 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1826 - 854 pages
...striking contrast to the organization 'which so admirably fits the Ichthyosaurus to cut through the waves. May it not therefore be concluded (since, in addition...long neck like the swan, and occasionally darting k down at the fish which happened to float within its reach ?' — p. 388. . The habits here ascribed... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1826 - 644 pages
...striking contrast to the organization which so admirably fits the Ichthyosaurus to cut through the waves. May it not therefore be concluded (since, in addition to these circumstances, its respiration most bave required frequent access of air) that it swam upon or near the surface, arching back its... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - 1830 - 598 pages
...striking contrast to the organisation which BO admirably fits the Ichthyosaurus to cut through the waves. May it not therefore be concluded (since, in addition...it down at the fish which happened to float within reach ? It may, perhaps, have lurked in shoal water along the coast, concealed among the sea-weed,... | |
 | 1831 - 548 pages
...says Mr. bonybeare, " (since, in addition to these circumstances, its respiration must have requiled frequent access of air) that it swam upon or near...the fish which happened to float within its reach." The Quarterly reviewer ot 1826, thinks that it must have very closely resembled the lestudo ferox,... | |
 | 1832 - 534 pages
...but probably with an awkward motion. " May it not, therefore, be concluded," says Mr. Conybeare, " (since, in addition to these circumstances, its respiration...the fish which happened to float within its reach." The Quarterly reviewer of 1S26, thinks that it must have very closely resembled the Testudo ferox,... | |
 | 1832 - 542 pages
...Conybeare, " (since, in addition to these circumstances, its respiration must have requited frequent acress of air) that it swam upon or near the surface, arching back its long neck like the •wan, and, occasionally, darting it down at the fish which happened to float within its reach." The... | |
 | 1848 - 620 pages
...May it not therefore be concluded (since, in addition to these circumstances, its respiration mast have required frequent access of air), that it swam upon or near the surface, arching hack its long neck like a swan, and occasionally darting it down at the fish which happened to float... | |
 | 1840 - 522 pages
...striking contrast to the organization which so admirably fits the Ichthyosaurus to cut through the waves. May it not therefore be concluded (since, in addition...occasionally darting it down at the fish which happened to lloat wilhin its reach? It may perhaps have lurked in shoal water along the coast, concealed among... | |
 | 1830 - 596 pages
...striking contrast to the organisation which so admirably fits the Ichthyosaurus to cut through the 'waves. May it not therefore be concluded (since, in addition...respiration must have, required frequent access of air), that-it swam upon or near the surface, arching back its long neck like the swan, and occasionally darting... | |
 | 1843 - 280 pages
...striking contrast to the organization which so admirably fits the Ichthyosaurus to cut through the waves. May it not, therefore, be concluded (since in addition...air) that it swam upon or near the surface ; arching hack its long neck like the swan, and occasionally darting it down at the fish which happened to float... | |
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... swan, and occasionally darting it down at the fish which happened to float within its reach... 
