The Natural History of the Amphibious Carnivora: Also of the Herbivorous Cetacea, with Memoir of Péron |
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The Natural History of the Amphibious Carnivora: Also of the Herbivorous ... F. R. S. E. ) Robert Hamilton (m D Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2020 |
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Amphibia animal appear Baron Cuvier Bearded Seal Blainville boat body Buffon Calocephalus canines Captain captured cete coast colour Common Seal conical covered cranium Crantz creature Desm Dugong Elephant extremity eyes feet long females fish flippers fore-paws Forster four frequently Fur-Seal genus Greenland grey Grey Seal habits hair half feet head herbivorous herbivorous Cete herd hind inches incisors island killed kind Kraken land M. F. Cuvier males mammæ membrane molars monster mouth Museum nails Naturalists nearly neck nostrils observed ocean Otary paws peculiar Pennant Pernetty Peron Phoca PLATE posterior PROBOSCIDEA Proboscis quadrupeds regard remarks rocks round says scarcely Sea-Bears Sea-Horse Sea-Lion seen Shetland shore short singular skin snout sometimes species specimen spots Steller supplied surface swimming tail taken teeth thick tion upper jaw usually Vitulina voyage Walrus Weddell Whale whilst whole young
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Side 102 - ... that it may have afforded foundation for some of the stories of Mermaids. I have myself seen a sea-horse in such a position, and under such circumstances, that it required little stretch of imagination to mistake it for a human being ; so like indeed was it, that the surgeon of the ship actually reported to me his having seen a man with his head just appearing above the surface of the water.
Side 72 - Sacred to neatness and repose, th' alcove, The chamber, or refectory, may die : A necessary act incurs no blame. Not so when, held within their proper bounds, And guiltless of offence, they range the air, Or take their pastime in the spacious field : There they are privileged ; and he that hunts Or harms them there is guilty of a wrong, Disturbs th' economy of nature's realm, Who, when she form'd, design'd them an abode.
Side 134 - Mammiferes, was still young : it measured two feet eight inches, from the end of the snout to the tip of the tail ; and the length of this member was three and a half inches.
Side 266 - Shetland Seals were first visited, they had no apprehension of danger from meeting men ; in fact, they would lie still while their neighbours were killed and skinned ; but, latterly, they had acquired habits for counteracting danger, by placing themselves on rocks, from which they could, in a moment, precipitate themselves into the water.
Side 272 - ... and rose a second time, but still saw nothing. Conceiving, however, the possibility of a boat being upset, and that some of the crew might be clinging to some detached rocks, he walked along the beach a few steps, and heard the noise more distinctly, but in a musical strain.
Side 300 - It continued to move off with its head above water, and with the wind, for about half a mile, before we lost sight of it. Its head was rather broad, of a form somewhat oval; its neck somewhat smaller ; its shoulders — if I can so term them — considerably broader; and thence it tapered towards the tail, which last it kept pretty low in the water, so that a view of it could not be taken so distinctly as I wished. It had no fin...
Side 67 - ... yards of me ; and there they would swim about, with their heads above water, like so many black dogs, evidently delighted with the sounds. For half an hour, or, indeed, for any length of time I chose, I could fix them to the spot ; and when I moved along the water edge, they would follow me with eagerness, like the Dolphins who, it is said, attended Arion, as if anxious to prolong the enjoyment. I have frequently witnessed the same effect when out on a boat excursion. The sound of the flute,...
Side 300 - Then I saw it elevated considerably above the level of the sea, and, after a slow movement, distinctly perceived one of its eyes. Alarmed at the unusual appearance and magnitude of the animal, I steered so as to be at no great distance from the shore. When nearly in a line...
Side 65 - Bay, numbers of these creatures invariably made their appearance, especially if the weather was calm and sunny, and the sea smooth, crowding around us at the distance of a few yards, and looking as if they had some kind of notion that we were of the same species, or at least genus, with themselves. The gambols in the water of my playful companions, and their noise and merriment, seemed, to our imagination, to excite them, and to make them course round us with greater rapidity and animation. At the...
Side 320 - Connected with this, a notice will be found in the second volume of the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, in form of a letter read to that learned body from the late John R.