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... move their position , and seek some cooler or warmer spot , as the case may be . In the ocean it will be evident that the creatures have the power readily to effect this , under ordinary circumstances , by seeking deeper water , not ...
... move their position , and seek some cooler or warmer spot , as the case may be . In the ocean it will be evident that the creatures have the power readily to effect this , under ordinary circumstances , by seeking deeper water , not ...
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... going on among the opaque particles floating through the On moving the watch - glass so as to bring one of the apertures on the side of the sponge fully water . CURRENTS OF THE LIVING SPONGE . 31 into view , 30 THE AQUARIAN NATURALIST .
... going on among the opaque particles floating through the On moving the watch - glass so as to bring one of the apertures on the side of the sponge fully water . CURRENTS OF THE LIVING SPONGE . 31 into view , 30 THE AQUARIAN NATURALIST .
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... moving by the force of the currents , at the distance of ten feet from the table on which the specimen stood . A ... moved away in a mass by the stream , but was gradually worn down by the current beating against its sides , and thus ...
... moving by the force of the currents , at the distance of ten feet from the table on which the specimen stood . A ... moved away in a mass by the stream , but was gradually worn down by the current beating against its sides , and thus ...
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... moving from place to place , -fixed and motionless as the rock on which it grows , -must obviously be incapable of distributing to a distance the numerous progeny which it furnishes ; and without some special pro- vision for the purpose ...
... moving from place to place , -fixed and motionless as the rock on which it grows , -must obviously be incapable of distributing to a distance the numerous progeny which it furnishes ; and without some special pro- vision for the purpose ...
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... move . Spicula now begin to make their appearance in the transparent film ; and in a few weeks after the gem- mule has become fixed , these spicula become aggre- gated into bundles : at particular places , towards the centre , they soon ...
... move . Spicula now begin to make their appearance in the transparent film ; and in a few weeks after the gem- mule has become fixed , these spicula become aggre- gated into bundles : at particular places , towards the centre , they soon ...
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Actinia AMPHITRITE animal Annelidans Annelide appearance appendages aquariist aquarium arms Ascidian attached beautiful become bivalve body bottom Bowerbankia branchiæ cells CHAPTER cilia coast colour consists coral Crab creatures Crustaceans Cydippe delicate disc Echinus eggs elegant embryo extremity eyes fish Flustra Foraminifera gemmules glass habits head Hermit Crab Holothuria Hydra Hydræ inch larvæ length living locomotive margin means Medusa ment microscope minute mollusks motion mouth naturalist nature Nereis numerous observed ocean organs orifice pair particles pedicle Pentacrinus PLATE Pluteus polyps Polyzoa portion present prey proboscis protruded rays RAZOR-SHELL reader remains remarkable reproduction resembling rocks sand sea-water sea-weeds seems seen segments shape shell shore side Sir John Dalyell sometimes soon species specimens speedily spines sponge Star-fishes stem stones structure substance suckers surface swimming tail tank tentacles tentacula Terebella tide tion transparent tube Tubularia vessel waves whole wonderful worms young zoophytes
Popular passages
Page 47 - Beyond the shadow of the ship I watched the water-snakes ; They moved in tracks of shining white ; And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire — Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire.
Page 259 - Come on, sir; here's the place: stand still. How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air Show scarce so gross as beetles: halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire, dreadful trade!
Page 361 - Keech, the butcher's wife, come in then and call me gossip Quickly ? coming in to borrow a mess of vinegar ; telling us she had a good dish of prawns ; whereby thou didst desire to eat some, whereby I told thee they were ill for a green wound...
Page 487 - Romeo ; and, when he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine, That all the world will be in love with night, And pay no worship to the garish sun.
Page 401 - Upon the billows rising — all the deep Is restless change; the waves so swell'd and steep, Breaking and sinking, and the sunken swells, Nor one, one moment, in its station dwells: But nearer land you may the billows trace, As if contending in their watery chase; May watch the mightiest till the shoal they reach, Then break and hurry to their utmost stretch; Curl'd as they come, they strike with furious force, And then re-flowing, take their grating course, Raking the rounded flints, which ages...
Page 259 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air Show scarce so gross as beetles : half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire, dreadful trade! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head : The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yond...
Page 211 - ... gentle manner to introduce Luidia to the purer element. Whether the cold air was too much for him or the sight of the bucket too terrific I know not, but in a moment he proceeded to dissolve his corporation, and at every mesh of the dredge his fragments were seen escaping. In despair I grasped at the largest, and brought up the extremity of an arm with its terminating eye, the spinous eyelid of which opened and closed with something exceedingly like a wink of derision.
Page 519 - It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion...
Page 440 - As when fire is with water commix'd and contending, And the spray of its wrath to the welkin upsoars, And flood upon flood hurries on, never ending ; And it never will rest, nor from travail be free, Like a sea that is labouring the birth of a sea.
Page 386 - ... when it is perfectly formed, the shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the foresaid lace or string : next come the legs of the bird hanging out, and, as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come forth, and hangeth onely by the bill : in short space after it commeth to full maturitie, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowle bigger than a mallard, and lesser than a goose...