The Natural History of Animals: Containing an Account of Remarkable FishesW. Wetton, 1828 - 164 pages |
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animal appear arms bait Barnacle Goose blubber boat body bottom breath Cachalot caught chiefly claws coasts colour continues covered crab creature danger deep devour divers diving Dolphin druped eggs Electrical Eel encrease enemy fastened feet in length feet long fins fish fishermen fishery five flesh formidable furnished Grampus green turtle Greenland grow habitation harpoon head hole hook hundred inches inhabitants Isinglass kind land tortoise legs live lobster manner motion mouth muscle nippers ocean oysters pearls pieces pilchard porpoise pounds pounds weight prey quadruped RAZOR FISH resembles retreat rivers rocks round sail sailors salt sand scarcely sea turtle Seal seems seen seize seldom Shark shell ship shoal shock shore side skin sometimes spawn spermaceti stomach Sturgeon substance surface swim tail taken teeth throw tide tion tribe turtle usually Whale White Shark whole young