A Compendium of Natural Philosophy: Being a Survey of the Wisdom of God in the Creation, Volume 2Thomas Tegg and Son, 1836 |
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Page 311 - Bacon, that the words of prophecy are to be interpreted as the words of one 'with whom a thousand years are as one day, and one day as a thousand years.
Page 150 - The procession sets forward from the mountains with the regularity of an army under the guidance of an experienced commander. They are commonly divided into three battalions : of which the first consists of the strongest and boldest males, that, like pioneers, march forward to clear the route and face the greatest dangers.
Page 143 - ... and then slipping its tail from its old habitation, to try on -the new. .This also is found to be inconvenient, and it quickly returns to its old shell again. In this manner it frequently changes, till at last it finds one light, roomy, and commodious; to this it adheres, though* the shell be sometimes so large as to hide the body of the animal, claws and all...
Page 146 - In casting their shells, it is hard to conceive how the lobsters are able to draw the flesh of their large claws out, leaving the shells entire, and attached to the shell of their body, in which state they are constantly found.
Page 143 - ... wave, still, however, dragging its old incommodious habitation at its tail, unwilling to part with one shell, even though a troublesome appendage, till it can find one more convenient.
Page 152 - ... bodies, they only seek for that small spawn which lies on each side of the stomach within the shell, of about the thickness of a man's thumb. They are much more valuable upon their return, after they have cast their shell; for being covered with a skin resembling soft parchment, almost every part except the stomach may be eaten.
Page 152 - This animal when possessed of its retreats in the mountains is impregnable ; for only subsisting upon vegetables, it seldom ventures out ; and its habitation being in the most inaccessible places, it remains for a great part of the season in perfect security. It is only when impelled by the desire of bringing forth its young, and when compelled to descend into the flat country, that it is taken. At that time the natives wait for its descent in eager expectation, and destroy thousands...
Page 277 - Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
Page 152 - ... opened on the belly being unseen. At that time they are quite naked, and almost without motion, for six days together, when they become so fat as to be delicious food. They have then under their stomachs four large white stones, which gradually decrease in proportion as the shell hardens, and when they come to perfection are not to be found. It is at that time that the animal is seen slowly making its way back ; and all this is most commonly performed in the space of six weeks.
Page 150 - ... as the former. The night is their chief time of proceeding ; but if it rains by day, they do not fail to profit by the occasion ; and they continue to move forward in their slow uniform manner.