...Lyra, which the Loo-choos call by the uauiu of Lnn-kuan-s/utn, which alto signifies Sulphur Island. V 4 Captain Captain Hall's observations on a coral-reef...particularly interesting. When the tide has left it for sometime it becomes dry, and appears to be a compact rock, exceedingly hard and ragged ; but as the...

...given a very excellent description of its structure, and of the animals which inhabit its cavities. ' The examination of a coral reef during the different...dry, and appears to be a compact rock, exceedingly bard and ragged ; but as the tide rises, and the waves begin to wash Over it, the coral worms protrude...

...the protoxide, or yellow oxide of the systematic writers. X. On the Formation of Coral Reef s.-\- ?i The examination of a coral reef during the different stages of One tide is peculiarly interesting. When the tide has left it for '"some time it becomes dry, and appears to be...

...desired concerning that natural pheno> menon, the formation of a country by the labours of an insect " The examination of a coral reef during the different stages of one tide, is peculiarly interesting. When the tide has left it for some time it becomes dry, and appears to be a...

...it is in fact the protoxide, ar yellow oxide of the systematic writers. X. On the Formation of Coral The examination of a coral reef during the different stages of one tide is peculiarly interesting. When the tide has left it for 60nie time it becomes dry, and appears to be...

...close a resemblance to those found in Europe, — the reefs of coral which abound in low latitudes. The examination of a coral reef during the different stages of one tide, seems, as Captain Hall remarks, to be particularly interesting. When the tide has left the reef for...

...description of the coral reef, that remarkable production, so widely diffused over the Pacific : " The examination of a coral reef during the different...left it for some time, it becomes dry, and appears to b;- a compact rock, exceedingly hard and ragged ; but as the tide rises, and the waves begin to wash...

...description of the coral reef, that remarkable production, so widely diffused over the Pacific : " The examination of a coral reef during the different...one tide, is particularly interesting. When the tide bai left it for some time, it becomes dry, and appears to be a com« pact rock, exceedingly hard and...

...fluctuations in the aspect of the sky bring such mortifying disappointments as the practical astronomer. The examination of a coral reef during the different...of one tide is particularly interesting. When the sea has left it for some time it becomes dry, and appears to be a compact rock, exceedingly hard and...

...reefs, extracted from Captain Basil Hall's Voyage to the Island of Loo Choo, in the Chinese Sea. " The examination of a coral reef during the different...compact rock, exceedingly hard and ragged ; but as the VI tide rises, and the waves begin to wash over it, the coral worms protrude themselves from holes...