Natural History in Zoological Gardens: Being Some Account of Vertebrated AnimalsA. Constable & Company, Limited, 1905 - 310 pagini |
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Pagina 33
... origin of the story of the gorillas of Hanno , who referred to them as stone - throwing and living in throngs . When annoyed , or in an offensive mood , this baboon will open its mouth and as it were yawn at a neighbouring baboon ; it ...
... origin of the story of the gorillas of Hanno , who referred to them as stone - throwing and living in throngs . When annoyed , or in an offensive mood , this baboon will open its mouth and as it were yawn at a neighbouring baboon ; it ...
Pagina 46
... origin which may have a dim applicability in that tongue to some one , and that not always a striking , peculiarity of the animal so named , but which are apt to lose that faint significance when translated . The lemurs which form the ...
... origin which may have a dim applicability in that tongue to some one , and that not always a striking , peculiarity of the animal so named , but which are apt to lose that faint significance when translated . The lemurs which form the ...
Pagina 75
... origin from the head into a flat expansion , from which arise the comparatively small tines . Of these tines there may be as many as sixteen , but as a rule there are fewer . The fact that these horns are at times non - palmated , like ...
... origin from the head into a flat expansion , from which arise the comparatively small tines . Of these tines there may be as many as sixteen , but as a rule there are fewer . The fact that these horns are at times non - palmated , like ...
Pagina 76
... origin . The Bos bonasus of the forests of Lithuania and of the Caucasus should be called by its name of Wisent , which is the same word as bison . It may occasionally be seen at the Zoo . So , too , the American bison and a host of ...
... origin . The Bos bonasus of the forests of Lithuania and of the Caucasus should be called by its name of Wisent , which is the same word as bison . It may occasionally be seen at the Zoo . So , too , the American bison and a host of ...
Pagina 82
... origin from the trunk and their implantation . upon earth . The elephant is also the only living ungulate animal , except the hyrax , which has retained many toes . In other ungulates one or more have dis- appeared upon both hind and ...
... origin from the trunk and their implantation . upon earth . The elephant is also the only living ungulate animal , except the hyrax , which has retained many toes . In other ungulates one or more have dis- appeared upon both hind and ...
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Pagina 86 - The trees of the Lord are full of sap ; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
Pagina 269 - Ascension, has brought in several turtles of above 300 pounds weight, which have been sold at a very high price. It may be noted, that which is common in the West Indies is a luxury here." And, once more, in the same publication, for 1754, we read, " Saturday, July 13, the Right Hon. the Lord Anson, made a present to the gentlemen of White's chocolate house, of a turtle, which weighed 300 pounds weight, and which laid five eggs since in their possession.
Pagina 210 - It covers up the eggs, and leaves them to be hatched by the heat of the sun...
Pagina 269 - Friday, Aug. 31 , a turtle, weighing 350 pounds, was eat at the King's Arms Tavern, Pall- Mall ; the mouth of an oven was taken down to admit the part to be baked.
Pagina 42 - ... it is a noise so unearthly that, heard unexpectedly for the first time, it would fill the mind with the most melancholy and fearful foreboding.
Pagina 25 - I hippopotamus, and all London society rushed to "leave its cards" on the "little stranger;" so that there was hardly an exaggeration in the words of a poem, by Theodore Hook, in Blackwood: — " The folks in town are nearly wild To go and see the monkey-child, In Gardens of Zoology, Whose proper name is Chimpanzee. To keep this baby free from hurt, He's dressed in a cap and a Guernsey shirt; They 've got him a nurse, and he sits on her knee, And she calls him her Tommy Chimpanzee.
Pagina 105 - Topsell m informs us that the ichneumon burrows in the sand, and " when the aspe espyeth her threatening rage, presently turning about her taile, provoketh the ichneumon to combate, and with an open mouth and lofty head doth enter the list, to her owne perdition. For the ichneumon being nothing afraid of this great bravado, receiveth the encounter, and taking the head of the aspe in his mouth biteth that off to prevent the casting out of her poison.
Pagina 269 - France, they are in the highest estimation. In Jamaica they are even preserved in parks ; and their flesh is sold in the shops at a less price than that of beef and mutton. From this last island in particular is our turtle-eating metropolis supplied with immense quantities of this luxurious food. It would be quite superfluous to descant on the enthusiastic veneration in which turtle- soup is held by our wealthy and discerning fellow citizens.