Zoological RecreationsH. Colburn, 1849 - Всего страниц: 384 |
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... elephant , and become imbedded in the ivory without any opening for its admission being perceptible . It will be shown in a subsequent note , that these tusks are constantly growing during the animal's life , by a deposition of ...
... elephant , and become imbedded in the ivory without any opening for its admission being perceptible . It will be shown in a subsequent note , that these tusks are constantly growing during the animal's life , by a deposition of ...
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... elephant wants the smooth round ligamentous chord * which moors , as it were , the round head of the femur in man , and in the greater part of quadrupeds , to the round hip - sockett in which it moves . The want of this ligament is ...
... elephant wants the smooth round ligamentous chord * which moors , as it were , the round head of the femur in man , and in the greater part of quadrupeds , to the round hip - sockett in which it moves . The want of this ligament is ...
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... elephant , with his extremely short , com- pact neck - a compactness and brevity necessary to the easy sup- port of the colossal head - to reach the succulent plants beneath it , or even any vegetable production that was not upon a ...
... elephant , with his extremely short , com- pact neck - a compactness and brevity necessary to the easy sup- port of the colossal head - to reach the succulent plants beneath it , or even any vegetable production that was not upon a ...
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... elephant ; and her greatest orator terms the proboscis " the elephant's hand . " Even the rude Caf- fre , when he has slain one of these huge beasts , is said to amputate the trunk with a feeling of awe , and , as he solemnly buries it ...
... elephant ; and her greatest orator terms the proboscis " the elephant's hand . " Even the rude Caf- fre , when he has slain one of these huge beasts , is said to amputate the trunk with a feeling of awe , and , as he solemnly buries it ...
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... elephant has been greatly exaggerated . 66 Of all earthly creatures , " says Topsell , " an elephant is the greatest for in India they are nine cubits high , and five cubits broad ; in Affrica fourteene or fifteene ful spans , which is ...
... elephant has been greatly exaggerated . 66 Of all earthly creatures , " says Topsell , " an elephant is the greatest for in India they are nine cubits high , and five cubits broad ; in Affrica fourteene or fifteene ful spans , which is ...
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