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... passes ; and which , though they are sunk like valleys among the peaks , are yet at the enormous height of from 3000 to 4000 feet above the level of the sea ; or about the same height as the summit of the loftiest Scotch and Welsh moun ...
... passes ; and which , though they are sunk like valleys among the peaks , are yet at the enormous height of from 3000 to 4000 feet above the level of the sea ; or about the same height as the summit of the loftiest Scotch and Welsh moun ...
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... passes resembling the ghauts of India . The loftiest mountain of the Caucasian range is Mount Elbourz , the summit of which is nearly 18,000 feet above the level of the sea , and the peak of which is covered with snow . This mountain ...
... passes resembling the ghauts of India . The loftiest mountain of the Caucasian range is Mount Elbourz , the summit of which is nearly 18,000 feet above the level of the sea , and the peak of which is covered with snow . This mountain ...
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... pass . The celebrated Cedars stand at the foot of the steep declivities of the higher division of the mountain . They form a small wood of about 400 trees , standing on very uneven ground ; and some of the old trees have four or five ...
... pass . The celebrated Cedars stand at the foot of the steep declivities of the higher division of the mountain . They form a small wood of about 400 trees , standing on very uneven ground ; and some of the old trees have four or five ...
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... pass without falling , if the attendants did not hold a pole to serve as a sort of rail to the path . " The pathway , which forms the passage , is only twelve or fifteen inches in breadth , and has the appearance in several places of a ...
... pass without falling , if the attendants did not hold a pole to serve as a sort of rail to the path . " The pathway , which forms the passage , is only twelve or fifteen inches in breadth , and has the appearance in several places of a ...
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... pass through the range without any considerable ascent or obstruction . Following the Platte , which is one of the principal southern branches of the Missouri , the traveller finds a road even to lake Buenaventura , on the Pacific ...
... pass through the range without any considerable ascent or obstruction . Following the Platte , which is one of the principal southern branches of the Missouri , the traveller finds a road even to lake Buenaventura , on the Pacific ...
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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.