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" ... and is nearly semitransparent. It is very active, and is said occasionally to spring. Its powers of contraction and extension are very great. It is like a fine cord when fully extended, and its point is so sharp, that it easily makes its way through... "
Travels in Ceylon and Continental India: Including Nepal and Other Parts of ... - Page 130
by Werner Hoffmeister - 1848 - 527 pages
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The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, Volume 5

1821 - 476 pages
...point is so sharp that it easily makes its way through very small openings. It is supposed to have an acute sense of smell, for no sooner does a person stop where leeches abound, than they appear to crowd eagerly to the spot from all quarters. " Those who...
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The Babbler; or, Weekly literary and scientific intelligencer, Volume 1

1822 - 440 pages
...point is so sharp that it easily makes its way through very small openings. It is supposed to have an acute sense of smell, for no sooner does a person stop where leeches abound, than they appear to crowd eagerly to the spot from all quarters. " Those »ho...
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Spirit of the English Magazines, Volume 11

1822 - 496 pages
...point is to sharp, that it easily makes its way through very small openings. It is supposed to have an acute sense of smell, for no sooner does a person stop where leeches abound, than they appear to crowd eagerly to the spot from all quarters. " Those who...
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The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, Volume 6

1822 - 606 pages
...point is so sharp, that it easily makes its way through very small openings. It is supposed to have an acute sense of smell, for no sooner does a person stop where leeches abound, than they appear to crowd eagerly to the spot from all quarters. " Those who...
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The Leeds Correspondent, Volume 4

John Ryley, John Gawthorp, John Whitley - 1822 - 344 pages
...point is so sharp that it easily makes its way through very small openings. It is supposed to have an acute sense of smell, for no sooner does a person stop where leeches abound, than they appear to crowd eagerly to the spot from all quarters. " Those who...
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New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 6

Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1822 - 612 pages
...point is so sharp, that it easily makes its way through very small openings. It is supposed to have an acute sense of smell, for no sooner does a person stop where leeches abound, than they appear to crowd eagerly to the spot from all quarters. " Those who...
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The Medico-chirurgical Review, and Journal of Practical Medicine

1826 - 670 pages
...and tapering before — and in substance semi-transparent. It is very active, and is supposed to have an acute sense of smell, for no sooner does a person stop where leeches abound than they crowd eagerly to- the spot from all * Ephemerides des Curieux, &.t....
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Ceylon: A General Description of the Island and Its Inhabitants, with an ...

Henry Marshall - 1846 - 342 pages
...compass, the head and body being pushed forward, and then bringing up the tail. It is supposed to possess an acute sense of smell; for no sooner does a person stop where leeches abound, than they crowd with great eagerness to the spot, from all quarters, and fasten...
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The Calcutta Review, Volume 17

1852 - 548 pages
...semi-transparent in substance ; iu form, tapering towards the fore-part, —above, roundish,— below, fiat ; it apparently possesses an acute sense of smell, for...extent of their injuries in the case of a person in jood health, but animal* suffer more severely from their attacks. — TB. are not called upon to praise,...
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