Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in Africa, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time: With Illustrations of the Geology, Mineralogy and ZoologyJ. & J. Harper, 1846 - 359 pàgines |
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Pàgina 297
... genus which is not of African origin . They are , without doubt , notwithstanding their approxima tion in some respects to the human form , the most disgust- ing of the brute creation . Perhaps it is this very resem- blance which ...
... genus which is not of African origin . They are , without doubt , notwithstanding their approxima tion in some respects to the human form , the most disgust- ing of the brute creation . Perhaps it is this very resem- blance which ...
Pàgina 298
... genus . Its motions are characterized 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 about ...
... genus . Its motions are characterized 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 about ...
Pàgina 299
... genus Galeopithecus , the distribution 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 distribution 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 301
... are several species of the genus , all confined to that island , where , from their grunting voices , they are called ground - hogs . One of these DD S. ecaudatus ) is defended by spinous projections , and QUADRUPEDS . 301.
... are several species of the genus , all confined to that island , where , from their grunting voices , they are called ground - hogs . One of these DD S. ecaudatus ) is defended by spinous projections , and QUADRUPEDS . 301.
Pàgina 306
... toes to each foot . The size is that of a rabbit ; its colour reddish ; its ears very short , but broad in their openings ; and its locality Mount Atlas . We may here notice the genus Bathyergus , peculiar to 306 NATURAL HISTORY OF AFRICA .
... toes to each foot . The size is that of a rabbit ; its colour reddish ; its ears very short , but broad in their openings ; and its locality Mount Atlas . We may here notice the genus Bathyergus , peculiar to 306 NATURAL HISTORY OF AFRICA .
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