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length
Accordingly; -for a
period,
daily, the devoted male had to lié
run—let on hi3sidè,
portion of his body, including ”the
of the upper
Ÿgill-cover, being above
From ”the
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eggS"on the stone just ‘deS‘Cribed, the —cùr‘rfent of‘theÿfrÙî-Ïlet
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ordinary circumëtaneeS. (showing that “the-‘ performante
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weeks this
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sometimes —on»the other; . In order to test the çaée still ,:
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further, Dr. Schaf removed the sh‘a couple 0f the eggs and placed“ it on a stone. lt wriggled actiVe‘lyîñtd
the water, at once rushed to
and assumedï its
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early in' May of a
massesofeggs
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