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Of seeds in right climate soil (general case) not destroyed by Birds c— those which got planted at right depth (Earth-worms 2 actions ground cracking) ( depth experiments on what shown all important) I shd think most germinated then came battle for life with slugs insects other plants. May 28. a few Peas shot up a few inches high a fortnight ago, but now they appear much gnawed hardly higher: I doubt whether any will reach level of grass, except Beans.— Most of the seedlings look pale sickly
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knowledge by giant strides during the fifty years which he has spent in the most laborious work. Now, at an age when it is given to few to retain unimpaired their mental powers, he appears as fresh as ever with a new work on so apparently insignificant a creature as the earth worm. The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms, with Observations on their Habits (Murray) completes studies begun quite at the outset of his [page] 46
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, to fit the earth for the habitation of nobler creatures, and, feeble as they individually are, the result of their combined effort has been stupendous. Just as enormous masses of rock, forming in some instances whole mountain ranges, have been built up by foraminifera, so the alluvial soil of the earth has passed repeatedly through the bodies of worms for untold ages to prepare it for plant life. Nothing could exceed the ingenuity of the experiments devised by Mr. Darwin to induce the worms to
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before development of two leaves had been devoured, I suppose by slugs, many drawn out by worms, perhaps apparently some beaten out by heavy rain. All, or nearly all earliest seedlings thus destroyed. I think certainly grass seedlings escape better than others. (no doubt they suffer more by being open exposed to weather only few, so better chance of being devoured) April 20th Pulled up 28 wires, dead.— (I think dry weather is beginning to tell against some) May 8th Pulled up 95 wires.— (I suspect
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A813
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Narborough, John. 1694. An account of several late voyages & discoveries to the South and North. London: Printed for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford.
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fort of Shrimps that are like Worms; the Head thereof is like the Head of a Fly; it hath on the foremost part of its Head two Horns standing out; it hath Scales like the Hog-louse; its Back is round, and broad downwards; it hath 12 Legs; on each side of the foremost Scale it hath three Legs; after you have told four Scales more, there is on each side three Legs more; they are no bigger than I have drawn them. The Birds eat them as their best Food, being always in great numbers in those places
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Narborough, John. 1694. An account of several late voyages & discoveries to the South and North. London: Printed for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford.
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Bladders, or from Eggs as our Snails do. It maybe after the same manner, as we find on many Leaves in our Country, Bladders filled up with the Seeds of Worms or Caterpillers, yet I dare not assert it, because I had no opportunity, to search narrowly into the Matter; the Root groweth out of the Rocks, where F 2 [page] 6
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Narborough, John. 1694. An account of several late voyages & discoveries to the South and North. London: Printed for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford.
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at North, a small gale, so as I could not Sail this day; we tried for Fish, but caught none, the Water is so cold. I was on the Land, when I was at the farthest, twenty five miles West-north-west from the Harbour-mouth, and all things as I saw I have mentioned, excepting some small Creatures like Ests, which run in the Grass; no manner of Snake or venomous Creature have I seen in this Country; here are some Earth-worms, and Caterpillers, and other Buggs, but few in number: no wild Beast of prey
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Narborough, John. 1694. An account of several late voyages & discoveries to the South and North. London: Printed for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford.
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browner of colour than the former, and its Roots was fixed unto the former. In these Plants were some redish Worms wrapt or folded up like Caterpillers, with many Legs. They are figured Tab. P. at i. The Herb was like Dodder, wherefore it may be call'd Water or Rock Silk. Amongst all the Icons that I have seen in printed Herbals, I find it comes nearest to that hairy Plant, which Antony Donat, in his Book of Plants, growing about Venice, calleth in his second Book, Muscus argenteus Marinus
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Narborough, John. 1694. An account of several late voyages & discoveries to the South and North. London: Printed for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford.
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lour of a Lark; but when the Sun shines upon it, it shews blewish, very like those two Colours observed on our Ducks Necks when the Sun shines upon them. They feed upon the little gray Worms and Shrimps. We shot some of them in the South Harbour, near the Cookery of Harlem, they had not the taste of Fish at all See Tab. K. at a. II. Of the Snow-bird. The Snow-bird is no bigger than a Sparrow, and like a Linnet in his Shape, Bill and Colour. The Bill is short and pointed, its Head of the same
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Narborough, John. 1694. An account of several late voyages & discoveries to the South and North. London: Printed for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford.
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their Nests upon the Hills or Mountains, of Moss, where we found them, and we Killed abundance of their young ones with Sticks. They feed upon the grey Worms that are like Crawfish, which are delineated hereafter: They also eat the red Shrimps or Prawns. We got the first of them on the Ice on the 29th day of May, and afterwards more of them by Spitzberrgen. They are very good Food, and the belt next the Strandrunner, are fleshy and fattish; we boyl and then roast them. In Tab. M they are mark'd
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Narborough, John. 1694. An account of several late voyages & discoveries to the South and North. London: Printed for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford.
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His Tail is short: The Head is black at the top unto the Horn; but his Cheeks are white; about his Neck he hath a black Ring; all his Back and Wings also, at the top or the outside, are black, but underneath the Belly is white. They fly either singly or by pairs, and have sharp pointed Wings like the Lumbs. He will keep a great while under Water. He eats like the rest, red Shrimps or Prawns, small Fish and Worms, and also the Sea-spiders and Star-fish, for I found something in his Stomach that
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Narborough, John. 1694. An account of several late voyages & discoveries to the South and North. London: Printed for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford.
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Meadow, and yet cannot defend her own Nest. I brought about thirty of their Eggs with me to Hamburgh, but they were rotten and stunk. It is a kind of a Hawk, and throws herself into the Water, as other Mews do. I am of an opinion, that she feeds on the small grey Worms, and perhaps on Shrimps and Prawns, for I found no other Food they could get. I shot but one single Bird of them flying, which I did not eat of, because the large shot had torn it very much. This Bird is quite grey in our Countries
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Narborough, John. 1694. An account of several late voyages & discoveries to the South and North. London: Printed for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford.
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, that is not a good place to catch Whales in. It seemeth as if they leave but very little for the Whale to live upon, because there is so great a number of them. They feed upon small Fishes, as far as I could understand; we cut open several of them, and found nothing in their Stomachs but great and long whitish Worms of the thickness of ones little Finger. We come up to them where they lye upon the large sheets of Ice; we make a great noise with shouting, which astonisheth them perhaps, or else out
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Narborough, John. 1694. An account of several late voyages & discoveries to the South and North. London: Printed for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford.
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easiest way to catch Whales, but it is very nasty and stinking work; for long and white Maggots grow in their Flesh, they are flat like unto Worms that breed in Mens Bellies, and they smell worse than ever I smelt any thing in my Life. The longer the Whale lies dead in the Water, the higher he doth swim above it; some swim a foot high above the Water, others to their middle, and then they do burst easily, and give a very great report. They begin immediately to stink, and this encreases hourly, and
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Narborough, John. 1694. An account of several late voyages & discoveries to the South and North. London: Printed for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford.
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they carry their young is not easily determined; some say they go as long as a Cow, but it is very uncertain, he that will believe it may. The Sperm of a Whale, when it is fresh, smells like Wheaten-flower that is boiled in Water, when it is still hot it is very white; one may draw it out in Threads like hot Sealing-wax, Glew, or the like; when it groweth cold it turns to a Musk-colour, and smells strong, and little red Worms grow in it, like unto the grey ones, that you may see in the Tab. P
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Dampier, William. 1697. A new voyage round the world. London: James Knapton.
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water Worms will dye in salt water; but in brackish water both sorts will increase prodigiously. Now this place where we lay was sometimes brackish water, yet commonly fresh; but what sort of Worm this was I know not. Some Men are of opinion, that these Worms breed in the Plank, but I am perswaded they breed in the Sea, for I have seen Millions of them swimming in the water, particularly in the Bay of Panama; for there Captain Davis, Captain Swan, and my self, and most of our Men, did take notice of
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A762
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Dampier, William. 1697. A new voyage round the world. London: James Knapton.
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. About the middle of November we began to work on our Ships bottom, which we sound very much eaten with the Worm; for this is a horrid place for Worms. We did not know this till after we had been in the River a month; and then we found our Canoas bottoms eaten like Honey-combs; our Bark, which was a single bottom, was eaten thro'; so that she could not swim. But our Ship was sheathed, and the Worm came no farther than the Hair between the sheathing Plank and the main Plank. We did not mistrust
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Dampier, William. 1697. A new voyage round the world. London: James Knapton.
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An.1686 Worms here and elsewhere. Of Captain Swan Raja Laut, The General's Deceitfulness. Hunting wild Kine. The Prodigality of some of the English. Captain Swan treats with a young Indian of a Spice-Island. A Hunting Voyage with the General. His punishing a servant of his. Of his Wives and Women. A sort of strong Rice Drink. The Generals foul Dealing and Exactions. Captain Swan's uneasiness and indiscreet Management His Men mutiny. Of a Snake twisting about one of their Necks. The main part
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Wafer, Lionel. 1699. A new voyage and description of the isthmus of America. London: James Knapton.
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dry Season, when the Fruits are ripe; and they are very good Meat, for we ate of them very plentifully. The Indians were shy of eating them for a while; but they soon were persuaded to it, by seeing us feed on them so heartily. In the Rainy Season they have often Worms in their Bowels. I have taken a handful of them out of one Monkey we cut open; and some of them 7 or 8 Foot long. They are a very waggish kind of Monkey, and plaid a thousand antick Tricks as we march'd at any time through the
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and Priests; those of Cachemire* excellent; and the Lamb-skins of Bucharia exquisite.**. The sheep in its nature harmless and timid; resists by butting with its horns: threatens by stamping with its foot: drinks little: generally brings one at a time, sometimcs two, rarely three: goes about five months with young: is subject to the rot; worms in its liver; the vertigo. COMMOX Sh. With large horns twisting spirally and outwardly. Ovis rustica. Lin. syst. 97. CRETAN Sh. Ovis Strepsiceros. Raii
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very tough, so as scarce to be cut through: hair short, close set, softer than the finest velvet; usually black, sometimes spotted* with white; sometimes quite white: length five inches three quarters; tail one. Inhabits Europe: lives under ground: burrows with vast rapidity with its fore feet; flings the earth back with its hind feet: has the sense of smelling exquisite, which directs it to its food, worms, insects * Spotted Mole, Edw. 268. X 4 [page] 31
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and roots: does vast damage in gardens, by flinging up the soil and loosening the roots of plants: is most active before rain, and in winter before a thaw, worms being then in motion: breeds in the spring: brings four or five young at a time: makes its nest of moss, a little beneath the surface of the ground, under the greatest hillock: raises no hillocks in dry weather, being then obliged to penetrate deep after its prey: makes a great scream when taken. Palma christi and white hellebore
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gloves, belts, c. Their best season is September: at other times, the skins are penetrated by worms. The fat resembles that of mutton; in taste, like that of a buck: the head is reckoned the most delicate part. Found between the Tanais and Boristhenes, and as far as Astrachan, in flocks of 6 or 10,000; and seem to be the same with those called by Le Brun*, wild Sheep or Ablavos, which are met with among the Burattes, near lake Baikal, in herds of thousands. The young are easily tamed, and will
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, and peculiar to America. Are found in vast herds. Those near the shores are lean and bad, and subject to worms in their heads and throats. Are very restless; always in motion: not fierce: their flesh dry; but of the utmost importance to the Indians, who dry it for their winter provision. The skins a great article of commerce, vast numbers annually imported from our colonies. Feed during hard winters on the moss which hangs in long strings from the American trees, in the northern parts. Axis
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weather: gives itself a vomit by eating grass: is afflicted with tape-worms: spreads its madness: grows blind with age: s pe gonnorb a infectus: driven as unclean from the houses of the Mahometans; yet the same people establish hospitals for them, and allow them a daily dole of food: eats flesh, carrion, farinaceous vegetables not greens: fond of rolling in carrion: dungs on a stone; its dung the greatest of Septics: drinks by lapping: makes water side-ways, with its leg held up; very * The French
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, from nose to tail, ten inches. Inhabits Europe, Siberia*, Madagascar : is in motion during night; keeps retired in the day: feeds on roots, fruits, worms and insects: erroneously charged with sucking cows and hurting their udders: resides in small thickets, in hedges, and at the bottom of ditches covered with bushes; lies well wrapped up in moss, grass, or leaves, and during winter rolls itself up and sleeps out that dreary sea * Seb. Mus. I. 79. Seba describes one from Siberia, that differs so
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Hawkesworth, John. 1773. An account of the voyages undertaken for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook in the Dolphin, the Swallow and the Endeavour drawn from the journals which were kept by the several commanders and from the papers of Joseph Banks. 3 vols. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell. vol. 1.
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, as well as the main yard, rotten, and altogether unserviceable, the sheathing every where eaten off by the worms, and the main planks of the ship's bottom so much damaged and decayed, that it was absolutely necessary to heave her down, before she could be sufficiently repaired to sail for Europe; but as other ships were already heaved down, and consequently the wharss at this time preoccupied, the carpenters could not begin their work till the 24th of July. August. Tuesday 16. Under the hands of
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Hawkesworth, John. 1773. An account of the voyages undertaken for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook in the Dolphin, the Swallow and the Endeavour drawn from the journals which were kept by the several commanders and from the papers of Joseph Banks. 3 vols. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell. vol. 2.
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ones having been totally destroyed by the worms, Tupia said, he would go once more on shore, and make a signal for the boat to fetch him off in the evening. He went accordingly, and took with him a miniature picture of Mr. Banks's, to shew his friends, and several little things to give them as parting presents. [page] 18
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Hawkesworth, John. 1773. An account of the voyages undertaken for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook in the Dolphin, the Swallow and the Endeavour drawn from the journals which were kept by the several commanders and from the papers of Joseph Banks. 3 vols. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell. vol. 1.
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full of worms. The Road also where the ships lay was a dangerous situation at this season, for the bottom is hard sand and large coral rocks, and the anchor having no hold in the sand, is in perpetual danger of being cut to pieces by the coral; to prevent which as much as possible, I rounded the cables, and buoyed them up with empty water casks. Another precaution also was taught me by experience, for at first I moored, but finding the cables much damaged, I resolved to lie single for the
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Hawkesworth, John. 1773. An account of the voyages undertaken for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook in the Dolphin, the Swallow and the Endeavour drawn from the journals which were kept by the several commanders and from the papers of Joseph Banks. 3 vols. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell. vol. 1.
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1765. November. Tuesday 19. Wednes. 20. Tuesday 27. On the 19th, we spoke with an English snow, belonging to the East India Company, which was bound from Bencoolen to Malacca and Bengal. We had now nothing to eat but the ship's provisions, which were become very bad, for all our beef and pork stunk intolerably, and our bread was rotten and full of worms; but as soon as the Master of this snow learnt our situation, he generously sent me a sheep, a dozen fowls, and a turtle, which I verily
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Hawkesworth, John. 1773. An account of the voyages undertaken for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook in the Dolphin, the Swallow and the Endeavour drawn from the journals which were kept by the several commanders and from the papers of Joseph Banks. 3 vols. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell. vol. 1.
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dwelling, they must stand low even in the scale of savage life; for it was the most miserable hovel we had ever seen. While we lay here, having cleared and lightened the ship, we heeled her so as to come at her leak, which the carpenter stopped as well as he could; we found the sheathing greatly decayed, and the bottom much eaten by the worms, but we payed it as far as we could get at it with a mixture of hot pitch and tar boiled together. The carpenter also cut down many spars, for studding-sail booms
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Hawkesworth, John. 1773. An account of the voyages undertaken for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook in the Dolphin, the Swallow and the Endeavour drawn from the journals which were kept by the several commanders and from the papers of Joseph Banks. 3 vols. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell. vol. 1.
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scarcely sufficient for the Swallow in her present condition; and that if we should be obliged to continue here another season, it would probably become impossible to navigate her at all, especially as she had but a single sheathing, and her bottom was not silled with nails, so that the worms would have eaten through it; besides that our provision would long before that time have been totally exhausted. I therefore weighed anchor and quitted this station, which was much the best that had been our
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Hawkesworth, John. 1773. An account of the voyages undertaken for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook in the Dolphin, the Swallow and the Endeavour drawn from the journals which were kept by the several commanders and from the papers of Joseph Banks. 3 vols. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell. vol. 1.
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four months. The Captain, not without reason, was apprehensive that he might be kept here till the worms had eaten through the bottom of his vessel, and knowing that I had received particular civilities from Admiral Houting, applied to me to intercede for him, which I was very happy to do with such success, that a whars was immediately allotted her. M. Houting is an old man, and [page] 65
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Hawkesworth, John. 1773. An account of the voyages undertaken for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook in the Dolphin, the Swallow and the Endeavour drawn from the journals which were kept by the several commanders and from the papers of Joseph Banks. 3 vols. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell. vol. 2.
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, and took all his furniture with him. As our long-boat had appeared to be leaky, I thought it necessary to examine her bottom, and, to my great surprize, found it so much eaten by the worms, that it was necessary to give her a new one; no such accident had happened to the Dolphin's boats, as I was informed by the officers on board, and therefore it was a misfortune that I did not expect: I feared that the pinnace also might be nearly in the same condition; but, upon examining her, I had the
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Hawkesworth, John. 1773. An account of the voyages undertaken for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook in the Dolphin, the Swallow and the Endeavour drawn from the journals which were kept by the several commanders and from the papers of Joseph Banks. 3 vols. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell. vol. 3.
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the keel, were, for the length of six feet, so worn, that they were not above an eighth part of an inch thick, and here the worms had made their way quite into the timbers; yet in this condition she had sailed many hundred leagues, where navigation is as dangerous as in any part of the world: how much misery did we escape, by being ignorant that so considerable a part of the bottom of the vessel was thinner than the sole of a shoe, and that every life on board depended upon so slight and
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Forster, Johann Reinhold. 1778. Observations made during a voyage round the world on physical geography, natural history, and ethnic philosophy. London: G. Robinson.
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likely to become food for the worms: its coarser particles stimulate the intestines and procure easy stools, and its acidity not only acts as an antiseptic, but causes a greater fermentation with all the other aliments, and consequently discharges more fixed air, which sweetens and meliorates the putridity of the salt flesh, and with the copious inflammable parts of the pease mixes into a food more analogous to our juices and whole animal system. The only difficulty I foresee, will arise from its
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Cook, James and King, James. 1784. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean undertaken, by the command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the northern hemisphere. 3 vols. London: Strachan. vol. 3.
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superior fertility of the soil in those parts has been before attributed. But it is not in the sterility of the ground alone that the Kamtschadales feel the unfavourable temperature of their climate. The uncertainty of the summer season sometimes prevents their laying up a sufficient stock of dried fish for their winter's provision, and the moisture of the air causes worms to breed in them, which not unfrequently destroy the greatest part. I do not remember that we had either thunder or lightning
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Pennant, Thomas. 1793. History of quadrupeds. 3d ed. 2 vols. London: B. & J. White. Volume 2.
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MANNERS. It lives under ground; burrows with vast rapidity with its fore feet; flings the earth back with its hind feet: has the sense of smelling exquisite, which directs it to its food worms, insects, and roots: does vast damage in gardens, by flinging up the soil and loosening the roots of plants: is most active before rain, and in winter before a thaw, worms being then in motion: breeds in the spring: brings four or five young at a time: makes its nest of moss, a little beneath the surface
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Pennant, Thomas. 1793. History of quadrupeds. 3d ed. 2 vols. London: B. & J. White. Volume 2.
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, reaching from the forehead to the middle of the back: no ears: length twenty inches; tail nine. Observed by Mutis in New Spain, about the mines of Pampluna sleeps in the day: forms deep boroughs: wanders about in the night:, feeds on worms and infects: is very swift. Gm. Lin. 89. 268. CEYLON. W. above grey, mixed with dusky: below white. Size of the martin. Inhabits the Philippine isles and Ceylon. [page] 6
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Pennant, Thomas. 1793. History of quadrupeds. 3d ed. 2 vols. London: B. & J. White. Volume 1.
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with its horns: threatens by stamping with its foot: drinks little: generally brings one at a rime, sometimes two, rarely three: goes about five months with young: is subject to the rot; worms in its liver; the vertigo. A. COMMON Sh, With large horns, twifting spirally and outwardly. Ovis rustica. Lin. syst. 97. Zimmerman. 112. LEV. MUS. Sheep have their teeth, when they feed in certain pastures, incrusted and gilt with pyritical matter; which has been observed in the sheep of gypt, Anti
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Pennant, Thomas. 1793. History of quadrupeds. 3d ed. 2 vols. London: B. & J. White. Volume 1.
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cers: howls at certain notes in music, and often urines on hearing them: bites at a stone slung at it: is sick at the approach of bad weather: gives itself a vomit by eating grass: is afflicted with tape-worms: spreads its madness: grows blind with age: s pe gonorrhaea infectus: driven as unclean from the houses of the Mahometans; yet the same people establish hospitals for them, and allow them a daily dole of food: eats flesh, carrion, farinaceous vegetables, not greens: fond of rolling in
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Pennant, Thomas. 1793. History of quadrupeds. 3d ed. 2 vols. London: B. & J. White. Volume 2.
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the hundred. 233. TOUAN. Le Touan de la Cepedes, c. vi. 252. tab. lxi. W. with the upper part of head and body blackish; sides of the body, head, and legs, of a bright ferruginous: the lower part of the neck and body of a more pure white: the length from the nose to tail is rather more than five inches: the tail is rather more than two inches long, and tapers to a point. Inhabits Cayenne: lives in hollow trees: lives on worms and insects, and brings two young at a time, which it carries on its
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A897.1
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Pennant, Thomas. 1793. History of quadrupeds. 3d ed. 2 vols. London: B. & J. White. Volume 1.
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inches long. A quite distinct species, and peculiar to America. MANNERS. Are found in vast herds. Those near the mores are lean and bad, and subject to worms in their heads and throats. Are very restless; always in motion; not fierce: their flesh dry; but of the utmost importance to the Indians, who dry it for their winter provision. The skins a great article of commerce, vast numbers annually imported from our colonies. Feed during hard winters * Gesner quad. 296. Distinct from the Tragelaphus
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Pennant, Thomas. 1793. History of quadrupeds. 3d ed. 2 vols. London: B. & J. White. Volume 2.
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black through their middle: tail an inch long: length, from nose to tail, ten inches. PLACE. Inhabits Europe and Madagascar*; is common in many parts of Russia, but scarcely or ever found in Siberia: is in motion during night; keeps retired in the day: feeds on roots, fruits, worms, and insects: erroneously charged with sucking cows and hurting their udders: resides in small thickets, in hedges, and at the bottom of dirches covered with these; lies good up in * Ei. court voy. M. dag ser, 52
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A719.01
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Thunberg, Carl Peter. 1795-6. Travels in Europe, Africa and Asia, performed between the years 1770 and 1779. 4 vols. London: W. Richardson and J. Egerton. vol. 1.
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Wel te vrede, 171 Welgevunden, 213 DE WETT, 153 Whales, 97, 98 Wheat, 137, 172, 216, 231, 300 fields, 252 Whips, 142, 153 Whirlpools, 165 White lead in pancakes, 79 Wildschuts brand, 268 Will, or testament, 95 Winds, 117, 225, 226, 227 Wine contract, 298 Wine, Cape, 280 Wine, the making of, 244 Winter, 112, 115 Winterhoek, 153 Witsenberg, 154 Witte Moll, 163 Wittels rivier, 176 Wolfekraal, 211 WOLTEMAD, 273 Wolves, 124 Woods, 169, 177, 183, 196 Wool, 123, 164 Worms, 135 Y. Yaws, 65 Yzer
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, 196. Women, 105, 120. Workshops, 280. Worm or caterpillar, 69, 70. Worms in children, 163. Wormwood, 79, 226. Y. Year, division of, 88. Yard, 281. Z. Zipangri, 231. ZEIMOTO, Fran ois, 231. Zodiac, signs of, 90
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, 135. Vriend, 285. W. Wairodi, 219. Walnuts, 9. War, art of, 56. Warreku, 256. Watch, 10. house, 10, 70. Water, diminution of, 155. Nuts, 38. Spouts, 267. Saphire, 219. Weapons, 13. Whale-bones, 98. Whales, 98. Wheat, 84, 86. WILLIAM V. 173. Wille padjan, 219. Wille palingu, 219. Wilunde Wenne, 247. WIMMERCRANTZ, 157, 249. Winds, 136. Worms, 101. Writing, mode of, 58. WURMB, van, 157. [page] 31
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return to town, I had the opportunity of seeing a Chinese burial. In their burying-ground at a short distance from the city, small ratans are stuck up, fastened together with cotton-thread, so as to form an arch or a vaulted roof over the tomb. In a large hog that was killed, were found several round worms (lumbrici), which was said to be a common cafe here with these animals. July the 21st, I took a walk to Paarl and Stellenbosch. From the Cape the horizon, on the land side, appears bounded by
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plant. Here we met with the celebrated farmer JAN BRUYNS, one of the best marksmen in the country, and who had made the unfortunate expedition with HEUPNAER to the Rio de la Goa, through the country of the Caffres, when seven of the company were massacred by the Caffres, and himself with only five others escaped. The Slange bosch (Seriphium) which grew here, was said, when made into a decoction, to expel worms. After pursuing our journey farther over the mountains to Wildschut's brand, where we
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adorned these spots, and devoured the insects and worms in the water. We shot one of them, and broke the wing bone, which prevented the bird from flying; but we had still the greatest difficulty to catch it, as with its long legs it waded through the water, which was a foot deep, much faster than we were able to follow it. On the 1st of June, being Whit-Monday, there arose a very high north-west wind, with violent hurricanes and showers of rain; at night, in this storm, the JONGE THOMAS, one
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