curiosities of
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共 66 题- THE
- CURIOSITIES OF FOOD;
- OR THE
- OBTAINED FROM THE
- ANIMAL KINGDOM.
- BY
- PETER LUND SIMMONDS, F.R.G.S., F.S.S.,
- PREFACE.
- P.L.S.
- CONTENTS.
- PRELIMINARY REMARKS.
- QUADRUMANA.
- PACHYDERMATA, OR THICK-SKINNED ANIMALS.
- RUMINANTIA AND CETACEA.
- BIRDS.
- GRALLATORES.
- NATATORES.
- REPTILIA.
- FISH.
- INSECTS.
- ARACHNIDA.
- CRUSTACEA.
- CONCLUDING REMARKS.
- THE
- CURIOSITIES OF FOOD.
- The following is the process of manufacturing this biscuit:--
- QUADRUMANA.
- CHEIROPTERA, OR HAND-WINGED ANIMALS.
- CARNIVORA.
- MARSUPIALIA, OR POUCHED ANIMALS.
- RODENTIA.
- EDENTATA, OR TOOTHLESS ANIMALS.
- PACHYDERMATA, OR THICK-SKINNED ANIMALS.
- HORSE-FLESH.
- RUMINANTIA.
- CETACEA.
- BIRDS.
- In the order of INSESSORES, or perching birds, I may mention first--
- The following may be enumerated as the sportsman’s game in Jamaica:--
- 2. The quail (_Perdix coturnix_).
- 4. Snipe (_Scolopax gallinago_).
- 5. Wild duck, or mallard (_Anas boschas_).
- 6. Gray, or Gadwall duck (_Anas strepera_).
- 8. Widgeon (_Anas Penelope_).
- 9. Gray and ring plover (_Charadrius minor_, and _hiaticula_).
- GRALLATORES.
- NATATORES.
- REPTILIA.
- FISH.
- Milton has well described the abundance of fish--
- A very common North American dish is cho
- ‘The wounded man, smiling at his ludicro
- INSECTS.
- COLEOPTERA.
- ORTHOPTERA.
- NEUROPTERA.
- HYMENOPTERA.
- HEMIPTERA.
- ARACHNIDA.
- CRUSTACEA.
- THE LOBSTER.
- A South African paper, of a late date, observes:--
- ANNELIDA.
- CEPHALOPODA.
- THE END.
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