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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Strana 29
... known , of all sizes , from the huge bull - frog , to the cricket - frog not larger than a blue - bottle fly , and very abundant in the slashes north of the city , where its singular note , resem- bling the sound of two pebbles struck ...
... known , of all sizes , from the huge bull - frog , to the cricket - frog not larger than a blue - bottle fly , and very abundant in the slashes north of the city , where its singular note , resem- bling the sound of two pebbles struck ...
Strana 30
... known and the most common . Both of them , but more especially the rock - fish , are much angled for . The white perch is caught principally in the Spring months , and the rock - fish in the Summer . The " sunfishes " ( Lepomis or ...
... known and the most common . Both of them , but more especially the rock - fish , are much angled for . The white perch is caught principally in the Spring months , and the rock - fish in the Summer . The " sunfishes " ( Lepomis or ...
Strana 31
... known . They are favorite ornaments of fresh - water aquaria . The common " shiner " belongs to this family , and is the Luxilus chrysoleucas of naturalists . The " suckers " belong to a family very nearly allied to the preceding . Two ...
... known . They are favorite ornaments of fresh - water aquaria . The common " shiner " belongs to this family , and is the Luxilus chrysoleucas of naturalists . The " suckers " belong to a family very nearly allied to the preceding . Two ...
Strana 32
... known to produce death . Of the sub - class of Ganoids , the " garpike " ( Lepidos- teus ) and " sturgeon " ( Accipenser ) are abundant near Washington . They belong to two different orders . The former is easily distinguished by its ...
... known to produce death . Of the sub - class of Ganoids , the " garpike " ( Lepidos- teus ) and " sturgeon " ( Accipenser ) are abundant near Washington . They belong to two different orders . The former is easily distinguished by its ...
Strana 36
... known as the slashes , " within the city limits , was long the profitable resort of botanists , but is now nearly obliterated . The soil consists of a stiff clay , which , for the most part , is spongy , from holding water nearly all ...
... known as the slashes , " within the city limits , was long the profitable resort of botanists , but is now nearly obliterated . The soil consists of a stiff clay , which , for the most part , is spongy , from holding water nearly all ...
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