Philp's Washington Described: A Complete View of the American Capital, and the District of Columbia, with Many Notices, Historical, Topographical, and Scientific, of the Seat of GovernmentWilliam D'Arcy Haley S. Low, 1861 - Počet stran: 239 |
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... Falls . The rattlesnake is not now known to inhabit the District , though doubtless once a resident . Other serpents are the well - known black snake , various striped or garter snakes , water snakes , etc. Blowing vipers or hog - nosed ...
... Falls . The rattlesnake is not now known to inhabit the District , though doubtless once a resident . Other serpents are the well - known black snake , various striped or garter snakes , water snakes , etc. Blowing vipers or hog - nosed ...
Strana 30
... Falls of the Potomac . The " rock - fish , " or " striped bass " ( Roccus lineatus , Gill ) , and the " white perch " ( Morone Americana , Gill ) , are the best known and the most common . Both of them , but more especially the rock ...
... Falls of the Potomac . The " rock - fish , " or " striped bass " ( Roccus lineatus , Gill ) , and the " white perch " ( Morone Americana , Gill ) , are the best known and the most common . Both of them , but more especially the rock ...
Strana 31
... Falls . It is readily distinguished by its snipe - like bill , the dorsal and anal fins placed opposite each other and far back , and by the small scales . The family of Cyprinodonts is represented by several species confounded under ...
... Falls . It is readily distinguished by its snipe - like bill , the dorsal and anal fins placed opposite each other and far back , and by the small scales . The family of Cyprinodonts is represented by several species confounded under ...
Strana 33
... Falls . The land shells are of a northern rather than a south- ern type . There are 20 Helices , of which H. chersina , concava , fraterna , gularis , hirsuta , alternata , lineata , sup- pressa , tridentata , and thyroidus are the most ...
... Falls . The land shells are of a northern rather than a south- ern type . There are 20 Helices , of which H. chersina , concava , fraterna , gularis , hirsuta , alternata , lineata , sup- pressa , tridentata , and thyroidus are the most ...
Strana 34
... on a visit a few years since to the Great Falls of the Potomac , recognized there the same formation of old slate rocks which in the southern States and in many other parts of the world contain auriferous 34 WASHINGTON DESCRIBED .
... on a visit a few years since to the Great Falls of the Potomac , recognized there the same formation of old slate rocks which in the southern States and in many other parts of the world contain auriferous 34 WASHINGTON DESCRIBED .
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