| William Dampier - Buccaneers - 1699 - 592 pages
...place of abode. They live on Grafs 7 or 8 inches long, and of a narrow blade, which grows in the Sea in many places, efpecially among Iflands near the...Creeks, or in great Rivers, near the fides of them, in luch places where there is but little tyde or current.They never come afhore, nor into Shallower water... | |
| William Dampier - Australia - 1703 - 774 pages
...place of abode. They live* on Grafs 7 or 8 inches long, and of a narrow blade, which grows in the Sea in many places, efpecially among Iflands near the...of them, in fuch places where there is but little ty de or current. They never come afhoar, nor into (hallower water than where they can fwim. Their... | |
| David Laing Purves - Discoveries in geography - 1874 - 856 pages
...near the main ; this grass grows likewise in creeks or in great rivers near the sides of them, in such places where there is but little tide or current. They never come ashore, nor into shallower water than where they can swim. Their flesh is white, both the fat and the... | |
| Edward Richard Alston - Animals - 1882 - 280 pages
...the Main. This Grass groweth likewise in Creeks, or in great Rivers near the Sides of them, in such places where there is but little Tide or Current. They never come ashore, nor into shallower Water than where they can swim. Their Flesh is white, both the Fat and the... | |
| Science - 1921 - 628 pages
...Main. This Grass groweth likewise in Creeks or in the great Rivers, near the sides of them, in such places where there is but little tide or current. They never come ashore, nor into shallower water than where they can swim. Their flesh is white, both the fat and the... | |
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