The Sea and Its Wonders, Etc. [With Illustrations.] |
طبعات أخرى - عرض جميع المقتطفات
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
albatross animal annelides armour arms beautiful begins birds boat body breathe called catch cilia claws coast colour comes coral covered crab curious currents cuttle-fish devour dive drop dugong dulse eggs enemies feathers feelers feet fierce fins fish fisherman flesh float flying-fish gannet gills goes goitre gorfou grow Gulf Stream gull head hole islands keep kind lamprey land lily stars little creatures live lobster look lungs mantle Mediterranean Sea minute mollusc mouth narwhal naturalist nest ocean oxygen oyster penguin pieces polyps poor prey rays reef rock round sailing sailors Saint Kilda sand sea-birds sea-cucumber sea-pen sea-weed seal seen seize shape shark sharp shell shining ship shore shrimp skin Sometimes spines sponge star-fish stick stone substance suckers swim sword-fish tail tell tide tiny trepang Tropics tube turtle Tyrian purple vessel wants watch waves whale wings wonderful worm
مقاطع مشهورة
الصفحة 31 - It pours down in ton-euts of rain. The rains are almost unceasing. Sailors can sometimes scoop up fresh water from the surface of the briny deep. Though it is the region of calms, there will often be frightful storms. Without any warning, furious tempests will arise, and hurricanes sweep round in a circle. Happy is the sailor when he turns his back on this unpleasant region, and his good ship once more ploughs the waves, urged onward by the cheering breeze ! " Down dropped the breeze, the sails dropped...
الصفحة 192 - Ages and ages ago, when the lily stars were in their beauty, a kind of nautilus that is now extinct lived in the sea. The remains of the shells are found in a fossil state, and are called ammonites. THE WINGED INSECTS OF THE SEA You have seen the moths come out, on a summer's evening, when it is getting dusk. They have lain hidden all day ; but no sooner is the sun down, than countless numbers issue forth to look for prey. They are called night-flying insects. There are some little creatures in the...
الصفحة 210 - The rope passes through a hole in the top of the stone, above which a strong loop is formed, resembling a stirrup-iron, to receive the foot of the diver. The diver wears no clothes, except a slip of calico...
الصفحة 304 - O Christ, whose voice the waters heard, And hushed their raging at Thy word, Who walkedst on the foaming deep, And calm amidst its rage didst sleep ; O hear us when we cry to Thee For those in peril on the sea.
الصفحة 143 - ... in the egg ; but by-and-by it makes its way out, and begins a life of cruelty and plunder, as its parents did before it. You need not wonder that the shark is so dreaded by the sailors. In the midst of the tempest, when the winds are howling, and the night is without moon or stars, a shining flight will here and there be seen heaving on the billows.
الصفحة 14 - ... through the vast region of the air. The particles which have flown off from the bosom of the ocean, rise, as we have seen, and appear for the moment to be gone. But their work is only just begun. Let us follow them in their wonderful career. For they will descend again in rain, in dew, in hail, and in snow. How beautiful is the dew ! Have you not seen it sparkling on the grass like diamonds ? It came from the vast storehouse in the air, and was supplied by the particles that flew off from the...