Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-west and Western Australia, During the Years 1837, 38, and 39, Under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government: Describing Many Newly Discovered, Important, and Fertile Districts, with Observations on the Moral and Physical Condition of the Aboriginal Inhabitants, &c., &c. London, T. and W. Boone, 1841, Volume 2Libraries Board of South Australia, 1964 - Australia |
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Page 147
... acalepha in a bucket , and on agitating the water it became a mass of phosphorescent light . It is strange that these animals should never emit this light without being irritated . July 1.-S. lat . 35 ° 51 ' ; E. long . 18 ° 56 ' ; aver ...
... acalepha in a bucket , and on agitating the water it became a mass of phosphorescent light . It is strange that these animals should never emit this light without being irritated . July 1.-S. lat . 35 ° 51 ' ; E. long . 18 ° 56 ' ; aver ...
Page 158
... acalepha , or gelatinous animal , contracted and dilated itself with all its might and main , endeavouring to escape . We saw two or three times very large shoals of porpoises a - head of us , and when we reached the spot where they had ...
... acalepha , or gelatinous animal , contracted and dilated itself with all its might and main , endeavouring to escape . We saw two or three times very large shoals of porpoises a - head of us , and when we reached the spot where they had ...
Page 160
... acalepha have . They also swim with either end foremost , in the manner the other acalepha do . We saw also some animals of this class , and nearly as large as the ones I have just described , but they differed in their form and mode of ...
... acalepha have . They also swim with either end foremost , in the manner the other acalepha do . We saw also some animals of this class , and nearly as large as the ones I have just described , but they differed in their form and mode of ...
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