The Harmonies of NatureLongmans, Green and Company, 1866 - 406 páginas |
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... molluscs of all forms and colours , reposing , wander- ing , darting , creeping , or swimming , enliven the ever - changing scene , and there , not the least ornament of these fairy gardens , the radiate Sea - anemones , emulating the ...
... molluscs of all forms and colours , reposing , wander- ing , darting , creeping , or swimming , enliven the ever - changing scene , and there , not the least ornament of these fairy gardens , the radiate Sea - anemones , emulating the ...
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... molluscs and crustaceans prey upon their inexhaustible legions , and are in their turn devoured by the herrings , whose capture is a source of abundance to whole nations of fishermen . Who can count the millions which every moment ...
... molluscs and crustaceans prey upon their inexhaustible legions , and are in their turn devoured by the herrings , whose capture is a source of abundance to whole nations of fishermen . Who can count the millions which every moment ...
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... molluscs that are not only more tardy than himself , but even firmly rooted to the ground , and have nothing to oppose to his attacks but the passive resistance of their closed valves . This defence , however , is frequently of no avail ...
... molluscs that are not only more tardy than himself , but even firmly rooted to the ground , and have nothing to oppose to his attacks but the passive resistance of their closed valves . This defence , however , is frequently of no avail ...
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... molluscs . which spreads in countless legions over the surface of the globe , but chiefly inhabits the seas ; as of the living species , whose number is estimated at 16,732 , more than 10,000 are denizens of the ocean . The molluscs are ...
... molluscs . which spreads in countless legions over the surface of the globe , but chiefly inhabits the seas ; as of the living species , whose number is estimated at 16,732 , more than 10,000 are denizens of the ocean . The molluscs are ...
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... mollusc organisation , will show us that , though generally weak and inert , they are all most admirably fitted out for the battle of life . While wandering on the beach we not seldom find , among the relics of the retiring flood , pale ...
... mollusc organisation , will show us that , though generally weak and inert , they are all most admirably fitted out for the battle of life . While wandering on the beach we not seldom find , among the relics of the retiring flood , pale ...
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