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... - shaped capsules , imbedded in the surface , and much crowded , which the gradual melting away of the skin allows to escape . One of the most interesting circumstances connected with the history of the sea- plants is 32 THE OCEAN .
... - shaped capsules , imbedded in the surface , and much crowded , which the gradual melting away of the skin allows to escape . One of the most interesting circumstances connected with the history of the sea- plants is 32 THE OCEAN .
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... skin , is endowed with an instinct which prompts it to seek some univalve shell , into which it thrusts its abdomen , henceforth using it as a house . Now there is a species of Sponge found on our coast ( H. suberea ) , of a corky ...
... skin , is endowed with an instinct which prompts it to seek some univalve shell , into which it thrusts its abdomen , henceforth using it as a house . Now there is a species of Sponge found on our coast ( H. suberea ) , of a corky ...
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... skin by a glutinous secretion , so strongly as not to be washed off ; and being thus veiled , the ani- mals defy ... skins are smooth and naked , and adorned with the vivid tints which make this species so beautiful . The Actinia are ...
... skin by a glutinous secretion , so strongly as not to be washed off ; and being thus veiled , the ani- mals defy ... skins are smooth and naked , and adorned with the vivid tints which make this species so beautiful . The Actinia are ...
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... skin in ragged pieces , become discoloured , and die . They are capable of very long fasts , although , as I observed before , vo- racious enough when food is to be obtained . Dr. Johnston tells us of a specimen of the A. gemmacea once ...
... skin in ragged pieces , become discoloured , and die . They are capable of very long fasts , although , as I observed before , vo- racious enough when food is to be obtained . Dr. Johnston tells us of a specimen of the A. gemmacea once ...
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... skin on the side next the head , and overlap the succeeding ones at the posterior edge , like the tiles of a house . It is obvious how beautifully and effectually this formation precludes any impediment in swimming arising from the free ...
... skin on the side next the head , and overlap the succeeding ones at the posterior edge , like the tiles of a house . It is obvious how beautifully and effectually this formation precludes any impediment in swimming arising from the free ...
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Albacore Algæ animal appearance beautiful beneath birds bivalve boats body breeze called canoe Captain clouds coast colour coral Corallina officinalis Crab creatures crew Crustacea dart deck deep depth distance Dolphin edge elevated Entomostraca fathoms feet fins fish fishery flesh floating Flying-fish foam frequently fronds Fuci Gannet habits harpoon head height hook horizon hundred immense inches Indian Ocean islands isles jaws lagoon Laminaria land length light marine mass miles minute motion mouth Narwhal native nearly object observed Ocean Pacific peculiar picul Polypes prey proa rapid reef resembling rising rock rope Rorqual round sail Sargassum scarcely Sea-pen seen Shark shell ship Ship ahoy shoals shore side sight singular skin sometimes species Sperm Whale spermaceti Spitzbergen substance surface swimming Sword-fish tail tentacles thick tide tion usually vessel voyage waves Whale whole wind wing
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Page 5 - Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Page 358 - O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
Page 229 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea ; into your hand are they delivered.
Page 22 - ... turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff", and the cummin with a rod.
Page 173 - All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon. "Day after day, day after day, 115 We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.
Page 173 - For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
Page 172 - The Sun came up upon the left, Out of the sea came he! And he shone bright, and on the right Went down into the sea. Higher and higher every day, Till over the mast at noon — ' The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast.
Page 5 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb...
Page 178 - THE heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
Page 8 - All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.