The Romance of Natural History

Africa AFRICAN ELEPHANT America animal animalcules appearance beast beautiful beetles birds body branches butterflies Captain Cetaceans charming cilia coast colour coral creatures crustacean curious dark deep depth diameter diatoms dimensions distance elegant elephant enormous exist fathoms feet high feet in circumference feet in length fishes foliage forest frustule gaze genus giants green guacharo head height hundred feet immense inches infusoria inhabitants insects island Jamaica Kordofan larvæ leaves light look magnificent mass measured miles minute monster mountain musquitoes naturalist nature nearly night nightjars numbers observed ocean peculiar perhaps plants Plesiosaur quadrupeds reefs regions rhinoceros river rock rorqual round scarcely scene sea-serpent seen serpent shell Siberia side sight sixty feet snow sound South South America species specimens spot suddenly surface thick three hundred tillandsias tion traveller trees tropical trunk vast vegetable voyage Wetterhorn whale wild wings woods yards zimb Zoologist