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 1Libraries Board of South Australia, 1964 - Aboriginal Australians |
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Page 51
... animals . This animal in its perfect state ( such as we found it in to - day ) , consists of two individuals , the part of one being encased in a cavity of the other . Figs . 4. and 5. ( p . 17. ) will give a correct idea of the way in ...
... animals . This animal in its perfect state ( such as we found it in to - day ) , consists of two individuals , the part of one being encased in a cavity of the other . Figs . 4. and 5. ( p . 17. ) will give a correct idea of the way in ...
Page 53
... animal closely for an hour , I am writing this with it before me , alive in a large glass bottle of salt water , and ... animals sustain themselves in the water by means of the little bag marked ( a ) in the figure , which floats on the ...
... animal closely for an hour , I am writing this with it before me , alive in a large glass bottle of salt water , and ... animals sustain themselves in the water by means of the little bag marked ( a ) in the figure , which floats on the ...
Page 60
... animal ( Cymothoa ) shaped exactly like a woodlouse- Length Length of antennæ Breadth of body · inches . 0.4 · 0.15 ... animal was 80 ° 5 ' ; of room 76 ° ; colour , dark violet purple over half the opening and lower part of the shell ...
... animal ( Cymothoa ) shaped exactly like a woodlouse- Length Length of antennæ Breadth of body · inches . 0.4 · 0.15 ... animal was 80 ° 5 ' ; of room 76 ° ; colour , dark violet purple over half the opening and lower part of the shell ...
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