 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 - Page 581818Full view - About this book
 | William Martin - 1838 - 368 pages
...following is extracted from Captain Basil Hall's narrative of his voyage to the Loo Choo Islands : — " 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 - 1841 - 400 pages
...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... | |
 | 1843 - 450 pages
...does not require to be changed oftener than once a week. TEMPERANCE, SCIENCE, AND LITERATI'HE. CORAL. The examination of a coral reef, during the different stages of one title, is particularly interesting. When the tide has left it for some time it becomes dry, and appears... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 850 pages
...The examination of a coral reef (he observes) during the different stages of one tide is particularly interesting : when the tide has left it for some time,...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... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1845 - 354 pages
...observes that, during the different stages of the tide, the changes it undergoes are truly surprising. When the tide has left it for some time, it becomes...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... | |
 | 1847 - 828 pages
...however, if God rmit, shall be again treated of and explained. Return we now to ir subject. CORAL REEFS. THE examination of a coral reef during the different stages of one de is particularly interesting. When the tide has left it for some me, it becomes dry, and appears... | |
 | Mary Fawler Maude - 1848 - 412 pages
..." The examination of a coral-reef (or rock) during the different stages of one tide is particularly interesting : when the tide has left it for some time...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... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1848 - 892 pages
...around Loo Choo, where the zoophytes belonging to the genera Astrea are most common, who remarks : " 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... | |
 | Philip Henry Gosse - 1849 - 396 pages
...recorded some pleasing observations on this singular formation, in his voyage to Loo-Choo. He says, " 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... | |
 | Frances Osborne - 1850 - 344 pages
...reefs during the different stages of one tide, and gives the following description as the result: —' When the tide has left it for some time, it be-"comes...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... | |
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