The American Naturalist, Volume 19, Issues 8-9American Society of Naturalists by the University of Chicago Press, 1885 |
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Page 827 - Putnam," which is a vindication of the authenticity of the elephant pipes and inscribed tablets in the museum of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences from the accusations of the Bureau of Ethnology of the Smithsonian Institution.
Page 898 - Voyages" regarding the Indian dogs seen on Cape Breton island, p. 1593 :— " Here divers of our men went on land upon the very cape, where, at their arivall they found the spittes of Oke of the savages which had roasted meate a little before. And as they viewed the countrey they sawe divers beastes and foules, as blacke foxes, deere, otters, great foules with red legges, pengwyns, and certain others. . . . Thereupon nine or tenne of his...
Page 898 - Indeed, the wolves and the domestic dogs of the fur countries are so like each other, that it is not easy to distinguish them at a small distance ; the want of strength and courage of the former being the principal difference. The offspring of the wolf and Indian dog are prolific, and are prized by the voyagers as beasts of draught, being stronger than the ordinary dog.
Page 809 - Cualcididie from the Collections of the US Department of Agriculture and of Dr. CV Riley, with biological Notes. [First paper.] Together with a List of the described North American Species of the Family.
Page 777 - Jersey copper, this not being rare. One mass in Somerset county weighed 100 pounds, and it also occurred in the eastern counties of Pennsylvania. Finished ornaments were found in graves with others unfinished, and in one grave was a copper nodule of 13 ounces. His final opinion is thus expressed: It would appear, then, from an examination of the copper objects found in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, that the weight of probability is strongly in favor of their home manufacture...
Page 810 - From time to time, among some sediment taken from a water-cooler, the gentleman had observed what he supposed to be living worms, which he suspected were introduced with the water into the cooler, and not with the ice. Upon melting some of the ice alone, the worms were still observed, and the water submitted for examination was some that was thus obtained. Prof. Leidy was surprised to find a number of worms among some flocculent sediment, mainly consisting of vegetal hairs and other debris. Besides...
Page 778 - When the cultivation of a species advances towards the north (maize, flax, tobacco, etc.), it is explained bv the production of early varieties, which can ripen before the cold season, or by the custom of cultivating in the north, in summer, the species which in the south are sown in winter.
Page 898 - By the above title I wish to designate the kind of dog which is most generally cultivated by the native tribes of Canada, and the Hudson Bay countries. It is intermediate in size and form between the two preceding varieties, and, by those who consider the domestic races of dog to be derived from wild animals, this might be termed the offspring of a cross between the prairie and gray wolves. . . . The fur of the North American dog is similar to that of the Esquimaux breed, and of the wolves. The prevailing...
Page 911 - To my mind the evidence already adduced is such as to render highly probable the occasional presence amongst us of something which we may call thought-transference, or, more generally, telepathy ; but it is surely our duty as a society to accumulate evidence until the existence of such a power cannot be controverted. We have not been remiss in this respect, and it will be found from the pages of our proceedings that the main strength of our society has been given to prove the existence of telepathy,...