Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia During the Years 1837, 38 and 39: Describing Many Newly Discovered, Important and Feritle Districts : with Observations on the Moral and Physical Condition of the Aboriginal Inhabitants, Volume 2Boone, 1841 - 482 pages |
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Page 141
... spine , in front of head 1.15 in . Ditto of spine Ditto from tip of tail to bottom of last scale Ditto from tip of spear to end of shield · 0.23 · - 0.2 · 0.7 The temperature of the water at 6 P.M. was 71 ° Fahr .; of the air 74 ...
... spine , in front of head 1.15 in . Ditto of spine Ditto from tip of tail to bottom of last scale Ditto from tip of spear to end of shield · 0.23 · - 0.2 · 0.7 The temperature of the water at 6 P.M. was 71 ° Fahr .; of the air 74 ...
Page 148
... spines on them , one down each edge , and one ridge running down the centre of the shell or back . 6. Some perfectly spherical transparent bodies , 0.18 in . in diameter ; these neither moved nor shewed any signs of life when placed in ...
... spines on them , one down each edge , and one ridge running down the centre of the shell or back . 6. Some perfectly spherical transparent bodies , 0.18 in . in diameter ; these neither moved nor shewed any signs of life when placed in ...
Page 163
... length of this specimen was 2.5 inches its thickness , through the thickest part , 0.38 . — What I had before imagined to be either a spine or fin , turned out to be a pectoral fin . C It thus has two pectoral , one dorsal ,
... length of this specimen was 2.5 inches its thickness , through the thickest part , 0.38 . — What I had before imagined to be either a spine or fin , turned out to be a pectoral fin . C It thus has two pectoral , one dorsal ,
Page 164
... spine to which is attached a fringe - like fin . There is a spine upon the back ; the eye is very prominent and bright ; upon the back , between the eye and the spine , there are suc- cessive stripes of purple and burnished gold - so ...
... spine to which is attached a fringe - like fin . There is a spine upon the back ; the eye is very prominent and bright ; upon the back , between the eye and the spine , there are suc- cessive stripes of purple and burnished gold - so ...
Page 177
... spines ; a ventral fin ; a tail , 16 spines ; and , in addition to these , it had four pectoral fins , resembling the claws of a frog , which it used much in the same manner that a lizard uses its claws . The upper pair of these were ...
... spines ; a ventral fin ; a tail , 16 spines ; and , in addition to these , it had four pectoral fins , resembling the claws of a frog , which it used much in the same manner that a lizard uses its claws . The upper pair of these were ...
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