The American Geography: Or, a View of the Present Situation of the United States of America: Containing Astronomical Geography--geographical Definitions, Discovery, and General Description of America and the United States ... With a Particular Description of Kentucky, the Western Territory, and Vermont .. To which is Added an Abridgment of the Geography of the British, Spanish, French, and Dutch Dominions in America and the West Indies--of Europe, Asia, and AfricaJ. Jones, 1792 - 536 עמודים |
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עמוד 52
... nature , but of a very diftant period of time from the creation of the world ; a time long enough for the ftrata to have acquired their greatest degree of cohesion and hardness ; and for the teftaceous matter of marine fhells to become ...
... nature , but of a very diftant period of time from the creation of the world ; a time long enough for the ftrata to have acquired their greatest degree of cohesion and hardness ; and for the teftaceous matter of marine fhells to become ...
עמוד 56
... nature , it is believed by many , that these animals are bred at the teats of their dams . It is a fact , that the young ones have been many times feen , not larger than the head of a large pin , fast fixed and hanging to the teats in ...
... nature , it is believed by many , that these animals are bred at the teats of their dams . It is a fact , that the young ones have been many times feen , not larger than the head of a large pin , fast fixed and hanging to the teats in ...
עמוד 57
... nature , and fo powerful a fmell , that the air is tainted with it to a furprizing distance . On this account the animal is called by the French Enfant du Diable , the Child of the Devil , or Bête Puante , the Stinking Beaft . The water ...
... nature , and fo powerful a fmell , that the air is tainted with it to a furprizing distance . On this account the animal is called by the French Enfant du Diable , the Child of the Devil , or Bête Puante , the Stinking Beaft . The water ...
עמוד 61
... nature . It receives its name from a thorn , like a dart , in its tail , with which it inflicts its wounds . The JOINT SNAKE is a great curiofity . Its fkin is as hard as parch- ment , and as fmooth as glafs . It is beautifully freaked ...
... nature . It receives its name from a thorn , like a dart , in its tail , with which it inflicts its wounds . The JOINT SNAKE is a great curiofity . Its fkin is as hard as parch- ment , and as fmooth as glafs . It is beautifully freaked ...
עמוד 62
... nature has kindly provided sufficient anti- dotes against their poison . Of the astonishing variety of INSECTS found in America , we will mention The Glow Worm Earth Worm Leg or Guinea do . Sheep Tick Loufe Wood Loufe Butterfly Moth Ant ...
... nature has kindly provided sufficient anti- dotes against their poison . Of the astonishing variety of INSECTS found in America , we will mention The Glow Worm Earth Worm Leg or Guinea do . Sheep Tick Loufe Wood Loufe Butterfly Moth Ant ...
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