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... in New Zealand . - Volcanic Islands off the Azores . - Volcanic Island off Sicily . - The Islands of Ischia and Procida . - The Phlegræan Fields . - Other Volcanic Islands 83 CHAPTER IV . - CAVERNS . - ENGLISH CAVERNS .
... in New Zealand . - Volcanic Islands off the Azores . - Volcanic Island off Sicily . - The Islands of Ischia and Procida . - The Phlegræan Fields . - Other Volcanic Islands 83 CHAPTER IV . - CAVERNS . - ENGLISH CAVERNS .
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... CAVERNS . -The Peak Cavern . - Pool's Hole . Eldon Hole . - Bradwell Cavern . - Other Caverns in Derbyshire . - Dud- ley Caverns . - Caverns in other parts of England . - SCOTCH CA- VERNS . - Fingal's Cave . - IRISH CAVERNS . - Giant's ...
... CAVERNS . -The Peak Cavern . - Pool's Hole . Eldon Hole . - Bradwell Cavern . - Other Caverns in Derbyshire . - Dud- ley Caverns . - Caverns in other parts of England . - SCOTCH CA- VERNS . - Fingal's Cave . - IRISH CAVERNS . - Giant's ...
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... caverns , mines , and fossils , which are hidden in its recesses : —but before any attempt is made to describe these , it may be well to say a few words on the construction of the earth itself . It is first necessary to observe , that ...
... caverns , mines , and fossils , which are hidden in its recesses : —but before any attempt is made to describe these , it may be well to say a few words on the construction of the earth itself . It is first necessary to observe , that ...
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... glacier is generally a large cavern or vault , sustained by mas- sive columns of ice . " These grottos are sometimes a hundred feet high , and from fifty to eighty feet wide , but their dimensions and shapes vary greatly . THE ALPS . 37.
... glacier is generally a large cavern or vault , sustained by mas- sive columns of ice . " These grottos are sometimes a hundred feet high , and from fifty to eighty feet wide , but their dimensions and shapes vary greatly . THE ALPS . 37.
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... caverns of wide dimensions are filled with piles of detached ice - blocks , tossed in chaotic heaps , whilst watery stalactitic icicles , of ten or twenty feet in length , hang from the roof , and give to these singular vaults all the ...
... caverns of wide dimensions are filled with piles of detached ice - blocks , tossed in chaotic heaps , whilst watery stalactitic icicles , of ten or twenty feet in length , hang from the roof , and give to these singular vaults all the ...
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