 | William Kirby, William Spence - 1818 - 568 sider
...of its life existed in the form of a serpent ; which then penetrating into the earth, and weaving a shroud of pure silk of the finest texture, contracted...external mouth or limbs, and resembling more than any thing else an Egyptian mummy ; and which, lastly, after remaining in this state without food and... | |
 | William Kirby, William Spence - 1822 - 618 sider
...of its life existed in the form of a serpent ; which then penetrating into the earth, and weaving a shroud of pure silk of the finest texture, contracted...external mouth or limbs, and resembling more than any thing else an Egyptian mummy ; and which, lastly, after remaining in this state without food and... | |
 | James Wilson - 1834 - 502 sider
...its life, existed in the form of a serpent ; which, then penetrating into the earth, and weaving a shroud of pure silk of the finest texture, contracted...external mouth "or limbs, and resembling, more than any thing else, an Egyptian mummy ; and which, lastly, after remaining in this state, without food... | |
 | James Wilson, James Duncan - 1834 - 382 sider
...its life, existed in the form of a serpent ; which, then penetrating into the earth, and weaving a shroud of pure silk of the finest texture, contracted...within this covering into a body without external moutlTor limbe, and resembling, more than any thing else, an Egyptian mummy ; and which, lastly, after... | |
 | James Rennie, John Obadiah Westwood - 1835 - 332 sider
...of its life existed in the form of a serpent, which then penetrating into the easth, and weaving a shroud of pure silk of the finest texture, contracted...external mouth or limbs, and resembling more than any thing else an Egyptian mummy ; and which, lastly, after remaining in this state, without food and... | |
 | History - 1839 - 286 sider
...of its life existed in the form of a serpent, which then penetrating into the earth, and wearing a shroud of pure silk of the finest texture, contracted...external mouth or limbs, and resembling more than any thing else an Egyptian mummy, and which, lastly, after remaining in this state, without food and... | |
 | William Chambers - 1842 - 438 sider
...of its life, existed in the form of a serpent, which then penetrating into the earth, and weaving a shroud of pure silk of the finest texture, contracted...external mouth or limbs, and resembling more than any thing else an Egyptian mummy ; and which, lastly, after remaining in this state without food and... | |
 | Mary Townsend - 1844 - 260 sider
...of its life, existed in the form of a serpent ; which then, penetrating into the earth and weaving a shroud of pure silk of the finest texture, contracted...external mouth or limbs, and resembling, more than any thing else, an Egyptian mummy ; and which lastly, after remaining in this state, without food and... | |
 | William Kirby, William Spence - 1846 - 642 sider
...of its life existed in the form of a serpent ; which then penetrating into the earth, and weaving a shroud of pure silk of the finest texture, contracted...external mouth or limbs, and resembling, more than any thing else, an Egyptian mummy ; and which, lastly, after remaining in this state without food and... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 1848 - 574 sider
...its life, existed in the form of a serpent ; which then, penetrating into the earth, and weaving a shroud of pure silk of the finest texture, contracted...body without external mouth or limbs, and resembling an Egyptian mummy more than anything else ; and which, lastly, after remaining in this state without... | |
| |
a naturalist to announce to the world the discovery of an animal which for the first five years of its life existed in the form of a serpent ; which then penetrating into the earth, and weaving a shroud of pure silk of the finest texture, contracted itself... 
