American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 3Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... manner of the Americans . This name is particularly given to the French inhabitants of the island of St. Domingo , whose whole em- ployment is to hunt bulls or wild boars , in order to sell the hides of the former and the flesh of the ...
... manner of the Americans . This name is particularly given to the French inhabitants of the island of St. Domingo , whose whole em- ployment is to hunt bulls or wild boars , in order to sell the hides of the former and the flesh of the ...
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... manners . It is so lethargic in its disposition , that it will suffer itself to be shot at several times before it attempts to escape . Its food consists of insects , and particularly large beetles , and the feathers of its tail are ...
... manners . It is so lethargic in its disposition , that it will suffer itself to be shot at several times before it attempts to escape . Its food consists of insects , and particularly large beetles , and the feathers of its tail are ...
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... manners of the inhabitants of cities ; and bucolics , the occupations of country people . Some- times , continues he ... manner , or being budded with the proper sorts , the buds produce invariably the same kind of tree , fruit , flower ...
... manners of the inhabitants of cities ; and bucolics , the occupations of country people . Some- times , continues he ... manner , or being budded with the proper sorts , the buds produce invariably the same kind of tree , fruit , flower ...
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... manner of shammy , makes what we call buff - skin . This makes a very considerable article in the French , English , and Dutch com- merce at Constantinople , Smyrna , and all along the coast of Africa . The skins of elks , oxen , and ...
... manner of shammy , makes what we call buff - skin . This makes a very considerable article in the French , English , and Dutch com- merce at Constantinople , Smyrna , and all along the coast of Africa . The skins of elks , oxen , and ...
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... manner , and alike situated to each other , the back of teeth of a joiner's saw , but more shallow , the course will form an indention like the in proportion to the length of a tooth ; the next course has its indentations formed the ...
... manner , and alike situated to each other , the back of teeth of a joiner's saw , but more shallow , the course will form an indention like the in proportion to the length of a tooth ; the next course has its indentations formed the ...
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