 | 1818 - 590 էջ
...a solid hard stone; but if any part of it be detached at a spot which the tide reaches every clay, it .is found to be full of worms, of different lengths...some being as fine as a thread, and several feet long ; others ixsembling snails, and not above two inches long. ' The growth of coral appears to cease when... | |
 | 1818 - 512 էջ
...a solid, hard stone ; but if any part of it be detached at a spot which the tide reaches every day, it is found to be full of worms of different "lengths...colours, some being as fine as a thread, and" several . «'.). wii * Abridgf-d from Jnnrn. Pharm. for Aug. 1817. t Exiricled froi/i Capt. Hall's " Account... | |
 | 1818 - 514 էջ
...a solid, hard stone ; but if any part of it be detached at a spot which the tide reaches every day, it is found to be full of worms of different lengths...colours, some being as fine as a thread, and several * Abridged from Jonrn. Pharm. for Aug. 1817. + Extracted from Capt. Hall's " Account of a Voyage of... | |
 | 1818 - 428 էջ
...is a solid hard stone, but if any part of it be detached at a spot where the tide reaches every day, it is found to be full of worms, of different lengths and colours, some being as fine as 1 a thread, and several feet long, of a bright yellow, and sometimes of a blue colour.— The growth... | |
 | 1821 - 720 էջ
...is a solid hard stone, but if any part of it be detached at a spot which the tide reaches every day, it is found to be full of worms of different lengths...yellow, and sometimes of a blue colour. Others resemble snaih, and some are not unlike lobsters in shape, but soft, and not above two inches fong. " The growth... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 730 էջ
...is a solid hard stone, but if any part of it be detached at a spot which the tide reaches every day, it is found to be full of worms of different lengths and colours, some being аз fine as a thread, and several feet long, of a bright yellow, and sometimes of a blue colour. Others... | |
 | Basil Hall - 1826 - 392 էջ
...detached at a level to which the tide reached every day, it was discovered to be full of worms of all different lengths and colours, some being as fine as a thread and several feet long, generally of a very bright yellow, and sometimes of a blue colour ; while others resembled snails,... | |
 | Basil Hall - 1827 - 360 էջ
...detached at a level to which the tide reached every day, it was discovered to be full of worms of all different lengths and colours, some being as fine as a thread and several feet long, generally of a very bright yellow, and sometimes of a blue colour ; while others resembled snails,... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1830 - 514 էջ
...reaches every day, it is found to be full of worn» of different lengths and colors, some being as fine u a thread and several feet long, of a bright yellow, and sometimes of a blue color ; others resemble snails, and some ore not unlike lobsters in shape, but soft, and not above... | |
 | 1836 - 424 էջ
...of it be detached at a spot which the tide reaches every day, it is found to be full of worms of 19 different lengths and colours ; some being as fine...yellow, and sometimes of a blue colour ; others resemble snail*, and some are not unlike lobsters in shape, but soft, and not above two inches long. The growth... | |
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... the tide reaches every day, it is found to be full of worms of different lengths and colours, some being as fine as a thread, and several feet long, of a bright yellow, and sometimes of a blue colour. 
