Strange stories of the animal world : A book of curious contributions to natural history / by John Timbs.

  • John Timbs
Date:
1866
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Credit: Strange stories of the animal world : A book of curious contributions to natural history / by John Timbs. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    XL Curiosities of the Camel 248—258 “ The Sliip of the Desert,” 248. Walk of the Camel, 249. Camel’s Temper, 250. Food, 252. Burthen, 253, 254. Swiftness of Camels, 255. Dromedary, 256. Camels in Scripture, 256. Camels in Gaul, 258. XII. Wonders OF THE Whale 259—278 Whale not a Fish, 259. Jonah’s gi’eat Fish, 260. Old Naturalists, 260. The Cetaceans, 261. Hands of the Whale, 261. Blowing-holes, 262. Spouting Whales, 263. Whalebone Whale, 263. Spermaceti Whale, 265. Circulation of the Whale, 255. How it remains under Water, 266. Food of the Greenland Whale, 267. Great Whale in 1827,267. Size of Whales, 268. Whales in the Thames, 268. Affec- tion of Whales, 270. The Dugong, 270. The Porpesse, 271. Whales of Australia, 272. Northern Whale, 272. Southern Whale, 273. Sperm Whale, 274. What is Speimaceti? 274. The Whale Chase, 276. Descending to great Depths, 277. Harpooning. Capture by Electricity, 278. XIII. Story of the Big Bird of New Zealand 279—297 England and New Zealand, 279, Remains of a Gigantic Bird, 280, 281. Search for tlie Bones, 282, 283. Cave of the Moa, 281. Cave of the Si)irit, 285. Tlie ]\Ioa described, 287. Believed not extinct, 288. Where it lived, 289. Bones found by Mantell, 292. Geological Ex- planations, 294. Large Eggs in Madagascar, 295. Gigantic Wingless Birds, 295. Latest Searches, 296.
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