The Port FolioEditor and Asbury Dickens, 1823 |
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... fishes . " The motions of fish are performed by means of its fins . The caudal fin is the principal organ of progressive motion . By means of its various flexures and extensions , it strikes the water in different directions , but all ...
... fishes . " The motions of fish are performed by means of its fins . The caudal fin is the principal organ of progressive motion . By means of its various flexures and extensions , it strikes the water in different directions , but all ...
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... fish undergo in the process of crimping , which is not performed , as is popularly supposed , on the living animal . To Dr. Femings remarks on the use of fish as food , we may add , that many kinds can be dried without salt , and ...
... fish undergo in the process of crimping , which is not performed , as is popularly supposed , on the living animal . To Dr. Femings remarks on the use of fish as food , we may add , that many kinds can be dried without salt , and ...
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... FISH he detected at the bottom was the only one I had caught . He burst into an immoderate fit of laughter , saying , he saw through the jest at once that I was a farceur , and had thrown all the large fish back again into the ca- nal ...
... FISH he detected at the bottom was the only one I had caught . He burst into an immoderate fit of laughter , saying , he saw through the jest at once that I was a farceur , and had thrown all the large fish back again into the ca- nal ...
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