 | William Bingley - Animal behavior - 1803 - 606 pages
...whereon is found 4 - * •i- • • •• • certain spume or froth, that in time breedeth unto certain shells, in shape like those of the Muscle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour, one end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of Oysters and Muscles are... | |
 | Sir Robert Sibbald - Botany - 1803 - 510 pages
...and also the trunks and bodies with the branches of old and rotten trees, east up there likewise ; whereon is found a certain spume or froth that in time breedeth onto certaine shcls, in shape like those of the Muskle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour... | |
 | Chapbooks - 1820 - 188 pages
...bodies, with the branches of old rotten, trees, cast up there likewise ; whereon is found, a certain froth, that in time breedeth into certain shells, in shape like those of a tnugcle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour. One end whereof is fastened unto the inside... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 878 pages
...certain spnme or froth that in time brecdelh into certain shells, in shape like those of the uiuskle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour : wherein is contained a thing in forme like a lace of lilke, finely woven, a* it were, together, of a whitish colour, one end whereof... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1823 - 400 pages
...shipwrecks; also the trunks and bodies, with the branches of old and rotten trees, cast up there likewise ; whereon is found a certain spume or froth, that in time breedeth unto certain shells, in shape like those of the muscle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour,... | |
 | John Stark - Natural history - 1828 - 542 pages
...certaine spume or froth, that in time breedeth unto certaine shells, in shape like those of the muskle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour, wherein is contained a thing in form like a lace of silke finely woven as it were together, of a whitish colour ; one end whereof is fastened unto the... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 350 pages
...shipwrecks ; also the trunks and bodies, with the branches of old and rotten trees, cast up there likewise; whereon is found a certain spume or froth, that in time breedeth unto certain shells, in shape like those of the muscle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour,... | |
 | James Rennie - Animal behavior - 1833 - 422 pages
...and also the trunks and bodies with the branches of old and rotten trees, cast up there likewise ; whereon is found a certain spume or froth, that in time breedeth unto certain shells, in shape, like those of the mussel, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour,... | |
 | George Montagu - Birds - 1831 - 670 pages
...ship-wrecks ; also the trunks and bodies with the branches of old and rotten trees, cast up those likewise : whereon is found a certain spume or froth, that in time breedeth unto certain shells, in shape like those of the muscle, but sharper pointed, and of a whitish colour,... | |
 | William MacGillivray - Zoologists - 1834 - 418 pages
...shipwrecks ; also the trunks and bodies, with the branches, of old and rotten trees, cast up there likewise, whereon is found a certain spume or froth, that in...certain shells, in shape like those of the muscle, but sharper-pointed, and of a whitish colour, and the end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell,... | |
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There is a small island in Lancashir called the Pile of Foulders, wherein are found broken pieces of old and bruised ships, some whereof have been cast thither by shipwracke, and also the trunks and bodies with the branches of old and rotten trees, cast... 
