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" He next detached the skin on the side on which the animal had lain, which was well preserved ; the weight of the skin was such, that ten persons found great difficulty in transporting it to the shore. After this, the ground was... "
Thick-skinned Quadrupeds - Page 150
by William Jardine - 1856 - 248 pages
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American Journal of Science and Arts, Volume 54

Science - 1847 - 490 pages
...the side on which the animal had lain, which was well preserved ; the weight of the skin was such, that ten persons found great difficulty in transporting it to the shore. After this, the ground was dug in different places to ascertain whether any of its bones were buried, but principally...
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The Quarterly Journal, Volume 8

1820 - 450 pages
...particular attention. I had the satisfaction to find the other scapula, which had remained not far off. 1 next detached the skin of the side on which the animal...I dug the ground in different places to ascertain * A dried substance ia visible, but it is not certain whether it is the pupil of the eye. t The places...
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The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, Volume 74

English literature - 1845 - 716 pages
...to the comminution of the coarser vegetable * Mr. Adams in his interesting account states that the skin was of such extraordinary weight, that ten persons...great difficulty in transporting it to the shore. substance, is unmistakeable. Now, if we find in an extinct elephant the same peculiar principle of...
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A History of British Fossil Mammals, and Birds

Richard Owen - Birds, Fossil - 1846 - 628 pages
...the side O11 which the animal had lain, which was well preserved ; the weight of the skin was such that ten persons found great difficulty in transporting it to the shore. After this, the ground was dug in different places to ascertain whether any of its bones were buried, but principally...
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Zoological Recreations

William John Broderip - Animal behavior - 1847 - 434 pages
...subscribe to another proposition by the same eminent * Mr. Adams in his interesting account states that the skin was of such extraordinary weight, that ten persons...great difficulty in transporting it to the shore. naturalist, that ' the kind of food which the existing species of elephant prefers, will not enable...
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The American Journal of Science and Arts

Geology - 1847 - 490 pages
...the side on which the animal had lain, which was well preserved ; the weight of the skin was such, that ten persons found great difficulty in transporting it to the shore. After this, the ground was dug in different places to ascertain whether any of its bones were buried, but principally...
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Animal Traits and Characteristics, Or, SKetches and Anecdotes of Animal Life ...

John George Wood - Animal behavior - 1855 - 410 pages
...found great diffi^ culty in transporting it to the shore. After this, the ground was dug in several places, to ascertain whether any of its bones were...hairs, which the white bears had trod into the ground whilst devouring the flesh; and more than 36 pounds weight of hair was thus recovered. The tusks were...
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Sketches and anecdotes of animal life, Book 1

John George Wood - 1855 - 432 pages
...on the side on which the animal had lain, which was well preserved. The weight of the skin was such, that ten persons found great difficulty in transporting it to the shore. After this, the ground was dug in several places, to ascertain whether any of its bones were buried; but principally...
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The Canadian Naturalist and Geologist, Volume 1

Geology - 1857 - 528 pages
...the side on which the animal had lain, which was -well preserved ; the weight of the skin was such that ten persons found great difficulty in transporting it to the shore. After this, the ground was dug in different places, to ascertain whether any of its bones were buried, but principally...
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Natural History: Or, Second Division of "The English Encyclopedia", Volume 1

Charles Knight - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1866 - 588 pages
...avoirdupois). The principal object of my care was to separate the bones, to arrange them, and put them up safely, which was done with particular attention....were buried, but principally to collect all the hairs * He bad fallen sick from alarm on first hearing of the discovery, at it was considered a bad omen....
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