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Vne pillule fromentine, vne dragme sermentine, et la balbe [32] d'vne galline est vne bonne medecine.— Bacon is Shake-Speare
We have only space enough to state that the authors have proved, upon the most incontrovertible evidence, that the dodo was neither a vulture, ostrich, nor galline, as previously anatomists supposed, but a 'frugiverous pigeon This section from pp 363-379 of COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Alexander von Humboldt Translated by E C Otte from the 1858 Harper & Brothers edition of Cosmos, volume 1 p 363 INDEX TO VOL. I ABICH, Hermana, structural relations of volcanic rocks, 234 Acosta, Joseph de, Historia Natural de las Indias, 66, 193 Adams, Mr., planet Neptune.— COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1
... ed altre pietre di cristallo ... si trouaron galline ... son buonissime e maggiori che quelle di Messico. ...— The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II.
We have only space enough to state that the authors have proved, upon the most incontrovertible evidence, that the dodo was neither a vulture, ostrich, nor galline, as previously anatomists supposed, but a 'frugiverous pigeon'.— COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1

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