 ... being motionless and closely collapsed on its sides. A seaman on board sank one, with a heavy weight attached to it, thinking thus to kill it directly ; but when an hour afterwards he drew up the line, the lizard was quite active.  The Harvard Classics - Стр. 4081909Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1838 - Страниц: 582
...long. It is of a dirty black colour, sluggish in its movements on the land ; but, when in the water, it swims with perfect ease and quickness by a serpentine...movement of its body and flattened tail, the legs during this time being motionless, and closely collapsed on its sides. Their limbs and strong claws... | |
 | W. Mullinger Higgins - 1842 - Страниц: 426
...long. It is of a dirty black colour, sluggish in its movements on land ; but, when in the water it swims with perfect ease and quickness by a serpentine...movement of its body and flattened tail, the legs during this time being motionless, and closely collapsed on its sides. Their limbs and strong claws... | |
 | Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia - 1856 - Страниц: 542
...long. It is of a dirty black color, sluggish in its movements on the land, but when in the water it swims with perfect ease and quickness by a serpentine...movement of its body and flattened tail, the legs during this time being motionless and collapsed on its sides. Its limbs and strong claws are admirably... | |
 | Popular history - 1843 - Страниц: 434
...mistaken ; but the fact, stated on such good authority, cannot be doubted. " When in the water, the animal swims with perfect ease and quickness, by a serpentine...movement of its body, and flattened tail ; the legs, during this time, being motionless, and closely collapsed on its sides. A seaman on board sank one,... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1846 - Страниц: 716
...seen some hundred yards from the shore, swimming about; and Captain Collnett, in his Voyage, says, " They go to sea in herds a-fishing, and sun themselves...by a serpentine movement of its body and flattened tail—the legs being motionless and closely collapsed on its sides. A seaman on board sank one, with... | |
 | William John Broderip - 1847 - Страниц: 434
...mistaken ; but the fact stated on such good authority cannot be doubted. When in the water the animal swims with perfect ease and quickness, by a serpentine...movement of its body and flattened tail, the legs, during this time, being motionless and closely collapsed on its sides. A seaman on board sank one with... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1848 - Страниц: 924
...mistaken ; but the fact itated on euch good authority cannot be doubted. When in the water the animal swims with perfect ease And quickness, by a serpentine...movement of Its body and flattened tail, — the legs during this time being perfectly motionless and closely collapse«! on Its sides. А катал on... | |
 | 1848 - Страниц: 874
...long, of a dirty black colour, stupid and sluggish in its movements. ' When in the water, the animal swims, with perfect ease and quickness, by a serpentine...movement of its body and flattened tail, the legs, during this time, being motionless, and closely collapsed on its sides. A seaman on board sank one... | |
 | 1848 - Страниц: 876
...long, of a dirty blact colour, stupid and sluggish in its movements. ' When in the water, the animal swims, with perfect ease and quickness, by a serpentine movement of its body and flattened tail, the leg;, during this time, being motionless, and closely collapsed on its sides. A seaman on board sank... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1851 - Страниц: 602
...long. It is of a dirty black colour, sluggish in its movements on the land; but, when in the water, it swims with perfect ease and quickness by a serpentine...movement of its body and flattened tail, the legs during this time being motionless, and closely collapsed on its sides. Their limbs and strong claws... | |
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