 ... 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...  La Belle Assemblée - Página 581818Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Samuel Rogers - 1830 - 516 páginas
...such prodigious numbers, that, in a short time, the whole surface of the roek appears to be alive and in motion. The most common worm is in the form of a star, with arms from four to sit inches long, whivh are moved about with a rapid motion in all directions, probably to catch food.... | |
 | 1834 - 578 páginas
...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 a star, with arms from four to six...with a rapid motion, in all directions, probably to catch food. Others are so sluggish, that they may be mistaken for pieces of the rock, and are generally... | |
 | Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1835 - 398 páginas
...whole surface of the rock appears to be alive and in motion. The most common of the worms at Jjoo-Choo is in the form of a star, with arms from four to six...with a rapid motion, in all directions, probably to catch food. Others are so sluggish, that they may be mistaken for pieces of the rock, and are generally... | |
 | 1836 - 424 páginas
...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 a star, with arms from four to six...with a rapid motion, in all directions, probably to catch food. Others are so sluggish, that they may be mistaken for pieces of the rock, and are generally... | |
 | William Martin - 1838 - 368 páginas
...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 a star, with arms from four to six...with a rapid motion, in all directions, probably to catch food. Others are so sluggish, that they may be mistaken for pieces of the rock, and are generally... | |
 | Gideon Algernon Mantell - 1838 - 372 páginas
...appears to be alive and in motion. The most common form is that of a star, with arms, or tentacula, which are moved about with a rapid motion in all directions, probably to catch food. Others are so sluggish that they may be mistaken for pieces of the rock, and are generally... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1839 - 510 páginas
...such prodigious numbers, that, in a short time, the whole surface of the rock appears to be olive and in motion. The most common worm is in the form of...with a rapid motion in all directions, probably to catch food. Others are so sluggish, that they may be mistaken for pieces of the rock, and are generally... | |
 | 1839 - 428 páginas
...such prodigious numbers, that, in a short time, the whole surface of the rock appears to be alive and in motion. The most common worm is in the form of...from four to six inches long, which are moved about in all directions with a rapid motion, probably to catch food. Others are so sluggish, that they may... | |
 | Maria Hack - 1839 - 464 páginas
...whole surface of the rock appears to be alive and 1 Cuvier, ib. See Jameson's Note on Coral Islands. 1) in motion. The most common worm is in the form of...with arms from four to six inches long, which are thrown about with a rapid motion in all directions, probably to catch food. Others are so sluggish,... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1841 - 400 páginas
...such prodigious numbers, that, in a short time, the whole surface of the rock appears to be alive and in motion. The most common worm is in the form of...with a rapid motion in all directions, probably to catch food. Others are so sluggish, that they may be mistaken for pieces of the rock, and are generally... | |
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