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... Sloth , you would probably suspect that no naturalist has actually gone into the wilds with the fixed determination ... Sloth , and bring it to the white man : hence it may be conjectured , that the erroneous accounts we have hitherto ...
... Sloth , you would probably suspect that no naturalist has actually gone into the wilds with the fixed determination ... Sloth , and bring it to the white man : hence it may be conjectured , that the erroneous accounts we have hitherto ...
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... Sloth seizes hold of them and pursues his journey in safety . There is seldom an entire day of calm in these forests . The trade - wind generally sets in about ten o'clock in the morning , and thus the Sloth may set off after breakfast ...
... Sloth seizes hold of them and pursues his journey in safety . There is seldom an entire day of calm in these forests . The trade - wind generally sets in about ten o'clock in the morning , and thus the Sloth may set off after breakfast ...
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... Sloth . I was going to add , that I never saw a Sloth take to his heels in such earnest ; but the expression will not do , for the Sloth has no heels . That which naturalists have advanced , of his being so tenacious of life , is ...
... Sloth . I was going to add , that I never saw a Sloth take to his heels in such earnest ; but the expression will not do , for the Sloth has no heels . That which naturalists have advanced , of his being so tenacious of life , is ...
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