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 156
... barnacles were generally very minute , so that the naked eye could only just detect them , and there were no large barnacles on the same fish : now , how did the minute ones get there ? As the barnacles grew larger , the remains of the ...
... barnacles were generally very minute , so that the naked eye could only just detect them , and there were no large barnacles on the same fish : now , how did the minute ones get there ? As the barnacles grew larger , the remains of the ...
Page 158
... barnacles were frequently attached . These barnacles preyed on the different gelatinous animals which were swimming about . It was curi- ous to see them seize on these with their hooked tentaculę , and draw them in , whilst the acalepha ...
... barnacles were frequently attached . These barnacles preyed on the different gelatinous animals which were swimming about . It was curi- ous to see them seize on these with their hooked tentaculę , and draw them in , whilst the acalepha ...
Page 165
... barnacles of different species ; amongst this group of islands , numerous crabs were swim- ming about , and running over them - animals re- sembling a wood - louse , were also in the sea swim- ming , and running about the floating ...
... barnacles of different species ; amongst this group of islands , numerous crabs were swim- ming about , and running over them - animals re- sembling a wood - louse , were also in the sea swim- ming , and running about the floating ...
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