Certainly not; in dry seasons they are seldom found here, but after great rains they are often abundant. I think it cannot be doubted, that their natural residence is in an extensive deep subterranean lake, from which, in great floods, they sometimes... Natural history. Reptiles - Page 278by Philip Henry Gosse - 1850Full view - About this book
| John Ayrton Paris - Chemistry - 1831 - 582 pages
...calcareous strata in Sicily. I think it cannot be doubted, that their natural residence is an extensive deep subterranean lake, from which in great floods they...great cavity may furnish the individuals which have heen found at Adelsberg and at Sittich. *»##»*# " This adds one more instance to the number already... | |
| John Ayrton Paris - 1831 - 598 pages
...cannot be doubted, that their natural residence is an extensive deep subterranean lake, from wlu'ch in great floods they sometimes are forced through...may furnish the individuals which have been found at Adelsberg and at Sittich. **•**#* " This adds one more instance to the number already known of the... | |
| John Timbs - 1832 - 362 pages
...are often abundant. I think it cannot be doubted, that their natural residence is an extensive, deep, subterranean lake, from which, in great floods, they...through the crevices of the rocks into this place." We have not space for this great philosopher's theory of the proteus ; but we may state its conclusion... | |
| John Timbs - 1832 - 356 pages
...are often abundant. I think it cannot be doubted, that their natural residence is an extensive, deep, subterranean lake, from which, in great floods, they...through the crevices of the rocks into this place." We have not space for this great philosopher's theory of the proteus ; but we may state its conclusion... | |
| Sir Humphry Davy - 1838 - 284 pages
...often abundant. I think it cannot be doubted, that their natural residence is in an extensive deep subterranean lake, from which, in great floods, they...may furnish the individuals which have been found at Adelsberg and at Sittich. EUB. — This is a very extraordinary view of the subject. Is it not possible... | |
| 1841 - 524 pages
...in an extensive deep subterranean lake, from which in great floods they sometimes are forced throush the crevices of the rocks into this place where they...may furnish the individuals which have been found at Adelsberg and at Sittich.' Eubathes replies, 'That this is a very extraordinary view of the subject,... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1841 - 1040 pages
...are often abundant. I think it cannot be doubted that their natural residence is in an extensive deep subterranean lake, from which in great floods they...the crevices of the rocks into this place where they ire found ; and it does not appear to me impossible, when tnt peculiar nature of the country in which... | |
| Popular history - 1843 - 434 pages
...and he adds, " I think it cannot be doubted, that their natural residence is in an extensive, deep, subterranean lake, from which, in great floods, they...impossible, when the peculiar nature of the country is considered, that the same great cavity may furnish the individuals which have been found at Adelsburg... | |
| Caves - 1847 - 220 pages
...residence is in an extensive deep subterranean lake, from which in great floods they are sometimes forced through the crevices of the rocks into this...may furnish the individuals which have been found at Adelsberg and at Sittich. The same infinite Power and Wisdom which has fitted the camel and the ostrich... | |
| Cassell, ltd - 1859 - 832 pages
...and he adds, " I think it cannot be doubted that their natural residence is in an extensive, deep, subterranean lake, from which, in great floods, they sometimes are forced through the crevices of rocks into this place, where they are found ; and it does not appear to me impossible, when the peculiar... | |
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