 | Science - 1818 - 512 pages
...from holes which were before invisible. These animals are of a great variety of shapes and sizes, and in such prodigious numbers, that in a short time the...rapid motion in all directions, probably to catch fpod. Others are so sluggish that they may be mistaken for pieces of the rock, and are generally of... | |
 | Basil Hall - Japan - 1818 - 220 pages
...from holes which were before invisible. These animals are of a great variety of shapes and sizes, and in such prodigious numbers, that, in a short time,...moved about with a rapid motion in all directions, prol>ably to catch food. Others are so sluggish, that they may be mistaken for pieces of the rock,... | |
 | 1818 - 590 pages
...were before invisible. These animals are of a great variety of shapes and sizes ; and in such number, that in a short time the whole surface of the rock...moved about with a rapid motion in all directions, probihly to catch food. Others are so sluggish that they may be mistaken for pieces of the rock; they... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1818 - 628 pages
...from holes which were before invisible. These animals are of a great variety of shapes and 8'zes, and in such prodigious numbers, that, in a short time,...the rock appears to be alive and in motion. The most comRion worm is in the form of a star, with arms from four to six inches '°°g> which are moved about... | |
 | 1818 - 428 pages
...from holes which were before invisible. These animals are of a great variety of shapes and sizes, and in such prodigious numbers, that in a short time the whole surface of the rock appears in motion. The most common worm is in the form of a star, with arms from four to six inches long, which... | |
 | 1821 - 720 pages
...from holes which were before invisible. These animaU are of-a great variety of shapes and sizes, and in such prodigious numbers, that, in a short time,...moved about with a rapid motion, in all directions, probabl/ to catch food. Others are so sluggish, that they may be mistaken for pieces of the rock, and... | |
 | Walter Scott - Europe - 1821 - 730 pages
...invisible. These animals are of a great variety of shapes and sizes, and in such prodigious nuinbers, that, in a short time, the whole surface of the rock...The most common worm is in the form of a star, with arqas from four to six inches long, which are moved about with a rapid motion, in all directions, probably... | |
 | Australia - 1825 - 188 pages
...scarcely visible, and in such numbers that the whole surface appeared in motion. The most common worm was in the form of a star, with arms from four to six inches long, which were moved about in all directions with great rapidity, probably to catch food ; but some appeared... | |
 | Basil Hall - China - 1826 - 392 pages
...surface which were before quite invisible. These animals are of a great variety of shapes and sizes, and in such prodigious numbers, that in a short time the...appears to be alive and in motion. The most common of the worms at Loo-Choo was in the form of a star, with arms from four to six inches long, which it... | |
 | James Montgomery - English poetry - 1827 - 296 pages
...from holes which before were invisible. These animals are of a great variety of shapes and sizes, and in such prodigious numbers, that, in a short time,...directions, probably to catch food. Others are so vii sluggish, that they may be mistaken for pieces of the rock, and are generally of a dark colour,... | |
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... invisible. These animals are of a great variety of shapes and sizes, and in such prodigious numbers, that, in a short time, the whole surface of the rock appears to be alive and in motion. The most common worm is in the form of... 
