 He keeps himself chiefly on the ground, creeping sometimes also into the nets of the fishermen : but after a storm, as the weather becomes calm, they are seen in troops floating on the water, being driven up by the agitation of the waves.  Annals & Magazine of Natural History - Page 131879Full view - About this book
 | 1840 - 506 pages
...the agitation of the waves : whence one may infer that they congregate in troops at the bottom. The sailing however is not of long continuance; for having...they upset their boat, and so return to the bottom.' ( Kariteit-Kamer. ) Mr. Owen, who quotes this passage, observes that the extent to which the Pearly... | |
 | 1835 - 542 pages
...calm, they are seen in troops floating on the water, being driven up by the agitation of the waves. Whence one may infer that they congregate in troops...they upset their boat, and so return to the bottom." WOULDST thou know the lawfulness of the action which thou desirest to undertake, let thy devotion recommend... | |
 | 1835 - 298 pages
...calm, they are seen in troops floating on the water, being driven up by the agitation of the waves. Whence one may infer that they congregate in troops...taken in all their tentacles, they upset their boat, aud so return to the bottom." WOULDST thou know the lawfulness of the action wmcn thou desirest to... | |
 | 1836 - 496 pages
...calm, they are seen in troops floating on the water, being driven up by the agitation of the waves. Whence one may infer that they congregate in troops...they upset their boat, and so return to the bottom." A GOOD SENTIMENT. Children are more frequently ruined by inheriting large fortunes than by being compelled... | |
 | Mollusks - 1837 - 168 pages
...calm, they are seen in troops floating on the water, being driven up by the agitation of the waves. This sailing, however, is not of long continuance,...they upset their boat, and so return to the bottom." ORDER TRACHELIPODA. THE Trachelipodes contain by far the largest portion of the univalve shells, and... | |
 | 1840 - 512 pages
...the agitation of the waves: whence one may infer that they congregate in troops at the bottom. The sailing however is not of long continuance; for having...they upset their boat, and so return to the bottom.' (Rariteit-Kamer.) We here give representations of the external appearance of the shells of two species.... | |
 | 1843 - 488 pages
...the agitation of the waves. Whence one may infer that they congregate in troops at the bottom. Thi» sailing, however, is not of long continuance, for...having taken in all their tentacles, they upset their bout, and so return to the bottom." A GOOD SEÎÏTIMENT. Children are more frequently ruined by inheriting... | |
 | George Pyne - 1851 - 218 pages
...lappets (including the operculigerous lobe) which surrounds the trochits (fig. 87). for having taking in all their tentacles, they upset their boat, and so return to the bottom." Fig. 44. Nautilus expanded,* Distr., 2 or 4 sp. Chinese seas, Indian ocean, Persian gulf. Fossil, about... | |
 | George Johnston - Mollusks - 1850 - 634 pages
...calm, they are seen in troops floating on the water, being driven up by the agitation of the waves. Whence one may infer, that they congregate in troops...they upset their boat, and so return to the bottom." f — By what mechanism the Nautilus effects his ascent and descent is still conjectural. Dr. Hook... | |
 | Samuel Peckworth Woodward - Mollusks - 1866 - 714 pages
...calm, they are seen in troops, floating on the water, being driven up by the agitation of the ivaves. This sailing, however, is not of long continuance...they upset their boat, and so return to the bottom." Fig. 51. Nautilus expanded.* Distribution, 3 or 4 species. Chinese seas, Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf.... | |
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