The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . EVERTEBRATE3 FROM PORT DICKSON. A. Yoldia arctica Gray. One and two-thirds of natural size. b. Dlastylis Rathkei Kr. Magnified three times. Driftwood in the form both of small branches and pieces ofroots, and of whole trees with adhering portions of branchesand roots, occurs in such quantities at the bottom of two well-protected coves at Port Dickson, that the seafarer may withoutdifficulty provide himself with the necessary stock of fuel. Thegreat mass of the dr
The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe; with a historical review of previous journeys along the north coast of the Old World . EVERTEBRATE3 FROM PORT DICKSON. A. Yoldia arctica Gray. One and two-thirds of natural size. b. Dlastylis Rathkei Kr. Magnified three times. Driftwood in the form both of small branches and pieces ofroots, and of whole trees with adhering portions of branchesand roots, occurs in such quantities at the bottom of two well-protected coves at Port Dickson, that the seafarer may withoutdifficulty provide himself with the necessary stock of fuel. Thegreat mass of the driftwood which the river bears along,however, does not remain on its own banks, but floatsout to sea to drift about with the marine currents untilthe wood has absorbed so much water that it sinks, oruntil it is thrown up on the shores of Novaya Zemlya, the IV.] EXCURSION TO BELI OSTROV. 153 north coast of Asia, Spitzbergen or perhaps portion of the wood sinks, before it reaches the sea,often in such a way that the stems stand upright in the riverbottom, with one end, so to say, rooted in the sand. They maythus
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