 | Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1831 - 602 Seiten
...the anatomical structure of large marine animals; " and, anxious to get more extensive information, engaged a surgeon, at a considerable expense, to make...voyage to Greenland in one of the ships employed in the whale-fishery, and furnished him with such necessaries as I thought might be requisite for examining... | |
 | William Jardine - 1836 - 392 Seiten
...extensive information, I engaged a surgeon, at considerable expense, to make a voyage to Greenland, and furnished him with such necessaries as I thought...might be requisite for examining and preserving the most interesting parts, and with instructions for making general observations ; but the only.%return... | |
 | Francis Trevelyan Buckland - 1876 - 444 Seiten
...myself as much as possible of all that have occurred; and, anxious to get more extensive information, engaged a surgeon, at a considerable expense, to make...might be requisite for examining and preserving the more interesting parts, and with instructions for making general observations; but the only return... | |
 | Stephen Paget - 1897 - 308 Seiten
...occurred ; and, anxious to get more extensive information, engaged a surgeon, at a considerable expense, 1 to make a voyage to Greenland in one of the ships...might be requisite for examining and preserving the more interesting parts, and with instructions for making general observations ; but the only return... | |
 | William Jardine - 1833 - 434 Seiten
...extensive information, I engaged a surgeon, at considerable expense, to make a voyage to Greenland, and furnished him with such necessaries as I thought...might be requisite for examining and preserving the most interesting parts, and with instructions for making general observations; but the only return... | |
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As the opportunities of ascertaining the anatomical structure of large marine animals are generally accidental, I have availed myself as much as possible of all that have occurred ; and, anxious to get more extensive information, engaged a surgeon, at... 