 ... ramparts of a kind of fortification. This deception -arose from the dazzling whiteness of the coral sand, in consequence of which, the slope of the beach was not distinguished in so distant a view. The emerged land beyond the beach, in its earliest...  The Atoll of Funafuti - Side 12af Charles Hedley - 1896Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1851 - 510 sider
...emerged land beyond the beach, in its earliest stage when barely raised above the tides, appears like a vast field of ruins. Angular masses of coral rock,...they are so blackened by exposure, or from incrusting lichf On moving these masses, which generally rest on their projecting angles and have in open space... | |
 | 1856 - 606 sider
...mass of the reef itself. In its earliest stage, when barely raised above the tides, it appears like a vast field of ruins, angular masses of coral rock,...varying in dimensions from one to a hundred cubic feet, lying piled together in the utmost confusion. Amongst these heaped-up masses, many may be distinguished... | |
 | James Dwight Dana - 1853 - 152 sider
...emerged land beyond the beach, in its earliest stage when barely raised above the tides, appears like a vast field of ruins. Angular masses of coral rock,...ring like metal under the hammer. Such regions may be travelled over by leaping along from block to block, with the risk of falling into the. many recesses... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1856 - 602 sider
...of the reef itself. In its earliest stage, when barely raised above the tides, it appears like avast field of ruins, angular masses of coral rock, varying in dimensions from one to a hundred cubic feet, lying piled together in the utmost confusion. Amongst these heaped-up masses, many may bo distinguished... | |
 | Mordecai Cubitt Cooke - 1889 - 408 sider
...emerged land beyond the beach, in its earliest stage, when barely raised above the tides, appears like a vast field of ruins. Angular masses of coral rock,...feet, lie piled together in the utmost confusion, blackened by exposure or from encrusting lichens. Such regions may be traversed by leaping from block... | |
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