The Youth's Companion: Or An Historical Dictionary; Consisting of Articles Selected Chiefly from Natural and Civil History, Geography, Astronomy, Zoology, Botany and Mineralogy; Arranged in Alphabetical OrderWebsters and Skinners, 1813 - 424 páginas |
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... feet in length ; their body is as large as that of a horse , and nearly resembles a lizard . Their scales , when the animal is alive , are impenetrable even to a rifle ball , except about their head , and just be- hind their fore legs ...
... feet in length ; their body is as large as that of a horse , and nearly resembles a lizard . Their scales , when the animal is alive , are impenetrable even to a rifle ball , except about their head , and just be- hind their fore legs ...
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... feet broad . On one hand is the rock , with woods of pine trees hanging overhead , and on the other a prodigious precipice , almost perpendicular , at the bottom of which rolls a deep torrent . The highest peak in the Alpine range , is ...
... feet broad . On one hand is the rock , with woods of pine trees hanging overhead , and on the other a prodigious precipice , almost perpendicular , at the bottom of which rolls a deep torrent . The highest peak in the Alpine range , is ...
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... feet in height ; this is the highest mountain , by above five thousand feet , of any in the known world . The Andes have six- teen volcanoes , which break out in various places , and by melting the snow , occasion such torrents , that ...
... feet in height ; this is the highest mountain , by above five thousand feet , of any in the known world . The Andes have six- teen volcanoes , which break out in various places , and by melting the snow , occasion such torrents , that ...
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... feet are armed with claws , on the body of the fly , and even on that of the flea . It is credible from analogy , that there are animals , or animalcules , feeding on the leaves of plants , like cattle in our meadows ; which repose ...
... feet are armed with claws , on the body of the fly , and even on that of the flea . It is credible from analogy , that there are animals , or animalcules , feeding on the leaves of plants , like cattle in our meadows ; which repose ...
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... feet rise and come to the ground together . They are in height from thirteen to fifteen inches , and can leap six or seven feet . Their coat is grey , with a silver belly ; and their horns , which are straight , are of a shining black ...
... feet rise and come to the ground together . They are in height from thirteen to fifteen inches , and can leap six or seven feet . Their coat is grey , with a silver belly ; and their horns , which are straight , are of a shining black ...
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