 ... paddles ; that it was marine is almost equally so from the remains with which it is universally associated ; that it may have occasionally visited the shore, the resemblance of its extremities to those of the turtle may lead us to conjecture ; its...  A Manual of Zoology ... - Page 418by Henry Alleyne Nicholson - 1870 - 622 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1826 - 854 pages
...of the turtle may lead us to conjecture ; its motion, however, must have been very awkward on land ; its long neck must have impeded its progress through the water, presenting a striking contrast to the organization 'which so admirably fits the Ichthyosaurus to cut through the waves. May it not therefore... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1826 - 644 pages
...turtle may lead us to conjecture ; its motion, however, must have been very awkward on land ; its h>ng neck must have impeded its progress through the water, presenting a striking contrast to the organization which so admirably fits the Ichthyosaurus to cut through the waves. May it not therefore... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1826 - 644 pages
...turtle may lead us to conjecture ; its motion, however, must have been very awkward on land ; its Jong neck must have impeded its progress through the water, presenting a striking contrast to the organization which so admirably fits the Ichthyosaurus to cut through the waves. May it not therefore... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - Natural history - 1830 - 612 pages
...of the turtle may lend us to conjecture. Its motion, however, must have been very awkward on land; its long neck must have impeded its progress through...presenting a striking contrast to the organisation which 10 admirably fits the Ichthyosaurus to cut through the waves. May it not therefore be concluded (since,... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - Natural history - 1830 - 598 pages
...may lead us to conjecture. Its motion, however, must have been very awkward on land; its long peck must have impeded its progress through the water ;...presenting a striking contrast to the organisation which BO admirably fits the Ichthyosaurus to cut through the waves. May it not therefore be concluded (since,... | |
 | English literature - 1836 - 1184 pages
...of the turtle may lead us to conjecture ; its motion, however, must have been very awkward on land ; its long neck must have impeded its progress through the water; presenting a striking contrast to the organization which so admirably fits the ichthyosaurus to cut through the waves. May it not, therefore,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1836 - 606 pages
...of the turtle may lead us to conjecture ; its motion, however, must have been very awkward on land ; its long neck must have impeded its progress through...the water ; presenting a striking contrast to the organization which so admirably fits the ichthyosaurus to cut through the waves. May it not, therefore,... | |
 | William Buckland - Bible and geology - 1837 - 476 pages
...Turtle may lead us to conjecture ; its motion however must have been very awkward on land ; its [ong neck must have impeded its progress through the water ; presenting a striking contrast to tl e organization which so admirably fits the Ichthyosaurus to cut through the wares. her to accommodate... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1840 - 522 pages
...of the turtle may lead us to conjecture ; its motion however must have been very awkward on land ; its long neck must have impeded its progress through the water, presenting a striking contrast to the organization which so admirably fits the Ichthyosaurus to cut through the waves. May it not therefore... | |
 | 1840 - 530 pages
...those of the turtle may lead us to conjecture ; its motion however must have been very awkward on land; its long neck must have impeded its progress through the water, presenting a striking contrast to the organization which so admirably fits the Ichthyosaurus to cut through the waves. May it not therefore... | |
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