The old man peered from under his green leaf at the danger, and stood as quietly as the boy. For a few seconds this mutual scrutinizing went on; then, the bear betraying a growing irritability, the...
Evening came, and the little band had not returned. Where could they be? Had they found the Indians, and were they having a conflict with them, or were they still wandering amid the mist? The...
Soon, while the crews were awaiting the arrival of the ship, the body showed symptoms of sinking...
I say this continual smoking must have been one cause, at least, of his peculiar disposition; for...
“The woodtick sucks the blood of the dog, but the germ, being so very small, goes right into...
Image credit After the glimpse I had had of the Martians emerging from the cylinder in which they...
Now, this occasional inevitable sinking of the recently killed Sperm Whale is a very curious thing; nor has any fisherman yet adequately accounted for it.
Be it said, however, that the Sperm Whale is far less liable to this accident than any other species. Where one of that sort go down, twenty Right Whales do. This difference in the species is no doubt imputable in no small degree to the greater quantity of bone in the Right Whale; his Venetian blinds alone sometimes weighing more than a ton; from this incumbrance the Sperm Whale is wholly free. But there are instances where, after the lapse of many hours or several days, the sunken whale again rises, more buoyant than in life. But the reason of this is obvious.
© 2013 Basement Theme
After font selection hit enter!
