The Romance of Natural History

Africa America animal animalcules appearance beast beautiful birds body branches butterflies Cetacean cilia cloth coast colour coral creatures Crown 8vo crustacea curious Daedalus dark deep depth diameter diatoms dimensions distance Dr Livingstone elegant elephant enormous exist fathoms feet high feet in circumference feet in length fishes forest frustule gaze Gemzé genus gigantic guacharo head heard height horn horse hundred feet immense inches Indian infusoria inhabit insects island Jamaica Kordofan larvæ leaves light look measured miles minute monster mountain musquitoes naturalist nearly night numbers observed ocean peculiar perhaps plants Plesiosaur quadrupeds reef regions rhinoceros river rock round scarcely scene sea-serpent seen serpent shell ship Siberia side sight sixty feet snake snow sound South South America species specimens sperm whale spot suddenly surface thick three hundred tion traveller trees tropical trunk vast vegetable Wetterhorn whale wild wings woods yards zimb Zoologist