New-York tribune., 1842-03-28

accompanied Cap. Brrczrr II HI. ~oyzse . .=.s
Pacific 1.zr u p,oPer % ses ;E1.f ne
-eo,e.e-1.ed ss ss~!og lzs-sE tc-1 q tssst'
c,-, ,c- .; .s r1ast fryr1 ~tzicn Il 7Fz-
.r-7.i. ,s..a- :, ,tra- more - laaer :arye
=.ta ~ zen i1sa=il ~ o;5arzca=s =
l-L5 ;. ,r--ee or :cr--,:les Il aIa--setsv- oi cs-
.;,.,-z. and .oa see az-ovy rl--. q co-al
-.d ,ei,r mt. ot coc5a- eIi brad .cg,t 81
ic-Fs- --ee. o. ,:1e a11d~arL -;3- 20 r@e.
higher r;zza oa ta- o,:s=- AID u t:e=-=eTFz-s
<ide i a. o,,a5ng Of t1i-t- 1- forrEfest-so t1s
ships can .a;e- I'D lie II sz:ec. = l-Eo5,.-
/ rs opeaiag.;Eaost iortra:-t.2- 5l-1rl -t-e; 20.
mere !. 1lo-. NEEDED :or .t.e.e.Gtf3..lg ter7oe
s.o---s a-c ;ernpe.cs -ass-ls 7szy @.s;s- te
tranquil ieEooa 'aere i.a 7rassr ]. s1zo,- coz
pared Win he oc-e1 ff3:i.oc-. e-zd 7s:=r. coz
seeneace o: y st.alloys d-fii rrsost o=av
t::u gr@ea colo-. Man. go waohe =z.is3
across ~ Atlantic .uES: zye oy=e-Tec t1 -L1-
II. Bank ot Newfoundland. Yne-e ne .ets- =
co-7a--.;lre!v s7alloe,.- i ot Z cee2 Ec@ea a1i
IL .ao:e ise.1de. -7l-re i:rr. ! w1.fe cota - t.a
.9s:U.1. a,d J:-71= ,ToD;czl S1I ger l-2c. ~
,,id sr.ea 9; ;2e "a water : DESCRIBED! r.o-T
zeag-itr b. ;:oze xE.o har= visited snsea istz1ds
/ Down through u green deFI::zs ..1sT .. Eo1
/ u.ar =. great herds=o; tish browsing EEo7 the
coral brancts-s-!os s0-.e species EaTe s-rcag.
ooay Jaws by ,Fil:ch t;sy eas:l: crush ~ co1z-
| sfz- AID all: :or see t1@-n ;sedIlg Cp9a ne
z5opt.tss q The herbs Of buffalo i-el on ;se
nero. ard ICES Of ron, ulde Prsi-ies ID eye.
! ;1e prairie tsel: .p.:ag ita= : not @na-2esed
wi.h -nors beautiful c0leF- Of wl;h#a gre@:sr -
-ie,v o; ovrrs znd plants 5zl ar tho-e oeaUl;;ul
t.eds OF coral. according to ,he descriptions ct
/ EHgExs1RG and Others wto cas.-ibe ti.est. Ike.
as Ike beds ot uiIips--o bszuritu and "ar.egates.
.re te, coiors when through nc Sill fyareys
bensatn TIA; tropical ssr.
r1iy mere mention 4 FAC; Of corside-l2se ge01-
gica interest relating 10 one Of tne-e nSh cali-e
.S2arps. When .1eir bodje, are opened and Their
iIl,es;i.es examined. tt:ey ave found 70 oe aiiet
kin "erg Or. chalk ssfI, calcafe0G- powder.
which Tro2es 10 u almost l.'-e1.e ;.ota
soft pQ,cr1sle1t chalk. j haze rn5=el!z seen some
brought iroua the Berr1udas by Lielzt. Misc.
w!4icl 20 ueary re<erabled European chalk .at ~
yvere Obliged % use grat care lest :e abes sil0d
ge; changed. and We should ui-J2se !: isr ne
chalk with rhict. We were comparing i.
The animals which toru. the.e reeis-:or. tae
whole nm no; nall & ME ana .ensta.i: but
.nres OF four hundred ya-ds wide coseres oten b:
shells OF Eci.ni OF sea u-c.lias ara oihe. shell
ash-cannot build one inch above the le.el Q; the
sea Tlev cannot allow themselves - o. lett
bare at ioq tide that w1en nc rect i . high
ina, il remains almost dr.. TIE coral- leare OF.
building. The heat OF III. sun than often causes
the mass 20 crack. and the :occc OF tie waves
tears OIL large branches oi the coral. which
thrown up upon the reef. thus raising i ab0.e ;!e
reach OF the= Usual tidc.ZAf,er this the white,
cacareous sand thrown upon i b. tiiefr'rd c 5rt-
disturbed and upon il are lodged the seeds OF The
cocoanut AID Otner plants. winch groiS Up, ,inui
at length the little island Is oyeriIadowed with lux
uriant vegetation. Then cerne sr. bird and 1viid
;heir nests there: insects loat ;tItner wood
J Z Nh, ..rl'. n
| miles ard az length the island becaneS inhabited.
/ Here is q specimen 0. the .NeoH9rlna coral-LcX
! hib,ed I il ;s small -aell OF & youag animal.
and Won can conceive. when sucn is tie size OF tri.
oaby-coral, now must De The size o. anliloer
ot zoophv,e. Of different generals the -NGdre-s
poru, Astrsa Porites. (of .vhich ! here snow you
section the Ocullna, a,,d others. OF w.lch tho
remains are found in the older rocks. and which
!ow abound in The tropca! seas. 1nesaa shells
and zoopfivtes constitute The mass OF The materials
i taese reefs. 4s 10 the nature OF these anirna.
plants as iley src caIed-and yery properly. too.
Tor ,hev seem 20 form the Intervening link between
animal and vegetable Observation-Disclosures i still
great doubt, shall only obser.e those called Po-
yps, inhabiting this stony structure, have nun
| Der Of tentucuz0a, or feelcrs, and great cup
shaped mouth which they force food seized By
| these ,eu,aculas and which Then closes, and the!
| are able 10 diges, their food these assist in
strengthening that part which is improperly called
the roct for they are fixed at the lower point b
poins which somewta, resembles root. though,
as il does take in nourishment. do the root.
Of vegetables, TIE analogy is not correct.
In the common red coral Of the Mediterranean
YOU see solid internal skeleton, surrounded bv
1eshy covering. which, in That case, smooth:
but when tins, in which the animal resides, i
! taken of ysc see ,tria,ed fu;ed surface,
sils-szcc We have not, ;ie living animals, | silai!
no, enter (as have much geological ground 70
go over. upon description OF the diIcr-nt ya.ie-
ties OF Poliyps. But you 'na: an whether they
exist separate independent, iadiyldna!s--or
whether the whole mass OF coral Is regarded a
one and ind:islbe. Thc same kInd OF question
iaay be raised wiki regard 10 trccs:-wlciher
each flower u separate individuai.or whether
the whole i 10 be regarded a. an aggregate. w.
| roav perhaps best consider them animal re-
public. in which all combine 10 build ono habita-
tion, while each preserves lis individuality. lhe
general opinion, both in regard TO the plants, and
zoophv,es, il tha, each Is definite individual
Although so beautiful when in the water, take one
OF these stone building coIals OUT. and you sec
nothing but brown slime when the animal j COL
| lspSed.
II i, remarkable circumstance, that. although
these little Stands scattered about far from
each other in the wide ocean upon every one ca
paoe OF supporting them were oand tewialri-
lies whe, first discovered We should resardth
as mysterious if we did no, learn from the Ioya-
ges o; Cook. koezebut Flinders. and Lieut..
| Beechey, that frequently dritted 800 or
1900 milcs-driven before the wind in one direc-
ton By the monsoon. until. hopeless OF recovering
their homes, they land upon sor.e one OF tilese=ls-
lands-wherc they find cocoa-nu., and bread truit,
and fresh water too. This Is singular. Tor yot!
would think that there would be but little chance