Reptiles and birds [tr.] ed. and adapted by P. Gillmore |
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... countries ; and Adders , under the name of " hedge - eels , " are not despised in some localities . We know the favour in which Turtles are held by us , where soup made from them is considered a dish only fit for merchant princes . In ...
... countries ; and Adders , under the name of " hedge - eels , " are not despised in some localities . We know the favour in which Turtles are held by us , where soup made from them is considered a dish only fit for merchant princes . In ...
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... country seats of many of the nobility and country squires were surrounded by ditches half full of water , and , as might be expected , inhabited by a population of frogs . Vassals and villeins were ordered to beat the water in these ...
... country seats of many of the nobility and country squires were surrounded by ditches half full of water , and , as might be expected , inhabited by a population of frogs . Vassals and villeins were ordered to beat the water in these ...
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... countries , and , unfortunately , there is a number of stock vernacular names which are applied to very different species in different localities . Thus , Europeans in India are familiar with the appellation " Carpet Snake , " as ...
... countries , and , unfortunately , there is a number of stock vernacular names which are applied to very different species in different localities . Thus , Europeans in India are familiar with the appellation " Carpet Snake , " as ...
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... country within and near the tropics . The Tortricide are akin to the Typhlopida , and have rudiments of hind limbs ... countries . It grows to three or four feet in length , and when alive is along the back a steel - blue colour , most ...
... country within and near the tropics . The Tortricide are akin to the Typhlopida , and have rudiments of hind limbs ... countries . It grows to three or four feet in length , and when alive is along the back a steel - blue colour , most ...
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... countries , and can be handled without danger . Lacépède gives some interesting details , showing the gentleness of its habits . They are easily tamed , and can be kept in houses , where they soon accustom themselves to those who The ...
... countries , and can be handled without danger . Lacépède gives some interesting details , showing the gentleness of its habits . They are easily tamed , and can be kept in houses , where they soon accustom themselves to those who The ...
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Стр. 373 - ... by digging out the mortar, broke countless squares of glass by scraping away the putty all round the frames, and tore up and swallowed, in splinters, the greater part of a wooden staircase of six steps and a landing — but after some three years he too was taken ill, and died before the kitchen fire. He kept his eye to the last upon the meat as it roasted, and suddenly turned over on his back with a sepulchral cry of ' Cuckoo ! ' After this mournful deprivation I was, for a long time, ravenless.
Стр. 95 - I do not recollect having observed this sea-weed in any quantity on the tidal rocks; and I have reason to believe it grows at the bottom of the sea, at some little distance from the coast. If such is the case, the object of these animals occasionally going out to sea is explained.
Стр. 373 - It may have been that he was too bright a genius to live long, or it may have been that he took some pernicious substance into his bill, and thence into his maw, — which is not improbable, seeing that he newpointed the greater part of the...
Стр. 372 - good gifts," which he improved by study and attention in a most exemplary manner. He slept in a stable — generally on horseback — and so terrified a Newfoundland dog by his preternatural sagacity, that he has been known, by the mere superiority of his genius, to walk off unmolested with the dog's dinner from before his face. He was rapidly rising in acquirements and virtues when in an evil hour his stable was newly painted. He observed the workmen closely, saw that they were careful of the paint,...
Стр. 95 - As soon as it arrived near the margin, but still being under water, it either tried to conceal itself in the tufts of sea-weed, or it entered some crevice. As soon as it thought the danger was past, it crawled out on the dry rocks, and shuffled away as quickly as it could.
Стр. 95 - ... there is in this respect one strange anomaly, namely, that when frightened it will not enter the water. Hence it is easy to drive these lizards down to any little point overhanging the sea, where they will sooner allow a person to catch hold of their tails than jump into the water. They do not seem to have any notion of biting; but when much frightened they squirt a drop of fluid from each nostril. I...
Стр. 372 - While I was yet inconsolable for his loss, another friend of mine in Yorkshire discovered an older and more gifted raven at a village public-house, which he prevailed upon the landlord to part with for a consideration, and sent up to me.
Стр. 124 - On arriving at the edge of the forest I mounted the sentinel's stage, just in time to see the turtles retreating to the water on the opposite side of the sand-bank, after having laid their eggs. The sight was well worth the trouble of ascending the shaky ladder. They...
Стр. 36 - I have found it to depend upon the temperature of the atmosphere, and on the state of health, and the more or less frequent feeding of the animal. I have known the skin shed four or five times during the year. It is always thrown off by reversing it; so that the transparent covering of the eyes, and that of the scales also, are always found in the exuviae.
Стр. 44 - ... man had breathed his last in the folds of an enormous serpent, which they killed. They cut off the head of the snake and carried it, together with the lifeless body of their comrade, to the vessel The right...