 | Thomas Milner - 1860 - 896 דפים
...except in holes upon the reef, below low-water mark ; but the coral, pand, and other broken remnants thrown up by the sea, adhere to the rock, and form...remnants, being rarely covered, lose their adhesive property, and, remaining in a loose state, form what is usually called a key upon the top of the reef.... | |
 | William Jordan Unwin - 1862 - 374 דפים
...animalcules, for they do not work beyond low-water mark ; but the coral, sand, and other broken remnants thrown up by the sea, adhere to the rock, and form...solid mass with it, as high as the common tides reach. The new bank is not long in being visited by sea birds ; salt plants take root upon it, and a soil... | |
 | 1868 - 104 דפים
...principally to elevate this monument of their wonderful labors. The coral, sand, and other broken remnants, thrown up by the sea, adhere to the rock and form...solid mass with it, as high as the common tides reach. The new bank is not long in being visited by seabirds; plants take root upon it, and a soil begins... | |
 | Henry Duncan - 1839 - 408 דפים
...the animalcules cease to work above low- water mark : — " The coral sand and other broken remnants thrown up by the sea, adhere to the rock, and form...remnants, being rarely covered, lose their adhesive property ; and, remaining in a loose state, form what is usually called a key upon the tops of the... | |
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... high as the common tides reach. That elevation surpassed, the future remnants, being rarely covered, lose their adhesive property ; and, remaining in a loose state, form what is usually called a key upon the top of the reef. The new bank is not long... 
