The Quarterly Journal, Volume 7John Murray, 1819 |
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Page 62
... animals which inhabit the surface of the globe and breathe the atmospheric air . And it has been stated that the dilution of the oxygen gas by means of the nitrogen gas of the atmosphere , does not materially impede the slow combination ...
... animals which inhabit the surface of the globe and breathe the atmospheric air . And it has been stated that the dilution of the oxygen gas by means of the nitrogen gas of the atmosphere , does not materially impede the slow combination ...
Page 64
... animal is extremely sure - footed and strong ; and , could he endure heat , would in the hills be a pre- ferable mode of carriage to a horse . At the village of Jelam the country of Bhote may be said to commence : as at the villages ...
... animal is extremely sure - footed and strong ; and , could he endure heat , would in the hills be a pre- ferable mode of carriage to a horse . At the village of Jelam the country of Bhote may be said to commence : as at the villages ...
Page 65
... animal itself is about the height of an antelope , but much stouter in make ; its colour dark grey , with black and white points , and wire - haired : its coat is , however , excessively thick , and is in consequence much prized ...
... animal itself is about the height of an antelope , but much stouter in make ; its colour dark grey , with black and white points , and wire - haired : its coat is , however , excessively thick , and is in consequence much prized ...
Page 68
... animal of the serpentine order , is a fact so remarkable here , and so interesting to naturalists every where , that the Academy at their last meeting , were of opinion that some notice of it should appear in their next publication ...
... animal of the serpentine order , is a fact so remarkable here , and so interesting to naturalists every where , that the Academy at their last meeting , were of opinion that some notice of it should appear in their next publication ...
Page 69
... animals , was probably sketched from the extravagant rela- tions of sea - faring people . He represents the serpent he speaks of , as several hundred feet in length , and in the act of taking sailors from the deck of a ship . The work ...
... animals , was probably sketched from the extravagant rela- tions of sea - faring people . He represents the serpent he speaks of , as several hundred feet in length , and in the act of taking sailors from the deck of a ship . The work ...
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