; and the grinders five on each ...
... remarkable circum- stance , that instead of distinct excretory apertures , there is only one common canal , as in Birds . † The Sloths have no cutting - teeth in either jaw : the canine - teeth are obtuse ; and the grinders five on each ...
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Alpine Marmot animal appearance Arct Ashton Lever attack Bear Beavers birds bite body Buffon burrows Cape carry Charlevoix claws colour creature D'Obsonville devour distance ears earth Elephant extremely eyes feed feet female fish flesh fond four frequently Gmel Greenland hair Hare head hind legs hole hunters Hyæna inches inclosure Indians inhabitants insects killed Lapland leap length Linn Linnæus Lion live London male Manati manner Mole Monkey mouth native Natural History nest never Newfoundland Dog night noise nose observed Opossum Oran Otan Otter paws Penn prey Quad quadrupeds Rabbet Ratel Rats retreat Rhinoceros round says seems seized seldom Shaw's Gen shew Siberia side skin sleep sometimes soon species Squirrel Surinam tail taken teeth torpid Travels trees tribe trunk utmost Voyage Weesel whole wild winter woods wounded young Zool
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Страница 339 - She went off a second time as before, and having crawled a few paces, looked again behind her, and for some time stood moaning. But still her cubs not rising to follow her, she returned to them again, and with signs of inexpressible fondness, went round one and round the other, pawing them and moaning.
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