The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs noted the location of the different types of coral around the reef and in the lagoon. In his diary, he described, "examining the very interesting yet simple structure & origin of these islands. The water being unusually smooth, I waded in as far as the living mounds of coral on which the swell of the open sea breaks. In some of the gullies & hollows, there were beautiful green & other colored fishes, & the forms & tints of many of the Zoophites were admirable. It is excusable to grow enthusiastic over the infinite numbers of organic beings with which
Two Water Mills with an Open Sluice book on Ruisdael's mills and water mills Slive calls it "Two Undershot Water Mills with an Open Sluice". The Getty Museum calls it "Two Watermills and an Open Sluice" on their website, object number 82.PA.18. Two Water Mills with an Open Sluice Two Water Mills with an Open Sluice, also known as Two Watermills and an Open Sluice, Two Undershot Water Mills with an Open Sluice is a 1653 painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Jacob van Ruisdael. It is in the collection of the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. The painting shows two working undershot water mills, with