 | 1844 - 836 pàgines
...frequently hauled up buckets full and examined them. Now the Western Islands is the great place of resort for whales ; and at first there is something...there, and conveys it thousands of miles off to the hungry whale at sea. But how perfectly in unison is it with the kind and providential care of that... | |
 | 1844 - 784 pàgines
...frequently hauled up buckets full and examined them. Now the Western Islands is tho great place of resort for whales ; and at first there is something...fruitage planted there, and conveys it thousands of miles olT to the hungry whale at sea. But how perfectly in unison is it with the kind and providential care... | |
 | 1846 - 576 pàgines
...and thus " the Gulf of Mexico," says Lieutenant Maury, " is the harvest-field, and the gulf-stream the gleaner, which collects the fruitage planted there, and conveys it thousands of miles to the hungry whale at sea."* Among the most remarkable oceanic phenomena are the Great Fucus banks... | |
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - 1855 - 312 pàgines
...frequently hauled up buckets full and examined them. Now the Western Islands is the great place of resort for whales ; and at first there is something...there, and conveys it thousands of miles off to the hungry whale at sea. But how perfectly in unison is it with the kind and providential care of that... | |
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - 1859 - 428 pàgines
...frequently hauled up buckets full and examined them. 74. Now the Western Islands is the great place of resort for whales ; and at first there is something...that the Gulf of Mexico is the harvest field, and the Gulf-Stream the gleaner which collects the fruitage planted there, and conveys it thousands of miles... | |
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - 1860 - 542 pàgines
...full and examined them. 160. Now the Western Islands is the great place of resort for rood for whaics. whales ; and at first there is something curious to...there, and conveys it thousands of miles off to the hungry whale at sea. But how perfectly in unison is it with the kind and providential care of that... | |
 | 1862 - 378 pàgines
...are, the medusae, which it had brought to these northern latitudes, would fall a prey to the whale. At first there is something curious to us in the idea...there, and conveys it thousands of miles off to the hungry whales at sea. But how perfectly in unison is it with the kind and providential care of that... | |
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - 1869 - 548 pàgines
...buckets full and examined them. 160. Food for whales. — Now the Western Islands is the great place of resort for whales ; and at first there is something curious to us in the idea that the Gnlf of Mexico is the harvest field, and the Gulf Stream the gleaner which collects the fruitage planted,... | |
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - 1871 - 540 pàgines
...full and examined them. 160. Now the Western Islands is the great place of resort for Food for whales, whales; and at first there is something curious to...there, and conveys it thousands of miles off to the hungry whale at sea. But how perfectly in unison is it with the kind and providential care of that... | |
 | John Richardson Phillips - 1876 - 418 pàgines
...the seas around these islands their great place of resort. "The Gulf of Mexico is the harvest-field and the Gulf Stream the gleaner which collects the...there, and conveys it thousands of miles off to the hungry whale at sea. But how perfectly in unison is it with the kind and providential care of that... | |
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Islands is the great place of resort for whales ; and at first there is something curious to us in the idea that the Gulf of Mexico is the harvest field, and the Gulf Stream the gleaner which collects the fruitage planted there, and conveys it thousands... 
