Sketch of the Mosquito Shore: Including the Territory of Poyais, Descriptive of the Country; with Some Information as to Its Productions, the Best Mode of Culture, & C. ...W. Blackwood, 1822 - 355 |
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Sketch of the Mosquito Shore, Including the Territory of Poyais, Descriptive ... Thomas Strangeways Podgląd niedostępny - 2016 |
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Strona 220 - ... to start, so as to be easily detached from the bone. These plates vary in thickness, according to the age and size of the animal, and measure from an eighth to a quarter of an inch in thickness. A large turtle is said to afford about eight pounds of tortoiseshell ; or, according to M.