 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1818 - 628 pages
...structure, and of the animals which inhabit its cavities. ' The examination of a coral reef during the different stages of one tide, is particularly...dry, and appears to be a compact rock, exceedingly bard and ragged ; but as the tide rises, and the waves begin to wash Over it, the coral worms protrude... | |
 | Science - 1818 - 512 pages
...Reef s.-\- ?i The examination of a coral reef during the different stages of One tide is peculiarly interesting. When the tide has left it for '"some...appears to be a compact rock, exceedingly hard and rugged ; but as the tide rises, and the waves begin to wash over it, the coral worms protrude themselves... | |
 | English literature - 1818 - 590 pages
...formation, on the western side of the great Loo-choo island. ' The examination of a coral reef during the different stages of one tide is particularly interesting. When the tide has left it for sometime it becomes dry, and appears to be a compact rock, exceedingly hard and ragged ; but as the... | |
 | 1821 - 720 pages
...remarkable production, so widely diffused over the Pacific : " The examination of a coral reef during the different stages of one tide, is particularly...left it for some time, it becomes dry, and appears to b;- a compact rock, exceedingly hard and ragged ; but as the tide rises, and the waves begin to wash... | |
 | Walter Scott - Europe - 1821 - 730 pages
...remarkable production, so widely diffused over the Pacific : " The examination of a coral reef during the different stages of one tide, is particularly interesting. When the tide bai left it for some time, it becomes dry, and appears to be a com« pact rock, exceedingly hard and... | |
 | Basil Hall - China - 1826 - 392 pages
...examination of a coral reef during the different stages of one tide is particularly interesting. When the sea has left it for some time it becomes dry, and appears...a compact rock, exceedingly hard and ragged ; but no sooner does the tide rise again and the waves begin to wash over it, than millions of coral worms... | |
 | James Montgomery - English poetry - 1827 - 296 pages
...Hall's Voyage to the Island of Loo Choo, in the Chinese Sea. " The examination of a coral reef during the different stages of one tide, is particularly...the coral worms protrude themselves from holes which before were invisible. These animals are of a great variety of shapes and sizes, and in such prodigious... | |
 | James Montgomery - English poetry - 1827 - 198 pages
...Hall's Voyage to the Island of Loo Choo, in the Chinese Sea. " The examination of a coral reef during the different stages of one tide, is particularly...compact rock, exceedingly hard and ragged ; but as the VI tide rises, and the waves begin to wash over it, the coral worms protrude themselves from holes... | |
 | Basil Hall - Chile - 1827 - 360 pages
...examination of a coral reef during the different stages of one tide is particularly interesting. When the sea has left it for some time it becomes dry, and appears...a compact rock, exceedingly hard and ragged ; but no sooner does the tide rise again and the waves begin to wash over it, than millions of coral worms... | |
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The examination of a coral reef during the different stages of one tide, is particularly interesting. When the tide has left it for some time it becomes dry, and appears to be a compact rock, exceedingly hard and ragged ; but... 
