 Geckoe had been taught to come daily to the dinnertable, and always made its appearance along with the dessert. The family were absent for some months, during which the house underwent extensive repairs, the roof having been raised, the walls stuccoed,...  Ceylon: An Account of the Island Physical - Page 186by Sir James Emerson Tennent - 1860 - 4 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Art - 1862 - 504 pages
...underwent extensive repairs, the roof having been raised, the walls Stuccoed, and the ceilings whitened. It was naturally surmised that so long a suspension...little lizard ; but on the return of its old friends, it made its entrance as usual at their first dinner the instant the cloth was removed." We add a passage... | |
 | John George Wood - Zoology - 1863 - 830 pages
...underwent extensive repairs, the roof having been raised, the walls stuccoed, and ceilings whitened. It was naturally surmised that so long a suspension...as usual the instant the cloth had been removed." ANOTHER rather curious species is the TURNIP-TAILED GECKO (ThecfSdctyfus rapicaitdus), so called from... | |
 | Georg Ludwig Hartwig - Science - 1866 - 496 pages
...underwent extensive repairs, the roof having been raised, the walls stuccoed, and the ceilings whitened. It was naturally surmised that so long a suspension...little lizard ; but on the return of its old friends, it made its entrance as usual at their first dinner the instant the cloth was removed. Although frogs... | |
 | John George Wood - Zoology - 1898 - 360 pages
...underwent extensive repairs, the roof having been raised, the walls stuccoed and ceilings whitened. It was naturally surmised that so long a suspension...as usual the instant the cloth had been removed." • ANOTHER rather curious species is the TURNIP-TAILED GECKO (Thecoddctylus rapicaudus), so called... | |
 | Hans Gadow - Amphibians - 1909 - 696 pages
...Mason's Burma, London, 1882. 8 Sketches of the Nat. Hist, of Ceylon, London, 1861. ceilings whitened. It was naturally surmised that so long a suspension...little lizard ; but on the return of its old friends, it made its entrance as usual at their first dinner the instant the cloth was removed." Ptychozoon.... | |
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