 | Thomas Milner - 1860 - 896 ページ
...than millions of coral worms protrude themselves from holes on the surface which were before quite invisible. These animals are of a great variety of...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... | |
 | Jabez Hogg - 1861 - 652 ページ
...exceedingly hard and rugged ; but as the water rises, and the waves begin to wash over it, the polypes protrude themselves from holes which were before invisible....short time the whole surface of the rock appears to bo alive and in motion. The -most common form is that of a star, with arms or tentacles, which are... | |
 | William Jordan Unwin - 1862 - 374 ページ
...left it for some time, it hecomes dry, and appears to he a compact rock, exceedingly hard and rugged ; but as the tide rises, and the waves begin to wash...appears to be alive and in motion. The most common of the worms at Loo-Choo is in the form of a star, with arms from four to six inches long, which are... | |
 | George William Fitch, Alphonso J. Robinson - 1864 - 276 ページ
...themselves from holes on the surface which were before quite invisible. These animals are of a great varicty of shapes and sizes', and in such prodigious numbers,...surface of the rock appears to be alive and in motion. 62. " The most common of the worms at Loo-Choo (an island in the Pacific east of China), was in the... | |
 | Gideon Algernon Mantell - 1866 - 578 ページ
...waves begin to wash over it, the polypes protrude themselves from holes which were Deiore invisioie. These animals are of a great •variety of shapes...appears to be alive and in motion. The most common form is that of a star, with arms or tentacma, which are moved about with a rapid motion in all directions,... | |
 | Arthur Mangin - 1868 - 480 ページ
...than millions of coral worms protrude themselves from holes on the surface which were before quite invisible. " These animals are of a great variety...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... | |
 | Ontario. Council of Public Instruction - 1871 - 506 ページ
...than millions of coral worms protrude themselves from holes on the surface which were before quite invisible. These animals are of a great variety of...short time the whole surface of the rock appears to bo alive and in motion. The most common of the worms at Loo Choo (an island in, the Pacific east of... | |
 | 1818 - 586 ページ
...holes which were before invisible. These animals are of a great variety of shapes and sizes, and iu such prodigious numbers, that, in a short time, the...alive and in motion. The most common worm is in the furm of a star, with arms from four to six inches long, which are moved about with a rapid motion in... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1887 - 886 ページ
...than millions of coral worms protrude themselves from holes on the surface which were before quite invisible. These animals are of a great variety of...appears to be alive and in motion. The most common of the worms at $*- • i -^<Sf °:;^ W#- . SCALY-CLAWED CRUSTACEAN. Loo Chop was in the form of a... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1887 - 886 ページ
...than millions of coral worms protrude themselves from holes on the surface which were before quite invisible. These animals are of a great variety of...appears to be alive and in motion. The most common of the worms at SCALY-CLAWED CRUSTACEAN. Loo Choo was in the form of a star, with arms from four to... | |
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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 of the worms at Loo-Choo is in the form of... 
