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... narwhale , or sea unicorn , ( Monodon Monoceros ) , is an animal of colossal strength . He dwells among the Polar icebergs , towards the eightieth degree of north latitude , in the empire of perpetual frost , where darkness reigns ...
... narwhale , or sea unicorn , ( Monodon Monoceros ) , is an animal of colossal strength . He dwells among the Polar icebergs , towards the eightieth degree of north latitude , in the empire of perpetual frost , where darkness reigns ...
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... narwhale is , therefore , often seen covered with fuci , or wreathed with long pendant branches of beautiful sea - weed . In former times few articles of foreign importation were thought more valuable than this graceful species of ...
... narwhale is , therefore , often seen covered with fuci , or wreathed with long pendant branches of beautiful sea - weed . In former times few articles of foreign importation were thought more valuable than this graceful species of ...
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... narwhale for articles of foreign growth , so are both ambergris and spermaceti important objects in the Green- land trade . It is delightful to associate these huge creatures with those stern and imposing scenes , where even the rude ...
... narwhale for articles of foreign growth , so are both ambergris and spermaceti important objects in the Green- land trade . It is delightful to associate these huge creatures with those stern and imposing scenes , where even the rude ...
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... narwhale , the cachelot trumpo , their tribes and families , supply the want of timber , on woodless and inhospitable shores . All these are diffused in exact accor- dance with the wants of the inhabitants throughout the whole extent of ...
... narwhale , the cachelot trumpo , their tribes and families , supply the want of timber , on woodless and inhospitable shores . All these are diffused in exact accor- dance with the wants of the inhabitants throughout the whole extent of ...
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