 Winnepeek, that its numerous falls surpass all others which we have seen ; the cataract of Niagara, which far exceeds them in volume, is uniform and monotonous in comparison; the horizontal ledges of secondary rocks of the latter are as far inferior in...  Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen - Page 5101831Full view - About this book
 | America - 1824 - 496 pages
...ledges of secondary rocks of the latter are as far inferior in picturesque effect to the dark water-worn granite and sienite of the former, as the height of...exceeds that of the rocky banks of the Winnepeek. The falls on this river have another advantage, which is, that the whole country has a picturesque... | |
 | William Hypolitus Keating - 1824 - 492 pages
...ledges of secondary rocks of the latter are as far inferior in picturesque effect to the dark water-worn granite and sienite of the former, as the height of...exceeds that of the rocky banks of the Winnepeek. The falls on this river have another advantage, which, is, that the whole country has a picturesque... | |
 | Dakota Indians - 1825 - 434 pages
...ledges of secondary rocks of the latter are as far inferior in picturesque effect to the dark water-worn granite and sienite of the former, as the height of...exceeds that of the rocky banks of the Winnepeek. The falls on this river have another advantage, which is, that the whole country has a picturesque... | |
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1825 - 504 pages
...ledges of secondary rocks of the latter are so far inferior in picturesque effect to the dark water-worn granite and sienite of the former, as the height of...exceeds that of the rocky banks of the Winnepeek. ' The falls on this river have another advantage, which is, that the whole country has a picturesque... | |
 | Washington Irving - Northwestern States - 1837 - 318 pages
...of the latter are as far inferior in picturesque effect to the dark water-worn granite and sicnite of the former, as the height of the bluffs at Niagara...exceeds that of the rocky banks of the Winnepeek. The falls on this river have another advantage , which is, that the whole country has a picturesque... | |
 | Washington Irving - Northwestern States - 1837 - 306 pages
...river ; much the largest the latter are as far inferior in picturesque effect to the dark water-worn granite and sienite of the former, as the height of...exceeds that of the rocky banks of the Winnepeek. The falls on this river have another advantage, which is, that the whole country has a picturesque... | |
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