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... directions by deep and narrow valleys , and traversed from east to west by a ridge of rugged and picturesque rocks , whose summits are covered with eternal snow ; fancy about the middle of this ridge an excavation very broad , but not ...
... directions by deep and narrow valleys , and traversed from east to west by a ridge of rugged and picturesque rocks , whose summits are covered with eternal snow ; fancy about the middle of this ridge an excavation very broad , but not ...
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... directions , stretches from Bahia to Santa Catharina , a distance of about 2,000 miles . " When Mr. Gardner began to ascend these moun- tains , he found for the first mile and a half a tolerably good path , leading through a forest of ...
... directions , stretches from Bahia to Santa Catharina , a distance of about 2,000 miles . " When Mr. Gardner began to ascend these moun- tains , he found for the first mile and a half a tolerably good path , leading through a forest of ...
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... direction from Alabama to New Brunswick , over a space 1,100 miles in length , with a breadth varying from 100 to 150 miles , and a height of from 2,000 to 3,000 feet . " They are almost every- where clothed with forests , and ...
... direction from Alabama to New Brunswick , over a space 1,100 miles in length , with a breadth varying from 100 to 150 miles , and a height of from 2,000 to 3,000 feet . " They are almost every- where clothed with forests , and ...
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... direction to a valley filled with snow , which runs from north to south , to the foot of the highest pinnacle . The surface of the snow in this valley has numerous fissures , and when it is broken perpendi- cularly , it affords an ...
... direction to a valley filled with snow , which runs from north to south , to the foot of the highest pinnacle . The surface of the snow in this valley has numerous fissures , and when it is broken perpendi- cularly , it affords an ...
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... directions . The height of Helvellyn is very trifling when compared with that of the loftier ranges of moun- tains ; but it approaches that of the Brocken , being a little more than 3000 feet high . Crossfell , Conistonfell , and some ...
... directions . The height of Helvellyn is very trifling when compared with that of the loftier ranges of moun- tains ; but it approaches that of the Brocken , being a little more than 3000 feet high . Crossfell , Conistonfell , and some ...
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Page 278 - Some years ago I kept a sloth, in my room for several months. I often took him out of the house, and placed him upon the ground, in order to have an opportunity of observing his motions. If the ground were rough, he would pull himself forwards, by...
Page 312 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters ; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.