 ... invisible. These animals are of a great variety of shapes and sizes, and in such prodigious numbers, that, in a short time, the whole surface of the rock appears to be alive and in motion. The most common...  La Belle Assemblée - Sida 581818Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | David Page - 1849 - 372 sidor
...appears to be alive and in motion. The most common form is that of a star, with arms or tentacula, which are moved about with a rapid motion in all directions, probably to catch food. Others are so sluggish that they may be mistaken for pieces of the rock, and are generally... | |
 | 1856 - 1270 sidor
...be alive and in motion. The most com- ( mon form is that of a star, with arms or tentacula, which I are moved about with a rapid motion in all directions, probably to catch food. Others are so sluggish that they may be mistaken for pieces of the rock, and are generally... | |
 | Frances Osborne - 1850 - 344 sidor
...such prodigious numbers, that, in a short time, the whole surface of the rock appears to be alive and in motion. The most common worm is in the form of...with a rapid motion, in all directions, probably to catch food. Others are so sluggish, that they may be mistaken for pieces of rock; and are generally... | |
 | 1850 - 454 sidor
...the whole surface of the rock appears to be alive and in motion. The most common of the worms was iu the .form of a star, with arms from four to six inches long, which it moved about with a rapid motion, in all directions, probably in search of foodOthers were so sluggish,... | |
 | 1850 - 498 sidor
...time the whole surface of the rock appears to be alive and in motion. The most common of the worms was in the form of a star, with arms from four to six inchea long, which it moved about with a rapid motion, in all directions, probably in search of food.... | |
 | Frances Osborne - 1851 - 332 sidor
...such prodigious numbers, that, in a short time, the whole surface of the rock appears to be alive and in motion. The most common worm is in the form of...with a rapid motion, in all directions, probably to catch food. Others are so sluggish, that they may be mistaken for pieces of rock; and are generally... | |
 | Henry Theodore Cheever - 1851 - 346 sidor
...time the whole surface of the rock appears to be alive and in motion. The most common of the worms was in the form of a star, with arms from four to six inches long, which it moved about with a rapid motion in all directions, probably in search of food. Others were so sluggish,... | |
 | Henry Theodore Cheever - 1851 - 382 sidor
...time the whole surface of the rock appears to be alive and in motion. The most common of the worms was in the form of a star, with arms from four to six inches long, which it moved about with a rapid motion in all directions, probably in search of food. Others were so sluggish,... | |
 | Fanny Osborne - 1852 - 394 sidor
...such prodigious numbers, that, in a short time, the whole surface of the rock appears to be alive and in motion. The most common worm is in the form of...with a rapid motion, in all directions, probably to catch food. Others are so sluggish, that they may be mistaken for pieces of rock ; and are generally... | |
 | A. R. Phippen - 1854 - 472 sidor
...in motion. "The most common of the worms at Loo-Choo (an island in the Pacific, east of China) was in the form of a star, with arms from four to six inches long, which it moved about with a rapid motion in all directions, probably in search of food. Others were so sluggish... | |
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