 | 1818 - 590 pages
...four to five inches long, and two or three round. When the coral is broken, about high water mark, it is a solid hard stone, but if any part of it be...reaches every day, it is found to be full of worms »f different lengths and colours, some being as fine as a thread and several feet long, of a bright... | |
 | William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1818 - 862 pages
...four to five inches long, and two or three round. \Vfcen the coral is broken, about high water mark, it is a solid hard stone, but if any part of it be...tide reaches every day, it is found to be full of worm«, of different lengths and colours, some being as fine as a thread, and several feet long, of... | |
 | 1818 - 590 pages
...from four to five inches long, and two or three round. When the coral is broken about high water mark, it is 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 and colours, some being as fine as a thread,... | |
 | 1818 - 428 pages
...motion in all directions, probably to catrh food. When the coral is broken, about high water mark, it 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,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 730 pages
...four to five inches long;, and two or three round. When the coral is broken, about high-water mark , it is a solid hard stone, but if any part of it be...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... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1829 - 520 pages
...four со five inches lonp, and t*o or three round. When the coral is broken about Ы^Ьwater mark, it is a solid hard stone; but if any part of it lie detached at a spot which the tide reaches с my day, it is found to be full of worms of different... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1830 - 514 pages
...and two or three round. When the coral • broken about high-water mark, it is a solid hard stow ; but if any part of it be detached at a spot which...tide 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... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1830 - 516 pages
...coral я broken nbout high-watci mark, it is a solid han] stone ; hut if any part of it be detached al a spot which the tide reaches every day. it is found to be full of WOTTM of different lengths and colors, some being as fine a! a thread and several feet long, of a bright... | |
 | 1834 - 578 pages
...four to five inches' long, and two to three round. When the coral is broken, about high water mark, it is a solid hard stone ; but if any part of it be...which the tide reaches every day, it is found to be f iill of worms of different lengths and colours : some being as fine as a thread, and several feet... | |
 | 1836 - 424 pages
...from four to five inches long, and two to three round. When the coral is broken, about high-water, it is a solid hard stone ; but if any part of it be...reaches every day, it is found to be full of worms of 19 different lengths and colours ; some being as fine as a thread, and several feet long, of a bright... | |
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... 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 of a dark colour, and from four to five inches long, and two or three... 
