 | Basil Hall - Japan - 1818 - 220 pages
...some game for dinner ; and the other party having found all things favourable for inspecting the reef. The examination of a coral reef during the different...moved about with a rapid motion in all directions, prol>ably to catch food. Others are so sluggish, that they may be mistaken for pieces of the rock,... | |
 | Science - 1818 - 512 pages
...it for '"some time it becomes dry, and appears to be a compact rock, exceedingly hard and rugged ; but as the tide rises, and the waves begin to wash...rapid motion in all directions, probably to catch fpod. Others are so sluggish that they may be mistaken for pieces of the rock, and are generally of... | |
 | 1818 - 590 pages
...were before invisible. These animals are of a great variety of shapes and sizes ; and in such number, that in a short time the whole surface of the rock...moved about with a rapid motion in all directions, probihly to catch food. Others are so sluggish that they may be mistaken for pieces of the rock; they... | |
 | 1818 - 428 pages
...and sizes, and in such prodigious numbers, that in a short time the whole surface of the rock appears in motion. The most common worm is in the form of...with a rapid motion in all directions, probably to catrh food. When the coral is broken, about high water mark, it is a solid hard stone, but if any part... | |
 | 1821 - 720 pages
...it, the coral worms protrude themselves from holes which were before invisible. These animaU are of-a great variety of shapes and sizes, and in such prodigious...moved about with a rapid motion, in all directions, probabl/ to catch food. Others are so sluggish, that they may be mistaken for pieces of the rock, and... | |
 | Australia - 1825 - 188 pages
...scarcely visible, and in such numbers that the whole surface appeared in motion. The most common worm was in the form of a star, with arms from four to six inches long, which were moved about in all directions with great rapidity, probably to catch food ; but some appeared... | |
 | Basil Hall - China - 1826 - 392 pages
...surface of the rock appears to be alive and in motion. The most common of the worms at Loo-Choo 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... | |
 | James Montgomery - English poetry - 1827 - 296 pages
...and the waves begin to wash over it, the coral worms protrude themselves from holes which before were invisible. These animals are of a great variety of...directions, probably to catch food. Others are so vii sluggish, that they may be mistaken for pieces of the rock, and are generally of a dark colour,... | |
 | Basil Hall - Chile - 1827 - 360 pages
...surface of the rock appears to be alive and in motion. The most common of the worms at Loo-Choo 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, probabl y in search of food. Others wore so sluggish... | |
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... 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... 
