 To ascertain the cause, he placed a mole upon one of the beds in his garden. It had vanished by the third morning ; and, on digging where it had been laid, he found it buried to the depth of three inches, and under it four beetles, which seemed to have...  Insect Architecture - Page 247by James Rennie - 1830 - 420 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Kirby, William Spence - 1818 - 568 pages
...and on digging where it had been laid, he found it buried to the depth of three inches, and tinder it four beetles Which seemed to have been the agents in this singular inhumation. Not perceiving any thing particular in the mole, he buried it again; and on examining it at the end of six days he... | |
 | William Kirby, William Spence - 1822 - 618 pages
...Monument antiqua dt fEgypte. Ann. du Mm. 1819. • where it had been laid, he found it buried to the depth of three inches, and under it four beetles which seemed...agents in this singular inhumation. Not perceiving any thing particular in the mole, he buried it again ; and on examining it at the end of six days he... | |
 | Gill's scientific, technological and microscopic repository - 1829 - 424 pages
...beetles. by the third morning; and on digging where it had been laid, he found it buried to the depth of three inches, and under it four beetles, which seemed to have been the agents •of this singular inhumation. Not perceiving any thing particular in the mole, he buried it again... | |
 | 1830 - 592 pages
...vanished by the third morning; and, on digging where it had been laid, he found it buried to the depth of three inches, and under it four beetles, which...agents in this singular inhumation. Not perceiving any thing particular in the mole., he buried it again ; and on examining it at the end of six days,... | |
 | 1830 - 436 pages
...this singular inhumation. Not perceiving any thing particular in the mole, he huried it again ; aud on examining it at the end of six days, he found it...swarming with maggots, apparently the issue of the heetles, which M. Gleditsch now naturally concluded had huried the carcass for the food of their future... | |
 | Georges baron Cuvier - 1832 - 696 pages
...vanished by the third morning ; and on digging where it had been laid, he found it buried to the depth of three inches, and under it four beetles, which...agents in this singular inhumation. Not perceiving any thing particular in the mole, he buried it again ; and on examining it at the end of six days,... | |
 | 1832 - 368 pages
...four beetle« which seem to have been the agents in this singular inhumation. Not perceiving any thing particular in the mole, he buried it again ; and on examining it at the end of nix days he found it swarming with maggots, apparently the issue of the beetles, which Mr. Gleditseh... | |
 | 1833 - 784 pages
...vanished by the third day ; and on digging where it had been laid, he found it buried to the depth of three inches, and under it four beetles, which...the mole, he buried it again; and on examining it attheendof six days, he found it swarming with maggots, apparently the issue of the beetles, which... | |
 | 1833 - 796 pages
...vanished by the third day ; and on digging where it had been laid, he found it buried to the depth of three inches, and under it four beetles, which...perceiving anything particular in the mole, he buried it ,i Mm ; and on examining it at the end of six days, he found it swarming with maggots, apparently the... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1845 - 354 pages
...vanished by the third morning ; and, on digging where it had been laid, he found it buried to the depth of three inches, and under it four beetles, which...have been the agents in this singular inhumation. To determine the point more clearly, he put four of these insects into a glass vessel, half filled... | |
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