AnimalsBaldwin, Cradock, and Joy; Harvey and Darton; and F.C. and J. Rivington., 1821 - Commercial products |
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Africa America anchovies ancient animals Asia betwixt birds body breed brown colour called camel caught cheese chiefly civet coasts COMMON considered Continent covered deer distinguished dogs dorsal fin dried eaten eggs employed England epicures esteemed Europe excellent fallow deer feathers feed feet in length female FIN-BACKED WHALE fish flavour flesh frequently Greenland ground hair hare head horns horses inches Indians inhabitants insects isinglass islands killed kind known LAMPREY Laplanders legs male milk mode nearly nets northern numbers particularly pectoral fins peculiarly persons pigeons plumage pounds Price principal purpose quadruped red deer rivers salmon salted Scotland season seldom sheep shell Siberia silk skins soft sold sometimes South America species spermaceti spiracle spots substance tail teeth thick trees tribe turbot upper usually weight whale whilst whitish wild wings winter woods young
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Page 236 - I., while King of Scotland, was forced to beg of the Earl of Mar the loan of a pair of silk stockings to appear in before the English ambassador, enforcing his request with the cogent appeal, " For ye would not, sure, that your king should appear as a scrub before strangers...
Page 145 - They seemed to be composed of fine filaments cemented together by a transparent viscous matter, not unlike what is left by the foam of the sea upon stones alternately covered by the tide, or those gelatinous animal substances found floating on every coast. The nests adhere to each other, and to the sides of the cavern, mostly in rows, without any break or interruption.
Page 117 - Indeed, some tribes who are not familiarised with spirituous liquors, carry along with them in their canoes, in their fishing excursions, bladders filled with oil, which they use in the same way, and with a similar relish, that a British sailor does a dram. They also eat the skin of the whale raw, both adults and children, for it is not uncommon, when the females visit the...
Page 127 - In the 34th of Edward III, it was made felony to steal a hawk ; to take its eggs, even in a person's own ground, was punishable with imprisonment for a year and a day, besides a fine at the king's pleasure : in...
Page 271 - ELEMENTS OF PLANE AND SPHERICAL TRIGONOMETRY ; with their Applications to Heights and Distances, Projections of- the Sphere, Dialling, Astronomy, the Solution of Equations, and Geodesic Operations; intended fnr the Use of Mathematical Seminaries, and of first year Men at College. By OLINTHUS GREGORY, LL. D. of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich ; Author of Letters Publications of Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy.
Page 143 - ... common sparrow from the nest when it was fledged and educated him under a linnet ; the bird, however, by accident heard a goldfinch also, and his song was, therefore, a mixture of the linnet and goldfinch.
Page 144 - Externally, they resemble ill-concocted, fibrous isinglass, and are of a white colour, inclining to red. Their thickness is little more than that of a silver spoon, and the weight from a quarter to half an ounce.
Page 231 - Arabs, was informed that at Mecca, when there was a scarcity of corn, as a substitute for flour they would grind locusts in their hand-mills, or pound them in stone mortars; that they mixed this flour with water into a dough, and made their cakes of it, which they baked like their other bread. He adds, that it is not unusual for them to eat locusts when there is no famine; but then they boil them first a good while in water, and afterwards stew them with butter into a kind of fricassee...
Page 156 - ... black ; the feathers under the tail are white, marked with a few bars of black and orange. She makes an artless nest, on the ground, and hatches her young late in summer. She lays from six to eight eggs, of a dull, yellowish-white colour, marked with numbers of very small, ferruginous specks, and towards the smaller end, with some blotches of the same hue. They feed on...
Page 151 - Minor ; and from whence they still retain their name. Next to the peacock, they are the most beautiful of birds, as well for the vivid colour of their plumes as for their happy mixtures and variety. It is far beyond the power of the pencil to draw anything so glossy, so bright, or points...