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... trees threw a wild gloom over their path . The upper part of the peak consists of an immense cone of granite very slighty covered with vegetation . The track over this cone is quite abrupt , and where the pathway leads over a bare rock ...
... trees threw a wild gloom over their path . The upper part of the peak consists of an immense cone of granite very slighty covered with vegetation . The track over this cone is quite abrupt , and where the pathway leads over a bare rock ...
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... trees , standing on very uneven ground ; and some of the old trees have four or five trunks springing apparently from one root . The country between the two ranges of Libanus and Anti - Libanus forms a very fertile valley , containing ...
... trees , standing on very uneven ground ; and some of the old trees have four or five trunks springing apparently from one root . The country between the two ranges of Libanus and Anti - Libanus forms a very fertile valley , containing ...
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... trees will live for ever , and that they are gifted with a kind of intelli- gence , which enables them to predict events ; and they watch the vast boughs with anxiety , as they say , according as they incline towards heaven or earth ...
... trees will live for ever , and that they are gifted with a kind of intelli- gence , which enables them to predict events ; and they watch the vast boughs with anxiety , as they say , according as they incline towards heaven or earth ...
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... trees and shrubs , seem to lift their naked and barren heads to the distant skies . The noted crevices of Chota and Cutaco are nearly a mile deep in vertical descent . The Icononzo , re- markable for its natural bridges , is a small ...
... trees and shrubs , seem to lift their naked and barren heads to the distant skies . The noted crevices of Chota and Cutaco are nearly a mile deep in vertical descent . The Icononzo , re- markable for its natural bridges , is a small ...
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... trees , with very little underwood , except some young palms , hundreds of which were cut down by the blacks who were clearing a road for the party . After leaving this forest the party came to another very thick forest composed almost ...
... trees , with very little underwood , except some young palms , hundreds of which were cut down by the blacks who were clearing a road for the party . After leaving this forest the party came to another very thick forest composed almost ...
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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.