Amblystoma

“ They are abundant in many places both in the Old and the New World. Several kinds of Amblystoma are very common in the United States. The commoner forms are six to eight inches long. They have blunt noses, and are dark-colored with yellow spots and blotches. They lay their eggs in quiet waters, preferring small ponds in which the water is easily warmed. ”

“ This is the case with the genera Amphiuma (Linn.) , Menopoma (Harl.) , and Cryptobranchus (v. d. Hoev.) . The two first genera, as is known, still possess gill-clefts, but Cryptobranchus has even lost these clefts, which, as in Amblystoma, are overgrown by skin; nevertheless Cryptobranchus is, according to the concurrent testimony of all systematists, a true salamander in habits, tongue bone, palatine teeth,241 &c. It must further be added that the Axolotl itself can lose the gills without thereby becoming transformed into an Amblystoma. ”

“ There are therefore true species of Siredon which regularly assume the Amblystoma form under their natural conditions of life, and which propagate in this form, while, on the other hand, there are at least two species which, under their existing natural conditions of life, always propagate as Siredon. It is but another mode of expression for the same facts if we say that the Mexican Axolotl and the Paris Siredon—whether this is Lichenoides or some other species—stand at a lower grade of phyletic development than those species of Amblystoma which propagate in the salamander form. ”

“ The different species of the genus Artemia (a low form of crustacean) live in brine-pools. By concentrating the brine of such a pool, one species (A. salina) has been observed to change in successive generations into another (A. Muhlhausenii) , and the latter back again to the former by slow freshening.13 Again: The siredon and the amblystoma have always, until recently, been regarded as not only distinct species, but distinct genera of amphibians. Siredon was supposed to be a permanent gill-breather, while amblystoma becomes by metamorphosis a pure air-breather. ”

“ But enough of supposition. We must not complain that we are unable from afar to discover with precision the causes which compelled the Axolotl to abandon the Amblystoma stage, as long as we are not able to explain the much nearer cases of reversion in Filippi’s and Jullien’s Tritons; nevertheless, in these cases also, the causes affecting the whole colony of Tritons must be general, since—at least in the case noticed by Filippi—the greater majority of the individuals remained in the larval condition. Experiments with Triton larvæ could throw greater light upon this subject ”

“ These are the Perennibranchiata, not a natural group, but a heterogenous assembly, Proteidae and Sirenidae. Some species of Amblystoma remain individually Perennibranchiate (cf. Axolotl, p. 112) . On the other hand, in some Anura the gills are almost or entirely suppressed, or restricted to the embryonic period only. Lastly, a considerable number of Salamandridae have lost their lungs; they breathe by gills until their metamorphosis, but have in the adult state to resort to respiration by the skin (cf. p. 46) . ”

“ Marie von Chauvin [54] undertook, at the University of Freiburg, long and carefully conducted experiments, showing (1) that little Axolotls can comparatively easily be caused to develop further into the perfect Amblystoma if they are induced to breathe air more frequently than usual; shallow vessels, perhaps also insufficiently aerated water, will produce the desired result; (2) that the commencing metamorphosis can again be checked, the shrinking gills then undergoing fresh development; (3) that they can be forced to remain Axolotls ”

“ Amblyopia, am-bli-ō′pi-a, n. dullness of sight (see Amaurosis) .—n. Amblyop′sis, the bony fish found in the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky, the rudimentariness of whose eyes is due to darkness and consequent disuse. [Gr.—amblys, dull, ōps, eye.]
Amblystoma, am-blis′tō-ma, n. a genus of tailed amphibians in the gill-less or salamandroid sub-order—the adult form of axolotl. [Gr. amblys, blunt, stoma, mouth.]
Ambo, am′bō, n. a kind of reading-desk or pulpit, which in early Christian churches was placed in the choir. The ambo had two ascents—one from the east, and the other from the west. ”

“ It has first to be established that Siredon Mexicanus never, as far as we know, undergoes metamorphosis in its native country. This Amphibian is there only known in the Siredon form, a statement which I have taken from De Saussure,225 who has himself observed the Axolotl in the Mexican lakes. This naturalist never found a single566 Amblystoma in the neighbourhood of the lakes, “nevertheless the larva (Axolotl) is so common there that it is brought into the market by thousands.” ”

“ Next comes the Western Palaearctic or European sub-region with about 21 recent species of 5 genera, 4 of which are peculiar. America is by far the richest, with no less than 66 species (36 eastern, about 16 western, and the rest Central American, etc.) , belonging to 19 genera, 17 of which (= 90 per cent) are peculiar to the New World. But this richness in species is due mainly to the abundance of the two genera Amblystoma and Spelerpes, just as Europe is characterised by its many Tritons. ”

“ By one or other of these various methods the air-bladder is either known to be sound-producing, or is believed with good reason to be such, in the following Teleosts, [424] and many others:—Certain species of the South-American genera of Siluridae, Pimelodus, Sorubim, Platystoma, Piratinga, Centromochlus, and Trachelyopterus; species of the South-American family Characinidae; Amblyopsis spelaea, the blind Fish from the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky (Amblyopsidae) ; among the Syngnathidae, the short-snouted Sea-Horse (Hippocampus brevirostris) of the British Coasts ”

“ There lay the foe, there lay his guards, all overcome with resistless fatigue. To draw his javelin, thrust it into the king's heart and then flee, was but the work of a moment, and so adroitly did he fulfil his purpose that Amalickiah died without a struggle or a cry, and it was not until the morning that his guards discovered that the hosts of Laman were without a head. ”

“ Out of every city in which there is a remnant of Edom, it shall be destroyed. שׁריד is equivalent to אדום שׁארית (Amo 9:12) . The explanation, “destroy the remnant out of the city, namely, out of the holy city of Jerusalem” (Ewald and Baur) , is forced, and cannot be sustained from the parallelism.
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The second saying in this prophecy relates to the Amalekites. Balaam sees them, not with the eyes of his body, but in a state of ecstasy, like the star out of Jacob. “Beginning of the heathen is Amalek, and its end is destruction.” ”

“ And they began to be a very industrious people; yea, and they were friendly with the Nephites; therefore they did open a correspondence with them, and the curse of God did no more follow them.
And it came to pass that the Amalekites, and the Amulonites, and the Lamanites which were in the land of Amulon, and also in the land of Helam, and which was in the land of Jerusalem, and in fine, in all the land round about, which had not been converted, and had not taken upon them the name of Anti-Nephi-Lehi, were stirred up by the Amalekites, and by the Amulonites, to anger against their brethren ”

“ Beheld as if through enchantment, her face leaned beside his in the mirrors; and she came and vanished, phantom-like, with seductive murmurs and wanton gestures, as he bent over his books. But though he was perturbed by these appearances, in which he could scarce distinguish the real from the illusory, Amalzain was still indifferent toward Ulua, being surely protected from her charms by the amulet containing the ashes of Yos Ebni, saint and sage and archimage. ”

“ The running of the foremost seemeth to me like the running of Achimaas the son of Sadoc. And the king said: He is a good man: and cometh with good news.
18:28. And Achimaas crying out, said to the king: God save thee, O king. And falling down before the king with his face to the ground, he said: Blessed be the Lord thy God, who hath shut up the men that have lifted up their hands against the lord my king.
18:29. And the king said: Is the young man Absalom safe? And Achimaas said: I saw a great tumult, O king, when thy servant Joab sent me thy servant: I know nothing else. ”

“ The sun was shining on the mountains, and Absalom went up from the sad gray rain and through the gloomy clouds of autumn hanging over the Cove into a soft brilliant upper atmosphere—a generous after-thought of summer—and the warm brightness of Evelina's smile. She stood in the doorway as she saw him dismounting, with her finger on her lips, for the baby was sleeping: he put much of his time into that occupation. ”

“ In Amphibia, Teleostei, Ganoidæ and Petromyzontidæ, the head never completely acquires the peculiar characteristic form of the head of the Amniota, and all these forms are hatched at a relatively much earlier phase of development, so that they are leading a free existence at a stage when the embryos of the Amniota are not yet hatched. The only Ichthyopsidan type with a head like that of the Amniota is the Elasmobranchii, and the Elasmobranchii are the only Ichthyopsida which undergo the major part of their development within the egg. ”

“ I have captured many specimens simply by scraping my net along the surface of a ledge.
Typhlichthys, living in total darkness, has retained the habit of staying under floating boards, sticks, and stones. Miss Hoppin noticed that Troglichthys swims with its back to the sides of the aquarium, and I have repeatedly noted the same in the young of Amblyopsis up to fifty millimetres, and the still younger Amblyopsis frequently hides under rocks. ”

“ At length Panayota rose from her place, and walking straight up to Lindbohm, laid a wreath of red roses and myrtle upon his brow.
They packed the mules and started home long before daylight. The procession wound down a rocky path and into the gray town in the silver dawn, with a chill breeze blowing from the sea, and one great, white star glowing in the heavens like a drop of dew. The wreaths had been threaded upon the roasting-spits, and the girls, two and two, carried them. Before sunrise a fresh wreath was hanging over the door of every house in Ambellaki. ”

“ The beginning and the end are forever hidden; and what appears insignificant and out of proportion when caught alone at close quarters, may reveal all the splendour of the Eternal Purpose when surveyed with the proper perspective⁠—of the Infinite. The Reverend Phillip Ambleside felt as if for a moment he had been lifted to a height whence he had caught perhaps a glimpse of these larger horizons.
With his faith vastly strengthened, but his nerves considerably shaken, the clergyman went to bed and slept the sleep of a just man who has done his duty by chance as it were. ”

“ Amulon was angry with Alma because he was subject to King Laman himself. In his anger, Amulon exercised authority over Alma's people and put taskmasters over them. Alma's people became so afflicted that they cried mightily to God.
Then Amulon ordered them to stop their cries. He put guards over them with orders to kill anyone found calling upon God. So Alma and his people stopped raising their voices to the Lord their God, but they still poured their hearts out to Him, and God knew the thoughts of their hearts. ”

“ By this appointment Amulon and his associates became the overseers of the people of Alma, and right brutally did they use their authority in oppressing the people of God, until the day that the Lord delivered them. Amulon and his brethren were also made teachers and educators of the Lamanites by king Laman. These ex-priests instructed the people in the learning of the Nephites, but they taught them nothing concerning the Lord or the law of Moses. ”

“ The first royalist outbreak was led by one Amlici, in the fifth year of the commonwealth, and cost much blood and sorrow; Amalickiah was another prominent leader of those who wished to overturn the government, but being defeated by Moroni, he fled to the Lamanites, and by treason and murder worked himself on to the throne of that people. His followers who remained within the borders of the Nephites were compelled to enter into a covenant to support the republic, or "the cause of freedom," or be put to death. ”

“ Ambleville, to the camp of Saint-Laurent-des-Orgerils to ask for Guyenne, who had borne the letter from Blois and had not returned. Ambleville was also instructed to tell Sir John Talbot, the Earl of Suffolk, and the Lord Scales that in God's name the Maid required them to depart from France and go to England; otherwise they would suffer hurt. The English sent back Ambleville with an evil message.
"The English," he said to the Maid, "are keeping my comrade to burn him."
She made answer: "In God's name they will do him no harm." And she commanded Ambleville to return. ”

“ If the genealogy of these families of Seir had not been described in full they would all have been killed, contrary to the plain words of the commandment. For this reason the Seirite families are fully described, as if to say, the people that live in Seir and in the kingdom of Amalek are not all Amalekites: they are the descendants of some other man, and are called Amalekites because the mother of Amalek was of their tribe. The justice of God thus prevented the destruction of an [innocent] people that lived in the midst of another people [doomed to extirpation] ”