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Page vii
... Peak.- Mount Caucasus . Mount Ararat . - Mount Lebanon . - The Mountains of Judea . - AFRICAN MOUNTAINS . - Table Mountain at the Cape of Good Hope . Peter Botte's Mountain - SOUTH AMERICAN MOUNTAINS . - The Andes . - The Organ ...
... Peak.- Mount Caucasus . Mount Ararat . - Mount Lebanon . - The Mountains of Judea . - AFRICAN MOUNTAINS . - Table Mountain at the Cape of Good Hope . Peter Botte's Mountain - SOUTH AMERICAN MOUNTAINS . - The Andes . - The Organ ...
Page viii
... 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 Causeway ...
... 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 Causeway ...
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... peaks , which tower into the regions of perpetual snow . The table - land , which these moun- tains seem to enclose , is called Tartary , and is almost 1,200 miles in length , and 2,000 in breadth , stand- ing generally at a level of ...
... peaks , which tower into the regions of perpetual snow . The table - land , which these moun- tains seem to enclose , is called Tartary , and is almost 1,200 miles in length , and 2,000 in breadth , stand- ing generally at a level of ...
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... Peak , Mount Caucasus , and Mount Lebanon with the other mountains mentioned in Holy Writ . THE HIMALAYAS . THE ... peaks , regularly rounded hills , and rugged and frightful pre- cipices . " In some places , " the traveller has to ...
... Peak , Mount Caucasus , and Mount Lebanon with the other mountains mentioned in Holy Writ . THE HIMALAYAS . THE ... peaks , regularly rounded hills , and rugged and frightful pre- cipices . " In some places , " the traveller has to ...
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... peaks even in the hottest regions ; oppressed with a difficulty of breathing , which is always felt as we ascend higher into the atmosphere , and the air becomes more rarefied ; and giddy with looking down frightful precipices , we may ...
... peaks even in the hottest regions ; oppressed with a difficulty of breathing , which is always felt as we ascend higher into the atmosphere , and the air becomes more rarefied ; and giddy with looking down frightful precipices , we may ...
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