 | William Winterbotham - 1796 - 572 pages
...Cavy. — This animal is about the fize oft hare, but its body is much thicker, plumper and fatter. The colour of the hair on the back is dark brown or liver-coloured ; it is lighter on the fides, which are beautifully marked with lines of white fpots, running in parallel directions from... | |
 | William Winterbotham - 1799 - 576 pages
...animal is about the fize of a hare, but its body is much thicker, plumper and fatter. The colour of th« hair on the back is dark brown or liver-coloured ; it is lighter on the fides, which are beautifully marked with lines of white fpots, running in parallel directions from... | |
 | J. Macloc - 1820 - 348 pages
...SPOTTED CAVY. THIS animal is about the size of a hare, but its body is much thicker, plumper, and fatter. The colour of the hair on the back is dark brown,...full, and placed high in its head, near the ears; it has two strong yellow cutting-teeth in each jaw; its mouth is small, and its upper lip is divided... | |
 | Mary Trimmer - 1825 - 248 pages
...much thicker, plumper, and fatter body. The colour of the back is dark brown, or liver-coloured ; but is lighter on the sides, which are beautifully marked...eyes full, and placed high in its head, near the ears ; it has two strong yellow cutting teeth in each jaw ; its mouth is small ; its upper lip divided :... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 1178 pages
...like the hog, to find his subsistence. The colour of the back is dark brown, or liver- coloured; but is lighter on the sides, which are beautifully marked...full, and placed high in its head, near the ears; it has two strong yellow cutting teeth in each jaw; its mouth is small; its upper lip divided; and... | |
 | 1834 - 700 pages
...like the hog, to find his subsistence. The color of the back is dark brown, or liver colored ; but is lighter on the sides, which are beautifully marked...eyes full, and placed high in its head, near the ears ; it has two strong yellow cutting teeth in each jaw ; its mouth is small ; its upper lip divided ;... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1857 - 756 pages
...to find his subsistence. The colour of the back is dark brown, or liver-coloured ; but is lighter oh the sides, which are beautifully marked with lines...eyes full, and placed high in its head, near the ears ; it has two strong yellow cutting teeth in each jaw ; its mouth is small ; its upper lip divided ;... | |
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The colour of the back is dark brown, or liver- coloured; but is lighter on the sides, which are beautifully marked with lines of white spots, running in parallel directions from its throat to its rump; those on the upper part of the body are perfectly... 