The World's Encyclopedia of Wonders and Curiosities

Everything a Victorian found astonishing, gathered into one enormous volume — burning springs and buried cities, freaks of storm and flood, the habits of bees and the manners of nations, filed under headings like “Curiosities Respecting Man.”

Curiosities Respecting Fishes

12 pages in this part of Wonders and Curiosities.

Curiosities Respecting Fishes

The Frog-fish-Bird-catching Fish-The Nautilus-The Airbladder in Fishes-Respiration in Fishes-Shower of Fishes. " -The scaly brood In…

The Nautilus

it erects upright out of the water, and birds that want to rest themselves, take this fin for a reed, or a dry piece of wood; but no sooner…

The Shark

frightened the shark away. The young man was brought on shore. Dr. Mosely was called to him; but he had lost so much blood before any…

Shower of Fishes

It is not easy to explain in what manner these particles are detached from the water by the operation of the gills; but there seems no…

Chap. XVII

The whales Toss in foam their lashing tails.

The Whale

ther, the whalebone is only a few inches long. The whalebone is immediately covered by the two under lips, the edges of which, when the…

The Whale Fishery

As when enclosing harpooners assaii, In hyperborean seas, the slumbering whale; Soon as their javelins pierce the scaly side, He groans, he…

The Kraken

young and careless one, as they generally keep several leagues from land) came into the waters that run between the rocks and cliffs near…

The Scorpion (There remains one kind)

"There remains one kind, which they call hasgufe, whose magnitude is unknown, as it is seldom seen. Those who affirm they have seen its…

The Scorpion (Their flaming crests above)

Their flaming crests above the waves they shew, Their bellies seem to burn the seas below; Their speckled tails advance to steer their…

Curiosities-Serpents and Worms

warm tropical climates, it is seen a foot in length, and in every respect as large as a lobster, which it somewhat resembles in shape…

The Scorpion (Batavia where they grow twelve)

In Batavia, where they grow twelve inches long, there is no removing any piece of furniture without the utmost danger of being stung by…

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