 | Natural phenomena - 1846 - 142 sivua
...is the name given to these circular groups of Coral islets by the inhabitants of the Indian Ocean. " Every one," says Mr. Darwin, " must be struck with...ocean, and on the inside surrounding a calm expanse of water, which, from reflection, is of a bright but pale green colour. The naturalist will feel this... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1857 - 1022 sivua
...bank ; the form of an island is gradually assumed; and last of all, comes man to take possession. " Every one," says Mr. Darwin, " must be struck with...ocean, and on the inside surrounding a calm expanse of water, which, from reflection, is of a bright but pale green colour. The naturalist will feel this... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1853 - 646 sivua
...Darwin, "must be struck with astonishment when he first beholds one of these vast rings of coral-rock, often many leagues in diameter, here and there surmounted...of the ocean, and on the inside surrounding a calm expanse,of water, which, from reflection, is of a bright but pale green colour. The naturalist will... | |
 | Edmund Fillingham King - 1859 - 360 sivua
...uninterrupted forest of tall trees. "Everyone," says Mr. Darwin, "must be struck with astonishment when he nrst beholds one of these vast rings of coral rock, often...here and there surmounted by a low verdant island TEN THOUSAND WONDERFUL THINGS ; with dazzling white shores, bathed on the outside by the foaming breakers... | |
 | 1860 - 478 sivua
...bank ; the form of an island is gradually assumed ; and last of all, comes man to take possession. " Every one," says Mr. Darwin, " must be struck with...ocean, and on the inside surrounding a calm expanse of water, which, from reflection, is of a bright but pale green colour. The naturalist will feel this... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1862 - 702 sivua
...reefs." The atolls or lagoon islands have attracted the most attention. Mr. Darwin remarks that "everyone must be struck with astonishment when he first beholds...ocean, and on the inside surrounding a calm expanse of water, which, from reflection, is of a bright but pale green colour." The circular wall of the atoll... | |
 | Illustrated sketches - 1864 - 364 sivua
...Beechey, in 1825, attempted to land, the boat was broken to pieces, and a lad of the party was drowned. " Every one," says Mr. Darwin, "must be struck with...ocean, and on the inside surrounding a calm expanse of water, which, from reflection, is of a bright but pale green colour. The naturalist will feel this... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1847 - 594 sivua
...not surprising, for every one must be struck with astonishment, ' when he first beholds one of those vast rings of coral rock, often ' many leagues in...island, with dazzling white shores, bathed on the out' side by the foaming breakers of the ocean, and on the inside ' surrounding a calm expanse of water,... | |
 | George Thomas Bettany - 1887 - 228 sivua
...than the originality of his views on coral reefs. The lagoon islands, or atolls, he describes as " vast rings of coral rock, often many leagues in diameter,...and, on the inside, surrounding a calm expanse of water which, from reflection, is of a bright, but pale, green colour." Keeling atoll, outside which,... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1890 - 602 sivua
...one must be struck with astonishment, when he first beholds one of these vast rings of coral-rock, often many leagues in diameter, here and there surmounted...ocean, and on the inside surrounding a calm expanse of water, which from reflection, is of a bright but pale green colour. The naturalist will feel this astonishment... | |
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must be struck with astonishment when he first beholds one of these vast rings of coral rock, often many leagues in diameter, here and there surmounted by a low verdant island with dazzling white shores, bathed on the outside by the foaming breakers... 
