The Natural History Review, Volume 3Hodges & Smith, 1863 - Biology Includes the transactions of the Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society, Cork Cuvierian Society, and Dublin Natural History Society. |
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Page 27 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
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Page 7 - ... are spirited representations of monsters or of animals, such as the beaver, otter, wild cat, elk, bear, wolf, panther, raccoon, opossum, squirrel, manatee, eagle, hawk, heron, owl, buzzard, raven, swallow, parroquet, duck, grouse, and many others. The most interesting of these, perhaps, is the Manatee or Lamantin, of which seven representations have been found in the mounds of Ohio. These are no mere rude sculptures, about which there might easily be a mistake, but " the truncated head, thick...
Page 385 - But, even leaving Mr. Darwin's views aside," continues Prof. Huxley, " the whole analogy of natural operations furnishes so " complete and crushing an argument against the intervention of any " but what are termed secondary causes in the production of all the
Page 10 - Aztalan" was given to this place by Mr. Hyer, because the Aztecs had a tradition that they originally came from a country to the north, which they called Aztalan. It is said to be derived from two Mexican words, Atl, water, and An, near. " The main feature of these works is an enclosure of earth (not brick, as has been erroneously stated), extending around fhree sides of an irregular parallelogram ; " the river " forming the fourth side on the east.
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