 ... high as the common tides reach. That elevation surpassed, the future remnants, being rarely covered, lose their adhesive property; and remaining in a loose state, form what is usually called a key upon (he tops of the reef. The new bank is not long...  Book of lessons for the use of schools - Page 24by Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1835Full view - About this book
 | Antislavery movements - 1833 - 370 pages
...but the coral, sand, and other broken remnants thrown up by tbe sea, adhere to the rock, and form & solid mass with it, as high as the common tides reach....remaining in a loose state, form what is usually called a lu-//, upon the top of the reef The new hank is not long in being visited by sea-birds; salt-plants... | |
 | John Kidd - Anthropology - 1833 - 410 pages
...upon the reef, be" yond low- water mark : but the coral sand, " and other broken remnants thrown up by the " sea, adhere to the rock, and form a solid...remnants, " being rarely covered, lose their adhesive pro" perty ; and, remaining in a loose state, form " what is usually called a key upon the top of "... | |
 | John Kidd - Human beings - 1833 - 404 pages
...upon the reef, beyond " low- water mark : but the coral sand, and other " broken remnants thrown up by the sea, adhere " to the rock, and form a solid...with it, as " high as the common tides reach. That ele" vation surpassed, the future remnants, being " rarely covered, lose their adhesive property ;... | |
 | William Henry Breton - 1833 - 502 pages
...holes in the reef, beyond low-water mark ; but the coral, sand, and other broken fragments thrown up by the sea, adhere to the rock, and form a solid mass with it, as high as the comL mon tides reach. That elevation surpassed, the future remnants, being rarely covered, lose their... | |
 | William Henry Breton - Aboriginal Australians - 1834 - 446 pages
...holes in the reef, beyond low-water mark ; but the coral, sand, and other broken fragments thrown up by the sea, adhere to the rock, and form a solid mass...remnants, being rarely covered, lose their adhesive quality, and remaining in a loose state, form what is usually called a key upon the top of the reef.... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1834 - 1028 pages
...holes upon the reei beyond low-water mark ; but the coral sand and other broken remnants thrown up by the sea adhere to the rock, and form a solid mass with it, a» high as the common tides reach. That elevation surpassed, the future remnants, being rarely covered,... | |
 | William Henry Breton - Aboriginal Australians - 1834 - 448 pages
...holes in the reef, beyond low-water mark ; but the coral, sand, and other broken fragments thrown up by the sea, adhere to the rock, and form a solid mass 128 CORAL BANKS. with it, as high as the common tides reach. That elevation surpassed, the future remnants,... | |
 | William Henry Breton - Australia - 1835 - 454 pages
...holes in the reef, beyond low-water mark; but the coral, sand, and other broken fragments thrown up by the sea, adhere to the rock, and form a solid mass...remnants, being rarely covered, lose their adhesive quality, and remaining in a loose state, form what is usually called a key upon the top of the reef.... | |
 | Natural theology - 1836 - 566 pages
...but the coral sand, and other broken • Cook's Voyage, 1777, 4to. vol. ip 212. remnants thrown up by the sea, adhere to the rock, and form a solid. mass \\ith it, as high as the common tides reach. That elevation surpassed, the future remnants, being rarely... | |
 | Henry Duncan - 1836 - 434 pages
...animalcules cease to work above low water-mark : " The coral sand and other broken remnants thrown up by the sea, adhere to the rock, and form a solid mass...the common tides reach. That elevation surpassed, * Vol. vp 107. t De Arboribus, p. 145. the future remnants, being rarely covered, lose their adhesive... | |
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