...reef, beyond low-water-mark ; but the coral and other broken remains thrown up by the sea lodge upon the rock and form a solid mass with it, as high as the common tides reach. The new bank is not long left unvisited by sea-birds ; salt-plants take root upon it, and a kind of...

...by .captain Flinders (Voy age, vol. ii. pp. 115, 116):— "The coral sand" and other broken remnants thrown up by the sea adhere to the rock, and form...solid mass with it as high as the common tides reach. This elevation surpassed, the future remnants being rarely covered lose their adhesive property, and,...

...the 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...state, form what is usually called a key upon the tops of the reef. The new bank is soon visited by seabirds ; salt plants take root upon it, and a soil...

...except in holes upon the re'ef, below low-water mark ; but the coral, sand, and other broken remnants thrown up by the sea, adhere to the rock, and form...the common tides reach. That elevation surpassed, tht> future remnants, being rarely covered, lose their adhesive property, and, remaining in a loose...

...other broken remnants thrown up by the sea adhere to the rock, suxl form а wild тая with it, a» high as the common tides reach. That elevation surpassed,...their adhesive property ; and remaining in a loose »täte, form what i» nnially called a try upon the top of the net". The new bank Is not long In being...

...except in holes 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...reach. That elevation surpassed, the future remnants, I>eing rarely covered, lose their adhesive property ; and remaining in a loose state, form what is...

...except in holes upon the reef, beyond lowwater-mark ; but the coral, sand, and other broken remnants thrown up by the sea, adhere to the rock, and form...as high as the common tides reach. That elevation being reached, the future remnants, being rarely covered, lose their adhesive property; and, remaining...

...except in holes 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 mass with it, aa high as the common tides reach. That elevation surpassed, the future remnants, being rarely covered,...

...remnants of dead coral and other matter thrown up by the sea are caught and cemented to the growing wall, and form a solid mass with it as high as the common tides reach. When that limit is attained, and the surface of the reef is now out of or even with the water, the...

...remnants of dead coral and other matter thrown up by the sea are caught and cemented to the growing wall, and form a solid mass with it as high as the common tides reach. When that limit is attained, and the surface of the reef is now out of or even with the water, the...