 | 1814 - 644 דפים
...Vide page 378 of the present Volume. which most reefs afford instances, and those in Torres' Strait a great many. These banks are in different stages...above highwater mark, but destitute of vegetation : while others are overflowed with every returning tide. It seems to me, that when the animalcute which... | |
 | Georges baron Cuvier - 1818 - 458 דפים
...washing up of sand and broken coral, of which most reefs afford instances, and those of Torres' Strait a great many. These banks are in different stages...become islands, but not yet habitable ; some are above high water mark, but destitute of vege•^ *Vol.II.p. 114, 115, 116. tation ; whilst others are overflowed... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1821 - 768 דפים
...washing up of sand and broken coral, of which most reefs afford instances, and those Of Torres' Strait a great many. These banks are in different stages...returning tide. '•' It seems to me, that, when the animalcules which form the corals at the bottom of the ocean, cease to live, their structures adhere... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1821 - 788 דפים
...washing up of sand and broken coral, of which most reefs afford instances, and those of Torres' Strait a great many. These banks are in different stages...mark, but destitute of vegetation ; whilst others are over(lowed with every returning tide. '•• It seems to me, that, when the animalcules which form... | |
 | H. J. Lloyd - 1828 - 80 דפים
...washing up of sand and broken coral, of which most reefs afford instances, and those of Torres' Strait a great many. These banks are in different stages of progress; some^ like this, are become 17 islands, but not yet habitable ; some are above high-water mark, but destitute of vegetation ; whilst... | |
 | Gill's scientific, technological and microscopic repository - 1829 - 416 דפים
...washing up of sand and broken coral, of which most reefs afford instances ; and those of Torres' Straight a great many. These banks are in different stages...every returning tide. " It seems to me, that when the animalcules, which form the corals at the bottom of the ocean, cease to live, their structures adhere... | |
 | Robert Mudie - 1829 - 464 דפים
...washing up of sand and broken coral, of which most reefs afford instances, and those in Torre's Strait a great many. These banks are in different stages...become islands, but not yet habitable ; some are above high water mark, but destitute of vegetation ; whilst others are overflowed with every returning tide."... | |
 | 1829 - 436 דפים
...washing of sand and broken coral, of which most reefs afford instances ; and those of Torres' Straight a great many. These banks are in different stages...: some, like this, are become islands, but not yet hahitable ; some are above high-water mark, but destitute of vegetation ; whilst others are overflowed... | |
 | 1833 - 370 דפים
...washing up of sand and broken coral, of which most reefs afford instances, and those of Torres Strait a great many. These banks are in different stages...; some are above high-water mark, but destitute of vejelation ; whilst others are overflowed with every returning tide. It seems to me that, when the... | |
 | William Henry Breton - 1834 - 448 דפים
...reader, and I have therefore extracted it verbatim. " Half-way island, to the east of Torres' Straits, is scarcely more than a. mile in circumference, but...become islands, but not yet habitable ; some are above high-watermark, but destitute of vegetation ; whilst others are overflowed with every returning tide.... | |
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Strait a great many. These banks are in different stages of progress; some, like this, are become islands, but not yet habitable ; some are above high-water mark, but destitute of vegetation ; whilst others are overflowed with every returning tide. "... 
