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... hair , but certainly it was no hair ... [ It swam ] towards the place where before I landed , and it did often look back towards me ; whereby I beheld the shoulders and the back down to the middle , to be as square , white and smooth as ...
... hair , but certainly it was no hair ... [ It swam ] towards the place where before I landed , and it did often look back towards me ; whereby I beheld the shoulders and the back down to the middle , to be as square , white and smooth as ...
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... hair ' equally derive their Origin from the Sea ' . At least one modern naturalist has endorsed a similar view . The ... hairs ran down the length of the tail . This pathetic parti - coloured creature aroused great intellectual interest ...
... hair ' equally derive their Origin from the Sea ' . At least one modern naturalist has endorsed a similar view . The ... hairs ran down the length of the tail . This pathetic parti - coloured creature aroused great intellectual interest ...
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... hair , very similar to the Fucus filiformis ; this hair hung over the shoulders . Its forehead was large and round . The skin above the eyelids was much wrinkled , scanty , and of a bright olive colour , which was indeed the tint of the ...
... hair , very similar to the Fucus filiformis ; this hair hung over the shoulders . Its forehead was large and round . The skin above the eyelids was much wrinkled , scanty , and of a bright olive colour , which was indeed the tint of the ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Animals and Man 1 Animals and Man 74 | 5 |
Shaman into Scientist ΙΟ | 10 |
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