 Lilian says (b. xxxii, c. 6) that the Sword-fish has a sharp-pointed snout, with which it is able to pierce the sides of a ship and send it to the bottom, instances of which have been known near a place in Mauritania known as Cotte, not far from the river...  A history of the fishes of the British Islands - Page 148by Jonathan Couch - 1863Full view - About this book
 | Pliny (the Elder.) - Natural history - 1857 - 568 pages
...xiphias,49 or, in other words, the swordfish, has a sharp-pointed muzzle, with which it is able to pierce the sides of a ship and send it to the bottom : instances...Mauritania, known as Cotte, not far from the river Lixus.60 He says, too, that the loligo sometimes darts above the surface, in such vast numbers, as... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Fisheries - Fish culture - 1883 - 1212 pages
...says (B. xxxii, 0. 6) that the Sword-fish has a sharp-pointed snout with which it is able to pierce the sides of a ship and send it to the bottom $ instances of which have been known near'a place in Mauritania known as Cotte, not far from the river Lixus, on the African side of the... | |
 | George Brown Goode, Theodore Gill - Fisheries - 1903 - 654 pages
...says (b. xxxii, c. 6) that the Sword-fish has a sharp-pointed snout, with which it is able to pierce the sides of a ship and send it to the bottom, instances...river Lixus, on the African side of the Mediterranean. He describes the sword as like the beak of the ship known as the trireme, which was rowed with three... | |
 | Zane Grey - Fishing - 1919 - 356 pages
...says (b. XXXII, c. 6) that the swordfish has a sharp-pointed snout with which it is able to pierce the sides of a ship and send it to the bottom, instances...Mauritania known as Cotte, not far from the river Sixus, on the African side of the Mediterranean. He describes the sword as like the beak of the ship... | |
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