Elements of Useful Knowledge (Volume 2); Containing a Historical and Geographical Account of the United States - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1154239802 ISBN 13: 9781154239805

Riassunto

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1806. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... to this object. Vines are the spontaneous production of all parts of this country, and fome species of native grapes are of an excellent quality. The species of foreign grapes, which yield fome of the best wines in Europe, are introduced and thrive well, in the middle and even in fome part of the northern region of the United States; but the making of wine is yet confined to a few places. SECTION XVII. Animals Of The United States. Os Native Animals. THE following quadrupeds are natives of the United States, the buffalo, moofe, elk, bear, deer, wolf, wild cat or lynx, panther, catamount, wolverin, fox, beaver, otter, martin, raccoon, hare, rabbit, muskrat or musquash, weasel, squirrel of several kinds, one kind of rat opossum, skunk, mink, woodchuck, ermin, seal, mole, Reid mouse, porcupine. Many of these animals, fitted, to live only in the forest, retire westward as cultivation proceeds in that direction, and are no longer seen near the Atlantic. Of the Mammoth. On the Wallkill in the state of NewYork; near the salt-licks in Kentucky; and in other parti of America have been found the bones of fome huge animal now extinct. It is suppofed by fome to have been of the elephant species, and has obtained the appellation of Mammoth. A skeleton of this animal, nearly complete may be seen in the Museum at Philadelphia. Its size is that of the largest species of elephant, and a tall man may walk upright under its belly. This beast must have sed himself by means of a probofcis, as the neck is not long enough to reach the earth, when standing ; but the form of the teeth, and jaws, and especially the spiral form and position of its tusks, make it certain that the animal was disferent from any which is now known to exist. Of Demefiic Animals. The animals kept by man for use...

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• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1154239802
• ISBN 13: 9781154239805
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
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