 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...  La Belle Assemblée - Sida 581818Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Arthur Mangin - 1868 - 480 sidor
...Captain Basil Hall, " 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... | |
 | Samuel Hutchins - 1868 - 120 sidor
...marine insects, are very many. The shores and shoals of the Red Sea are encircled by rocks of coral. "The examination of a coral reef, during the different stages of one tide," says Captain Bazil Hall, " is particularly interesting. When the tide has left it for some time, it... | |
 | George William Fitch - 1867 - 142 sidor
...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...be 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... | |
 | Ontario. Council of Public Instruction - 1871 - 506 sidor
...golden key Of God's rich treasure-house of love, Thine own will never be. . —TREXCH. COEAL REEF. THE 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 to be... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1879 - 572 sidor
...reefs, extracted from Captain Basil 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 interesting. When the tide has left it for some time it becomes dry, and appears to be... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1880 - 778 sidor
...reefs, extracted from Captain Basil 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 interesting. When the tide has left it for some time it becomes dry, and appears to be... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1881 - 618 sidor
...reefs, extracted from Captain Basil 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 interesting. When the tide has left it for some time it becomes dry, and appears to be... | |
 | 1818 - 586 sidor
...Hall's observations on a coral-reef formation, on the we;teru aide 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 some time it becomes dry, and appears to be... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1887 - 886 sidor
...Captain Basil Hall, during the different stages of one tide, is particularly interesting. When the sea has left it for some time, it becomes dry, and appears...be 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... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1887 - 886 sidor
...Captain Basil Hall, 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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