The Natural History of the Order Cetacea, and the Oceanic Inhabitants of the Arctic Regions ... Illustrated. With Numerous Lithographic and Wood EngravingsThe Author, 1834 - 331 pages |
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The Natural History of the Order Cetacea, and the Oceanic Inhabitants of the ... H W Dewhurst No preview available - 2015 |
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A.M. Rev ambergrease Anatomy animal appears Arctic Seas attached Balana baleen belly Beluga blubber boat body bones British Cachalot Captain Scoresby captured cavity CETACEA coast colour considerable considered creatures crew Cuvier Davis's Straits Delphinus dolphin dorsal fin extremity feet in length feet long fish fishery frequently gentleman genus gibbar grampus Greenland Seas H. W. DEWHURST harpoon head HENRY WILLIAM DEWHURST hundred Iceland inches inhabitants La Cépède laminæ Lectures likewise Linnæus London lower jaw mackerel MEDUSA mouth mysticètus narwhale Natural History naturalists observed ocean orifice pectoral fins Pennant Physeter porpoise Professor Dewhurst quantity rays Rórqual Shetland ship shoals shore side skeleton skin snout sometimes species SPECIES II spermaceti spermaceti whale spiracles Spitzbergen struck substance surface swimming tail teeth thick tion tons tusk upper jaw vertebræ vessel whalebone whole WILLIAM DEWHURST zoologists Zoology