The National Geographic Magazine, Volumes 76-77National Geographic Society, 1940 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... fishes and clams ( see Color Plates ) . Yet not all the fishes are beautiful . In- deed , the Barrier Reef harbors one that may rightly be regarded as the world's ugliest fish - and most poisonous , too . Known as the stonefish , it is ...
... fishes and clams ( see Color Plates ) . Yet not all the fishes are beautiful . In- deed , the Barrier Reef harbors one that may rightly be regarded as the world's ugliest fish - and most poisonous , too . Known as the stonefish , it is ...
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... fish , can live for such long periods out of water when ordinary fishes quickly suffocate ? Of course there are species called " lungfish " in which the air bladder has been modified to function as a lung ; but the mudskippers do not ...
... fish , can live for such long periods out of water when ordinary fishes quickly suffocate ? Of course there are species called " lungfish " in which the air bladder has been modified to function as a lung ; but the mudskippers do not ...
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... FISH OF THE REEF The principal sporting fish of the Great Barrier Reef is the Spanish mackerel . A specimen said to have weighed 121 pounds has been caught by a professional fisher- man , and mackerel of more than sixty pounds have been ...
... FISH OF THE REEF The principal sporting fish of the Great Barrier Reef is the Spanish mackerel . A specimen said to have weighed 121 pounds has been caught by a professional fisher- man , and mackerel of more than sixty pounds have been ...
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Flashes from Finland 19 illustrations from photographs 239 | 201 |
Home Life and Industry in the Netherlands 11 illustrations in duotone from photographs | 271 |
History of Ancient Bridge Building and Road Making | 347 |
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