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... animal , so far as may be judged from the specimens hitherto imported , is about a foot in length . The whole upper parts of the body and tail are thickly coated with strong and very sharp spines , of a considerable length , and ...
... animal , so far as may be judged from the specimens hitherto imported , is about a foot in length . The whole upper parts of the body and tail are thickly coated with strong and very sharp spines , of a considerable length , and ...
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... animal which differs so widely from all other quadrupeds , and which verifies in a most striking manner the observation of Buffon , viz . that whatever was possible for Nature to produce , has actually been produced . On a subject so ...
... animal which differs so widely from all other quadrupeds , and which verifies in a most striking manner the observation of Buffon , viz . that whatever was possible for Nature to produce , has actually been produced . On a subject so ...
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... animal of tremendous swiftness : animal tremenda velocitatis . " This , however , is said to be not so applicable to the pace of the animal in running , as to the velocity of his spring when darting on his prey . There can be little ...
... animal of tremendous swiftness : animal tremenda velocitatis . " This , however , is said to be not so applicable to the pace of the animal in running , as to the velocity of his spring when darting on his prey . There can be little ...
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