 | Popular history - 1843 - 434 páginas
...shore of Macarthy's island, about three hundred and fifty miles up the river Gambia. They were found about eighteen inches below the surface of the ground,...nine months of the year is perfectly dry and hard ; the remaining three months it is under water. When dug out of the ground, and put into water, the... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1853 - 644 páginas
...summer of 1835, on the shore of Macarthy's Island, about 350 miles up the river Gambia, were found about eighteen inches below the surface of the ground,...nine months of the year is perfectly dry and hard, the remaining three months it is under water. When dug out of ground and put into water, the fish immediately... | |
 | David Badham - 1854 - 578 páginas
...the shore of MacarthyJ8 Island, about three hundred and eighty miles up the river Gambre, were found about eighteen inches below the surface of the ground,...nine months of the year is perfectly dry and hard, the remaining three months it is under water ; when dug out of the ground and put into water, the fish... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1859 - 830 páginas
...shores of Macarthy's Island, about three hundred and fifty miles up the river Gambia. They were found about eighteen inches below the surface of the ground,...nine months of the year, is perfectly dry and hard ; the remaining three months it is under water. When dug out of the ground, and placed in water, the... | |
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They were found about eighteen inches below the surface of the ground, which during nine months of the year is perfectly dry and hard ; the remaining three months it is under water. When dug out of the ground, and put into water, the fish immediately... 