...rarely to be met with : formerly they were among the most numerous of the ocean's inhubitants, — so numerous that the remains of their skeletons constitute...miles we may walk over the stony fragments of the Crinoideae ; fragments which were once built up in animated forms, encased in living flesh, and obeying...

...phenomena displayed to us by the researches of the geologist, is the evidence of tinexistence, in primaeval times, of animals and plants, the analogies of which...miles we may walk over the stony fragments of the Crinoideae ; fragments which were once built up in animated forms, encased in living flesh, and obeying...

...prominent. Now scarcely a dozen kinds of these beautiful animals live in the seas of our globe, and B individuals of these kinds are comparatively rarely...forms, encased in living flesh, and obeying the will of creatures among the loveliest of the inhabitants of the ocean. Even in their present disjointed and...

...rarely to be met with : formerly they were among the most numerous of the ocean's inhabitants—so numerous that the remains of their skeletons constitute...miles we may walk over the stony fragments of the crinoideee—fragments which were once built up in animated forms, encased in living flesh, and obeying...

...w'ith which our country abounds. Now scarcely a dozen kinds of these beautiful animals live in *he seas of our globe, and individuals of these kinds...now appears. For miles and miles we may walk over fragments of the Crinoidese ; fragments whieli were once built up in animated forms, encased in living...

...individuals of these kinds Encrinite. are comparatively rarely to be met with; but formerly they were so numerous, that the remains of their skeletons constitute...miles we may walk over the stony fragments of the crinoides.' Such fossil crinoidese are very common in particular localities in the north of England,...

...many years ago, among the most numerous of all the inhabitants of the sea, the consequence of which is that the remains of their skeletons constitute great...the dry land as it now appears. For miles and miles, in some parts of the world, we may walk over the stony fragments of the ancient star fish — fragments...

...inhabitants — so numerous that the remains of their skeletons constitute great tracts of the clay land as it now appears. For miles and miles we may walk over the stony fragments of the crinoidae ; fragments which were once built up in animated forms encased in living flesh, and obeying...

...curious animals of a former era are called crinoidese, and they were so numerous that Prof. Forbes says the remains of their skeletons constitute great tracts of the dry land as it now appears. very simple, consisting only of a powerful and muscular mouth armed with strong teeth, and of an intestinal...

...expanded arms. ' Scarcely a dozen kinds of these beautiful creatures,' observes Professor Forbes, ' now live in the seas of our globe, and individuals of...miles we may walk over the stony fragments of the Crinoidae, fragments which were once built up in animated forms, encased in living flesh, and obeying...