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... The Quarterly Review - Pągina 314editat per - 1818Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| Basil Hall - 1827 - 360 pągines
...fluctuations in the aspect of the sky bring such mortifying disappointments as the practical astronomer. The examination of a coral reef during the different...of one tide is particularly interesting. When the sea has left it for some time it becomes dry, and appears to be a compact rock, exceedingly hard and... | |
| H. J. Lloyd - 1828 - 80 pągines
...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...particularly interesting. When the tide has left it lor some time, it becomes dry, and appears to be a compact rock exceedingly hard and rugged ; but as... | |
| Samuel Rogers - 1830 - 514 pągines
...reefs, extracted from CajJaa BASIL HALL'S Voyage to the Island of Loo CAoo, rn the Chķnete Sea. " The examination of a coral reef during the different...interesting. When the tide has left it for some time, it become« dry, and appears to be a compact rock, exceedingly hard and ragged ; but as the tide rises,... | |
| Samuel Rogers - 1830 - 516 pągines
...reels, extracted from Captain BASIL HALL'S Voyage to the Island of Loo Choa, im the Chinese Sea. " The examination of a coral reef during the different stages of one tide, is particularly intereetiug. When the tide has left it for some time, it becomes dry, and appears to be a compact rock,... | |
| 1834 - 574 pągines
...following is extracted from Captain Hasil Hall's narrative of his voyage to the Loo Choo islands : — '• The examination of a coral reef, during the different...time, it becomes dry, and appears to be a compact rock exceed-- ingly hard and rugged ; but as the tide rises, and the waves begin to wash over it, the coral... | |
| 1834 - 578 pągines
...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...particularly interesting. When the tide has left it lor some time, it becomes dry, and appears to be a compact rock exceedingly hard and rugged ; but as... | |
| Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1835 - 398 pągines
...following is extracted from Capt. Basil Hall's narrative of his voyage to the LooChoo islands : — " The examination of a coral reef, during the different...dry, and appears to be a compact rock exceedingly bard and rugged ; but as the tide rises, and the waves begin to wash over it, the coral worms protrude... | |
| 1836 - 424 pągines
...voyage to the Loo-Choo islands : — "The examination of a coral reef, during the different istages of one tide, is particularly interesting. When the...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... | |
| 1836 - 514 pągines
...reefs, extracted from Captain BASIL HALL'S Voyage to the Island of Loo Cltoo, in the Chķnete Sea, " The examination of a coral reef during the different...stages of one tide, is particularly interesting. When Ihe tide has left it for «ome time, it become* dry, and appears to be a compact rock, exceedingly... | |
| William Martin - 1838 - 368 pągines
...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...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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