Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon: With Narratives and Anecdotes, Illustrative of the Habits and Instincts of the Mammalia, Birds, Reptiles, Fishes, Insects, &c., Including a Monograph of the Elephant and a Description of the Modes of Capturing and Training It, with Engravings from Original Drawings |
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... amongst others , from Major SKINNER , Captain PHILIP PAYNE GALLWEY , Mr. FAIRHOLME , Mr. CRIPPS , and Mr. MORRIS . Nor can I omit to express my acknowledgments to Professor OWEN , of the British Museum , to whom this portion of my ...
... amongst others , from Major SKINNER , Captain PHILIP PAYNE GALLWEY , Mr. FAIRHOLME , Mr. CRIPPS , and Mr. MORRIS . Nor can I omit to express my acknowledgments to Professor OWEN , of the British Museum , to whom this portion of my ...
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... amongst the Dia- tomaceæ being the solitary exception . Nothing is so likely to act as a stimulant to future research as an accurate conception of what has already been achieved . With equal terseness and truth Dr. Johnson has observed ...
... amongst the Dia- tomaceæ being the solitary exception . Nothing is so likely to act as a stimulant to future research as an accurate conception of what has already been achieved . With equal terseness and truth Dr. Johnson has observed ...
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... amongst which we are assured that Knox spent so many years of cap- tivity , reopens the question , but at the same time appears to me clearly to demonstrate that in this latter we have in reality the animal to which his narrative refers ...
... amongst which we are assured that Knox spent so many years of cap- tivity , reopens the question , but at the same time appears to me clearly to demonstrate that in this latter we have in reality the animal to which his narrative refers ...
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... amongst the ordinary vespertilionidæ ; it likewise differs from them in the want of the nose - leaf , as well as of the tail . In the absence of the latter , its flight is directed by means of a membrane attached to the inner side of ...
... amongst the ordinary vespertilionidæ ; it likewise differs from them in the want of the nose - leaf , as well as of the tail . In the absence of the latter , its flight is directed by means of a membrane attached to the inner side of ...
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... amongst other things , on the guava , the plantain , the rose - apple , and the fruit of the various fig - trees . Flying foxes are abundant in all the maritime districts , especially at the season when the pulum - imbul2 , one of the ...
... amongst other things , on the guava , the plantain , the rose - apple , and the fruit of the various fig - trees . Flying foxes are abundant in all the maritime districts , especially at the season when the pulum - imbul2 , one of the ...
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