The American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review, Volumen2H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley H. Bigelow, Esq., editor and proprietor, 1817 |
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... side , teen feet in length , made of a hard , black wood called toa , which receives a polish equal to ivory ; these are made with much neatness , and are never thrown from the hand : the other kind are smaller , of a light sort of wood ...
... side , teen feet in length , made of a hard , black wood called toa , which receives a polish equal to ivory ; these are made with much neatness , and are never thrown from the hand : the other kind are smaller , of a light sort of wood ...
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... side are driven other posts , eight or ten feet long , surmounted in like manner with a ridge- pole . The roof and sides are formed of bamboo wicker - work , overlaid with the large leaves of the palm and bread - tree , and these are ...
... side are driven other posts , eight or ten feet long , surmounted in like manner with a ridge- pole . The roof and sides are formed of bamboo wicker - work , overlaid with the large leaves of the palm and bread - tree , and these are ...
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... side , canaliculated at its base ; a thorn above the eyes , another on each flank , three pairs of pinciferous feet , bearded at their articulations , hands short , smooth , un- armed . Obs . I discovered this species in 1803 , and ...
... side , canaliculated at its base ; a thorn above the eyes , another on each flank , three pairs of pinciferous feet , bearded at their articulations , hands short , smooth , un- armed . Obs . I discovered this species in 1803 , and ...
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... sides , angles obtuse and warty . - Obs . It grows on Long - Island and in New - Jersey , on the sea shores , near marshes and ditches ; it blossoms in September and October : height two or three feet , capsuls black- ish purple , very ...
... sides , angles obtuse and warty . - Obs . It grows on Long - Island and in New - Jersey , on the sea shores , near marshes and ditches ; it blossoms in September and October : height two or three feet , capsuls black- ish purple , very ...
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... side of each jaw : body cylindrical , no tail , no ears , eyes covered by the fur ; four toes to all the feet . - Obs . The generic name means double mouth , it has much likeness with the genus Spulax , but differs by having pouches ...
... side of each jaw : body cylindrical , no tail , no ears , eyes covered by the fur ; four toes to all the feet . - Obs . The generic name means double mouth , it has much likeness with the genus Spulax , but differs by having pouches ...
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