Elements of Natural History: Embracing Zoology, Botany and Geology : for Schools, Colleges and FamiliesLippincott, Grambo, 1854 |
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animals aorta apparatus arterial blood articulation beak belong Bimana birds of prey body bones brain branches canal canine Carnaria cavity Cetacea characterised characters chyle circulation clavicle colour common composed cranium digestion distinguished divided Explanation of Fig external extremities feathers feed feet fingers fishes flesh genera genus glands globules glottis habits hair head heart horns incisor inhabits insects interior intestine left auricle less liquid live lungs mammæ mammalia mammals membrane molar teeth monkeys motion mouth muscles muzzle nails Natural History neck nerves nourished organs Pachydermata pass peculiar pharynx Plate posterior pouch properly so called pulmonary pulmonary veins Quadrumana remarkable reptiles resemble respiration right auricle sense short side skeleton skin sometimes species stomach substance surface tail thorax tion toes trachea tribe trunk tympanum veins venous blood ventricle vertebral vertebral column vessels whale wings
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Page 109 - Aasharies will, in one night, and through a level country, traverse as much ground as any single horse can perform in ten...
Page 121 - ... which the acuteness of its sense of smell enables it to do from a great distance. They are less wary when they are assembled together in numbers, and will then often blindly follow their leaders, regardless of, or trampling down the hunters posted in their way. It is dangerous for the hunter to show himself after having wounded one, for it will pursue him, and although its gait may be heavy and awkward, it will have no difficulty in overtaking the fleetest runner.
Page 64 - Have the posterior part of the body and tail, very much compressed, and greatly raised in the vertical direction, which giving them the facility of swimming, constitutes them aquatic animals.
Page 121 - The bisons wander constantly from place to place, either from being disturbed by hunters, or in quest of food. They are much attracted by the soft, tender grass which springs up after a fire has spread over the prairie. In winter, they scrape away the snow with their feet, to reach the grass. The bulls and cows live in separate herds for the greater part of the year ; but at all seasons, one or two bulls generally accompany a large herd of cows.
Page 121 - Bison is in general a shy animal, and takes to flight instantly on winding an enemy, which the acuteness of its sense of smell enables it to do from a great distance. They are less wary when they are assembled together in numbers, and will then often blindly follow their leaders, regardless of, or trampling down the hunters posted in their way. It is dangerous for the hunter to show himself after having wounded one, for it will pursue him, and although its gait may...
Page 110 - ... dates among it, with a bowl of water, or camel's milk, if to be had, and which the courier seldom forgets to be provided with, in skins, as well for the sustenance of himself as of his Pegasus, the indefatigable animal will seem as fresh as at first setting out, and ready to continue running at the same scarce...
Page 92 - Pyrosomse unite in great numbers, forming a large hollow cylinder, open at one end and closed at the other, which swims in the ocean by the alternate contraction and dilatation of the individual animals which compose it.
Page 37 - Many of them live in the water ; but then they are obliged to come to the surface from time to time, to obtain air necessary for their respiration.
Page xvii - ... morality itself, are subject to the intellectual revolutions of -wavering humanity; but the facts of the Creation are as invariable as God, and the analysis of a plant or an insect marks its demonstration with the seal of eternal truth.
Page 121 - It had become nearly dark when he fired at a bison bull, which was galloping over a small eminence, and as he was hastening forward to see if his shot had taken effect, the wounded beast made a rush at him. He had the presence of mind to seize the animal by the long hair on its forehead as it struck him on the side with its horn, and, being a remarkably tall and powerful man, a struggle ensued, which continued until his wrist was severely sprained, and his arm was rendered powerless ; he then fell,...