 | 1844 - 498 דפים
...the reef. The new bank is not long of being visited by sea birds : CHURCH OF ENGLAND MAGAZINE. salt plants take root upon it, and a soil begins to be formed. A cocoa-nut or the drupe of a pandoras is thrown on the shore ; land birds visit it, and deposit the... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1848 - 924 דפים
...net". The new bank Is not long In being vUiu-4 by sea bird», salt plants take root upon it, end a sou begins to be formed ; a cocoa nut, or the drupe of a pandauus Is thrown on •höre ; land birds visit it, and deponit the •evdi of shrubs and trees ;... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1848 - 892 דפים
.../•' // upon the top of the reef. The new bank is not long in being visited by sea-birds ; salt-plants take root upon it, and a soil begins to be formed ; a cocoa-nut or the drupe of a pandanus is thrown on shore ; land-birds visit it, and deposit the seeds... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1849 - 428 דפים
...visited by sea birds; salt plants take root upon it, and a soil begins to be formed : a cocoa-nut, or the drupe of a pandanus is thrown on shore ; land...deposit the seeds of shrubs and trees ; every high tide, and still more every gale, adds something to the bank ; the form of an island is gradually assumed... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1849 - 428 דפים
...sea birds ; salt plants take root upon it, and a soil begins to be formed : a cocoa-nut, or the dnipe of a pandanus is thrown on shore ; land birds visit...deposit the seeds of shrubs and trees; every high tide, and still more every gale, adds something to the bank ; the form of an island is gradually assumed... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1857 - 1022 דפים
...shelter within it. A bank is thus gradually formed, which is not long in being visited by seabirds ; salt plants take root upon it, and a soil begins to be formed ; a cocoa-nut, or the drupe of a pandanus, is thrown on shore ; land-birds visit it, and deposit the seeds... | |
 | J William Green - 1849 - 250 דפים
...a quay upon the tops of the reef. The new bank is not long before it is visited by sea birds; salt plants take root upon it, and a soil begins to be formed; a cocoa-nut is thrown on the shore; land birds visit it, and deposit the seeds of shrubs and trees; every... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1850 - 604 דפים
...bank rising above high- water mark. , Every high tide, and every gale, adds something to the bank Salt plants take root upon it, and a soil begins to be formed from continued accretions of sand, with decayed vegetable matter. Land birds visit the spot, and deposit... | |
 | Treasury - 1853 - 276 דפים
...shelter within it. A bank is thus gradually formed, which is not long in being visited by seabirds ; salt plants take root upon it, and a soil begins to be formed ; a cocoa-nut, or the drupe of a pandanus, is thrown on shore ; land-birds visit it, and deposit the seeds... | |
 | 1860 - 478 דפים
...within it. A bank is thus gradually formed, which is not long in being visited by sea-birds ; salt plants take root upon it, and a soil begins to be formed ; a cocoa-nut, or the drupe of a pandanus, is thrown on shore ; land birds visit it, and deposit the seeds... | |
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... more every gale, adds something to the bank ; the form of an island is gradually assumed ; and last of all comes man to take possession. 
