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Page 75
... stems and giving birth to numerous progeny . The Hydra we are now contemplating is sometimes propagated in a manner precisely similar , -long filaments derived from some point of its sub- stance spread themselves upon the stone or shell ...
... stems and giving birth to numerous progeny . The Hydra we are now contemplating is sometimes propagated in a manner precisely similar , -long filaments derived from some point of its sub- stance spread themselves upon the stone or shell ...
Page 93
... stem , at times seeming perpendicular to it , or bent more or less in the same direction , and again , as if combed into one mass ; but a moment after- wards every thread seems to be curled or waving- the main thread being straight or ...
... stem , at times seeming perpendicular to it , or bent more or less in the same direction , and again , as if combed into one mass ; but a moment after- wards every thread seems to be curled or waving- the main thread being straight or ...
Page 94
... stem ; then , like a broken whip , become bent in an acute angle , with as stiff an appearance as if the whole were made up of wires ; and , to complete the wonder , a part of the length of the main thread will assume one appearance ...
... stem ; then , like a broken whip , become bent in an acute angle , with as stiff an appearance as if the whole were made up of wires ; and , to complete the wonder , a part of the length of the main thread will assume one appearance ...
Page 99
... garden in itself , every stem being densely populated with other forms of zoophytes , growing in rich profusion from its sur- face , and affording a spectacle well calculated to im- press us with an idea of the immense profusion of F 2.
... garden in itself , every stem being densely populated with other forms of zoophytes , growing in rich profusion from its sur- face , and affording a spectacle well calculated to im- press us with an idea of the immense profusion of F 2.
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... stem filled with mucilaginous pith , and is rooted below on some solid substance , while above , it is crowned by a living head , resembling a fine scarlet blossom with a double row of tentacula , and often exhibiting pen- dent clusters ...
... stem filled with mucilaginous pith , and is rooted below on some solid substance , while above , it is crowned by a living head , resembling a fine scarlet blossom with a double row of tentacula , and often exhibiting pen- dent clusters ...
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Actinia AMPHITRITE animal Annelidans Annelide appearance appendages aquariist aquarium arms Ascidian attached beach 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 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 plates 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...