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... cliffs of solid rock also stand out above us , and we must climb up by the gullies through them , or find a way round to right or left . The loose blocks , half buried in the grass , are made of the same materials as the cliffs ; here ...
... cliffs of solid rock also stand out above us , and we must climb up by the gullies through them , or find a way round to right or left . The loose blocks , half buried in the grass , are made of the same materials as the cliffs ; here ...
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... cliffs , which tower almost vertically above it . Seen from this side , the water looks indigo or absolutely black ; only when we walk round and look out towards the open lowlands do we catch some broad and gleaming reflection from the ...
... cliffs , which tower almost vertically above it . Seen from this side , the water looks indigo or absolutely black ; only when we walk round and look out towards the open lowlands do we catch some broad and gleaming reflection from the ...
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... cliffs above our lake . Frozen water has thus a startling effect in breaking up a mountain - mass . Day after day it may work in this way , and may shower down stones large and small on to the growing talus - cones . The whole mountain ...
... cliffs above our lake . Frozen water has thus a startling effect in breaking up a mountain - mass . Day after day it may work in this way , and may shower down stones large and small on to the growing talus - cones . The whole mountain ...
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... cliff ; and the hollow of the lake itself may be regarded as resulting from this vehement swirling action . It is , in fact , an exaggerated pot - hole , and corresponds , in a broad form , to the basins beneath the waterfalls in the ...
... cliff ; and the hollow of the lake itself may be regarded as resulting from this vehement swirling action . It is , in fact , an exaggerated pot - hole , and corresponds , in a broad form , to the basins beneath the waterfalls in the ...
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... cliff above Isola . It thus avoids the steep - sided valley which Marshal Macdonald traversed with so much difficulty in the winter of 1800. Avalanche - galleries , to protect travellers , are common at exposed points on any mountain ...
... cliff above Isola . It thus avoids the steep - sided valley which Marshal Macdonald traversed with so much difficulty in the winter of 1800. Avalanche - galleries , to protect travellers , are common at exposed points on any mountain ...
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