 | Richard Turner - 1792 - Страниц: 296
...its whole body j and it is alfo rough, and armed with a hard (kin upon the upper part and the fides ; but beneath it is fmooth and tender. It hath fins upon the tail, by means of which it fwims, as it alfo does by the help of its feet, which are like a bear's, except that... | |
 | James Campbell (teacher of English.) - 1832 - Страниц: 274
...moves the upper. Its tail is nearly as long as its whole body; and it is also rough, and armed with a hard skin upon the upper part and the sides; but beneath it is smooth and tender. It has fins upon the tail, by means of which it swims, as it also does by the help... | |
 | Andrew Thomson - 1835 - Страниц: 302
...the upper. Its tail is nearly as long as its whole body ; and it is also rough, and armed •with a hard skin upon the upper part and the sides ; but beneath it is smooth and tender. It has fins upon the tail, by means of which it swims, as it also does by the help... | |
 | N. Leitch - 1851 - Страниц: 234
...moves the upper. Its tail is nearly as long as its whole body; and it is also rough, and armed with a hard skin upon the upper part and the sides; but beneath it is smooth and tender. It has fins upon the tail, by means of which it swims, as it also does by the help... | |
 | Stewart W. and co - 1884 - Страниц: 186
...moves the upper. Its tail is nearly as long as its whole body ; and it is also rough, and armed with a hard skin upon the upper part and the sides, but beneath it is smooth and tender. It has fins upon the tail, by means of which it swims, as it also does by the help... | |
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... impenetrable by any dart or spear ; but the belly is softer, and there it is more easily wounded. When it opens its mouth, it does not move its under jaw, like other animals ; on the contrary, it moves the upper. Its tail is nearly as long as its... 