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" ... was quite active. Their limbs and strong claws are admirably adapted for crawling over the rugged and fissured masses of lava which everywhere form the coast. In such situations, a group of six or seven of these hideous reptiles may oftentimes be... "
A Manual of Elementary Geology: Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its ... - Pagina 280
door Sir Charles Lyell - 1852 - 512 pagina’s
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Elements of Geology

Sir Charles Lyell - 1838 - 582 pagina’s
...different depths in the lias, at a distance from any entire skeletons of the marine lizards from which ing over the rugged and fissured masses of lava which...in the sun with outstretched legs. Their stomachs, oft being opened, were found to be largely distended with minced sea-weed, of a kind which grows at...
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The Book of Geology: Being an Elementary Treatise on that Science: To which ...

W. Mullinger Higgins - 1842 - 426 pagina’s
...form the coast. In such situations a group of six or seven of these hideous reptiles may often times be seen on the black rocks, a few feet above the surf,...in the sun with outstretched legs. Their stomachs, upon being opened, were found to be largely distended with minced sea weed, of a kind which grows T...
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Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Volume 7

Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia - 1856 - 542 pagina’s
...motionless and collapsed on its sides. Its limbs and strong claws are admirably adapted for climbing over the rugged and fissured masses of lava which...oftentimes be seen on the black rocks, a few feet above the sea, basking in the sun with outstretched leg«. Their stomachs, on being opened, are found tobe largely...
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A popular history of reptiles; or, An introduction to the study of the class ...

Popular history - 1843 - 434 pagina’s
...claws are admirably adapted for crawling over the rugged and fissured masses of lava, which every where form the coast. In such situations, a group of six...surf, basking in the sun, with outstretched legs. " I opened the stomach of several ; and, in each case, found it largely distended with minced sea-weed,...
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Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of ..., Volumes 1-2

Charles Darwin - 1846 - 716 pagina’s
...thinking thus to kill it directly; but when, an hour afterwards, he drew up the line, it was quite active. Their limbs and strong claws are admirably adapted...the surf, basking in the sun with outstretched legs. I opened the stomachs of several, and found them largely distended with minced sea-weed (Ulvae), which...
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Zoological Recreations

William John Broderip - 1847 - 434 pagina’s
...kill it directly ; but when, an hour afterwards, he drew up the line, the lizard was quite active. Their limbs and strong claws are admirably adapted...surf, basking in the sun with outstretched legs." stomachs of all which he opened distended with minced sea-weed, a food for the procuring and comminution...
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Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, Volumes 9-10

1848 - 876 pagina’s
...kill it directly ; but when, an hour afterwards, he drew up the line, the lizard was quite active. Their limbs and strong claws are admirably adapted...surf, basking in the sun with outstretched legs.' We must not forget, however, another claimant— though Mr Broderip does — the sea-serpent — which...
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Chambers's Edinburgh Journal

1848 - 874 pagina’s
...adapted for crawling over the rugged and fissured masses of lava which everywhere form the coast. lu such situations, a group of six or seven of these...surf, basking in the sun with outstretched legs." We must not forget, however, another claimant — though Mr Broderip does — the sea-serpent — which...
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A Manual of Elementary Geology: Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its ...

Sir Charles Lyell - 1855 - 686 pagina’s
...their obtusely trunt>\ cry \\-hrn.- ^i tlif jit resembling in form I has its tail flattened says ip islands throughout the archipelago. It lives exclusively...opened, were found to be largely distended with minced sea-\veed, of a kind which grows at the bottom of the sea at some little distance from the coast. To...
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Orr's Circle of the Sciences: A Series of Treatises on the ..., Volume 6

William Somerville Orr - 1855 - 566 pagina’s
...for crawling over the rugged and fissured masses of lava which everywhere form the coast. In sucli situations, a group of six or seven of these hideous...surf, basking in the sun with outstretched legs." Ugly as they are, these Lizards are quite harmless, their food consisting of sea-weed. Many of the...
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