Grand illustrated encyclopedia of animated nature : embracing a full description of the different races of men, and of the characteristic habits and modes of life of the various beasts, birds, fishes, insects, reptiles, and microscopic animalcula of the globe : being a complete history of the animal kingdom (1855)

Frost, John, 1800-1859, Crouch, Loeir, former owner. DSI, Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978, former owner. DSI · Auburn, N.Y. : The Auburn Publishing Company, E.G. Storke, Publishing Agent · leaf 346

An illustration from Grand illustrated encyclopedia of animated nature : embracing a full description of the different races of men, and of the characteristic habits and modes of life of the various beasts, birds, fishes, insects, reptiles, and microscopic animalcula of the globe : being a complete history of the animal kingdom, 1855, leaf 346 — FISHES. … THE breathing organs of fishes are different from those of land animals, being, instead of lungs, the singular apparatus called gills. The water passing into the mouth and out at the gills, sufficient oxygen is strained out to purify the animal’s blood. If the oxygen has been exhausted already, the…

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