The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge, 9. köideCharles Knight, 1838 |
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Page 50
... France en produit beaucoup ; il est blanc , et naturellement si doux , qu'on peut le prendre à la main : du moins ils étoient si peu effrayés à la vue des matelots , qu'il leur étoit aisé d'en tuer un très grand nombre avec des bâtons ...
... France en produit beaucoup ; il est blanc , et naturellement si doux , qu'on peut le prendre à la main : du moins ils étoient si peu effrayés à la vue des matelots , qu'il leur étoit aisé d'en tuer un très grand nombre avec des bâtons ...
Page 52
... France , and sent to the Paris Museum . They almost all belonged to a large living species of land - tortoise , called Testudo Indica , but amongst them were the head , sternum , and humerus of the dodo . M. Cuvier , ' adds Mr. Lyell in ...
... France , and sent to the Paris Museum . They almost all belonged to a large living species of land - tortoise , called Testudo Indica , but amongst them were the head , sternum , and humerus of the dodo . M. Cuvier , ' adds Mr. Lyell in ...
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... France ; there being nothing to prove positively that it has been found either at Bourbon or at Fernandez , as has been thought , owing to the confusion , no doubt , between the Dodo and Solitaire of Leguat . 5. The Dronte should be ...
... France ; there being nothing to prove positively that it has been found either at Bourbon or at Fernandez , as has been thought , owing to the confusion , no doubt , between the Dodo and Solitaire of Leguat . 5. The Dronte should be ...
Page 64
... France , in the department of Jura , on the north - west bank of the Doubs , a feeder of the Saône , and on the road from Paris to Geneva . It is about 190 miles in a straight line south - east of Paris , in 47 ° 7 ' N. lat . and 5 ° 28 ...
... France , in the department of Jura , on the north - west bank of the Doubs , a feeder of the Saône , and on the road from Paris to Geneva . It is about 190 miles in a straight line south - east of Paris , in 47 ° 7 ' N. lat . and 5 ° 28 ...
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... France . After some hesitation whether he should devote himself to classical literature or to natural history , he decided in favour of the latter . While at Metz with the regiment of carbineers , in which he had obtained a commission ...
... France . After some hesitation whether he should devote himself to classical literature or to natural history , he decided in favour of the latter . While at Metz with the regiment of carbineers , in which he had obtained a commission ...
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