Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa: From the Earliest Ages to the Present Time: with Illustrations of the Geology, Mineralogy and ZoologyOliver & Boyd, 1830 - 503 pàgines |
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Pàgina 405
... genus which is not of African origin . They are , without doubt , notwithstanding their approxi- mation in some respects to the human form , the most disgusting of the brute creation . Perhaps it is this very resemblance which excites ...
... genus which is not of African origin . They are , without doubt , notwithstanding their approxi- mation in some respects to the human form , the most disgusting of the brute creation . Perhaps it is this very resemblance which excites ...
Pàgina 406
... genus . Its motions are cha- racterized by a great degree of elegant lightness : its manners are mild , and its nature very harmless . Its size is equal to that of a large cat , and its wool is extremely soft and fine . The tail is ...
... genus . Its motions are cha- racterized by a great degree of elegant lightness : its manners are mild , and its nature very harmless . Its size is equal to that of a large cat , and its wool is extremely soft and fine . The tail is ...
Pàgina 408
... genus Galeopithecus , the dis- tribution of which is confined to Asia and its islands , we enter upon the Vespertiliones , or great family of the bats , now divided into many genera . Of these the greater proportion belong to South ...
... genus Galeopithecus , the dis- tribution of which is confined to Asia and its islands , we enter upon the Vespertiliones , or great family of the bats , now divided into many genera . Of these the greater proportion belong to South ...
Pàgina 410
... genus , all confined to that island , where , from their grunting voices , they are called ground - hogs . One of these ( S. ecaudatus ) is de- fended by spinous projections , and is known to Eu- 410 NATURAL HISTORY OF AFRICA .
... genus , all confined to that island , where , from their grunting voices , they are called ground - hogs . One of these ( S. ecaudatus ) is de- fended by spinous projections , and is known to Eu- 410 NATURAL HISTORY OF AFRICA .
Pàgina 417
... each foot . The size is that of a rabbit ; its colour reddish ; its ears very short , but broad in their open- ings ; and its locality Mount Atlas . We may here notice the genus Bathyergus , pecu- liar 2 D QUADRUPEDS . 417.
... each foot . The size is that of a rabbit ; its colour reddish ; its ears very short , but broad in their open- ings ; and its locality Mount Atlas . We may here notice the genus Bathyergus , pecu- liar 2 D QUADRUPEDS . 417.
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