The Fifth Reader of the School and Family SeriesHarper & brothers, 1864 - 538 pàgines |
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Pàgina 58
Marcius Willson. toises , which vary from a few inches to three or four feet in length , the best known to us is the little box - tortoise , which is found every where in this country on dry land . ( See No. 8. ) It is a very gentle and ...
Marcius Willson. toises , which vary from a few inches to three or four feet in length , the best known to us is the little box - tortoise , which is found every where in this country on dry land . ( See No. 8. ) It is a very gentle and ...
Pàgina 59
... feet , the toes being concealed by the skin , which completely envelops them . These animals , which are found in all the seas of warm climates , are excellent swim- mers , but on land they shuffle along in a very awkward man- ner , and ...
... feet , the toes being concealed by the skin , which completely envelops them . These animals , which are found in all the seas of warm climates , are excellent swim- mers , but on land they shuffle along in a very awkward man- ner , and ...
Pàgina 62
... feet in length . It runs with great swiftness , and strikes such violent blows with its tail that dogs do not readily venture to attack it . It is somewhat noted for robbing hen - roosts and stealing honey . It attacks the bee - hives ...
... feet in length . It runs with great swiftness , and strikes such violent blows with its tail that dogs do not readily venture to attack it . It is somewhat noted for robbing hen - roosts and stealing honey . It attacks the bee - hives ...
Pàgina 64
... feet enables it to run up smooth perpendicular walls with great facility , and even to cross a ceiling with its back downward . It is partial to the habitations of men , attracted by the flies which swarm there . Thus Mrs. Mason , of ...
... feet enables it to run up smooth perpendicular walls with great facility , and even to cross a ceiling with its back downward . It is partial to the habitations of men , attracted by the flies which swarm there . Thus Mrs. Mason , of ...
Pàgina 65
Marcius Willson. 3 Scale of Feet . 1/8 214 CROCODILE DIVISION OF THE SAURIANS . - 1 . Mississippi Alligator , Alligator Mississip- piensis . 2. Gavial of the Ganges , Gavialis Gangetica . 3. The Cayman , Caiman palpe- brosus . 4 ...
Marcius Willson. 3 Scale of Feet . 1/8 214 CROCODILE DIVISION OF THE SAURIANS . - 1 . Mississippi Alligator , Alligator Mississip- piensis . 2. Gavial of the Ganges , Gavialis Gangetica . 3. The Cayman , Caiman palpe- brosus . 4 ...
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