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... BELONG TO IT HAVE NO FORE - TEETH IN EITHER JAW . There are seven genera , or tribes . wish you would say something about each . I I will . No animal of this order is to be found in Europe . The first is the Sloth tribe . They have no ...
... BELONG TO IT HAVE NO FORE - TEETH IN EITHER JAW . There are seven genera , or tribes . wish you would say something about each . I I will . No animal of this order is to be found in Europe . The first is the Sloth tribe . They have no ...
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... belong to it . Its name is FERE ; its character is , that the ani- mals which belong to it HAVE SIX CONICAL FORE- TEETH IN EITHER JAW , AND A SINGLE DOG - TOOTH ON EACH SIDE IN BOTH JAWS . There are eleven tribes . Shall I mention the ...
... belong to it . Its name is FERE ; its character is , that the ani- mals which belong to it HAVE SIX CONICAL FORE- TEETH IN EITHER JAW , AND A SINGLE DOG - TOOTH ON EACH SIDE IN BOTH JAWS . There are eleven tribes . Shall I mention the ...
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... belong to this tribe . They do . The wolf * is a most rapacious animal : he will dig up the dead from their graves , and devour them . His jaws are so strong , that he will carry off a sheep from the fold with the greatest ease . Num ...
... belong to this tribe . They do . The wolf * is a most rapacious animal : he will dig up the dead from their graves , and devour them . His jaws are so strong , that he will carry off a sheep from the fold with the greatest ease . Num ...
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... belong to it ? * It does . The Guinea - pig is a pretty little crea- ture , and well - known . It is so prolific , that it pro- duces three or four young ones every two months ; they somewhat resemble rabbits . Unlike all other animals ...
... belong to it ? * It does . The Guinea - pig is a pretty little crea- ture , and well - known . It is so prolific , that it pro- duces three or four young ones every two months ; they somewhat resemble rabbits . Unlike all other animals ...
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... belong to this tribe . We need not delay to speak of these . The next is the MARMOT TRIBE . They are very similar to the rat tribe . They chiefly oc- Alps and Pyrenees ; yet they are often caught and. cupy the highest cliffs of the ...
... belong to this tribe . We need not delay to speak of these . The next is the MARMOT TRIBE . They are very similar to the rat tribe . They chiefly oc- Alps and Pyrenees ; yet they are often caught and. cupy the highest cliffs of the ...
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Page 419 - ... invisible. These animals are of a great variety of shapes and sizes, and in such prodigious numbers, that, in a short time, the whole surface of the rock appears to be alive and in motion. The most common worm is in the form of...
Page 400 - See, through this air, this ocean, and this earth, All matter quick, and bursting into birth. Above, how high progressive life may go! Around, how wide! how deep extend below! Vast chain of being! which from God began. Natures...
Page 300 - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This, teach me more than hell to shun, That, more than Heaven pursue. What blessings Thy free bounty gives, Let me not cast away; For God is paid when man receives, T
Page 125 - A bird's nest. Mark it well ! — within, without ; No tool had he that wrought — no knife to cut, No nail to fix — no bodkin to insert — No glue to join ; his little beak was all. And yet how neatly finished ! What nice hand. With every implement and means of art, And twenty years...
Page 267 - Fill'd with the face of heaven, which, from afar, Comes down upon the waters ; all its hues, From the rich sunset to the rising star, Their magical variety diffuse : And now they change ; a paler shadow strews Its mantle o'er the mountains ; parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues With a new colour as it gasps away, The last still loveliest, till — 'tis gone — and all is gray.
Page 247 - Which strike ev'n eyes incurious ; but each moss, Each shell, each crawling insect, holds a rank Important in the plan of Him who framed This scale of beings ; holds a rank which lost Would break the chain, and leave behind a gap Which Nature's self would rue.
Page 149 - In the centre of this grove there stood an oak, which, though shapely and tall on the whole, bulged out into a large excrescence about the middle of the stem. On this a pair of ravens had fixed their residence for such a series of years, that the oak was distinguished by the title of the Raven Tree.
Page 449 - Ye insects flutt'ring on the gale, In mutual concourse rise ; Crop the gay rose's vermeil bloom, And waft its spoils, a sweet perfume, In incense to the skies.