 | Mary Fawler Maude - 1864 - 458 pages
...from holes that were before invisible. These animals are of a great variety of shapes and sizes, and in such prodigious numbers, that in a short time the...from four to six inches long, which are moved about in a rapid motion, in all directions, probably to catch food. Others are so sluggish, that they may... | |
 | 1864 - 422 pages
...from holes which before were invisible. These animals are of a great, variety of shapes and sizes, and in such prodigious numbers, that, in a short time,...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... | |
 | Gideon Algernon Mantell - 1866 - 578 pages
...rock 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,...are so sluggish that they may be mistaken for pieces '^f the rock and are generally of a dark colour. When the coral is oroicen above ing'h-Wdtei ma;k,... | |
 | Arthur Mangin - 1868 - 480 pages
...which were before quite invisible. " These animals are of a great variety of shapes and sizes, and in such prodigious numbers, that in a short time the...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... | |
 | George William Fitch - 1867 - 142 pages
...surface which were before quite invisible. These animals are of a great variety of shapes and sizes, and in such prodigious numbers, that in a short time the...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... | |
 | M. J. OGLE - 1870 - 304 pages
...and colours ; sometimes they are bright yellow, sometimes blue, sometimes red ; sometimes they are in the form of a star, with arms from four to six inches long, sometimes they are like long threads, sometimes like tiny lobsters and prawns. These tiny creatures,... | |
 | David Page - 1870 - 348 pages
...from holes which were before 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 Ihe rock appears to be alive and in motion. The most common form is that of a star, with arms or tentacula,... | |
 | Ontario. Council of Public Instruction - 1871 - 506 pages
...surface which were before quite 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 bo alive and in motion. The most common of the worms at Loo Choo (an island in, the Pacific east of... | |
 | 1875 - 262 pages
...small ? " "They vary very much, both in size and shape," replied Mr. Wilson. " One of the commonest is in the form of a star, with arms from four to six inches long, which it keeps continually moving, probably in search of food. Then others are so sluggish that they are... | |
 | Travellers - 1875 - 264 pages
...small ? " "They vary very much, both in size and shape," replied Mr. Wilson. " One of the commonest is in the form of a star, with arms from four to six inches long, which it keeps continually moving, probably in search of food. Then others are so sluggish that they are... | |
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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 worm is in the form of... 
