Vacation Tourists and Notes of Travel in 1860 [1861], [1862-3]: I. Clark, W.G. Naples and Garibaldi. II. Spottiswoode, G.A. A tour in civil and military Croatia, and through part of Hungary. III. D., R. Slavonic races. IV. K., G.H. A gossip on a Sutherland hillside. V. Bowen C.C. A visit to Peru. VI. Cowell, J.J. Gralan Alps and Mount Iseran. VII. Stephen, Leslie. The Alleleinborn. VIII. Hawkins, F.V. Partial ascent of Mont-Cervin (Matterhorn) IX. Tyndall, John. From Lauterbrunnen to the Æggisch-horn by the Lauwinenthor in one day. X. Clark, J.W. Journal of a yacht voyage to the Faroe Islands and Iceland. XI. Tozer, H.F. Norway. XII. [Galton, Francis] A visit to the north of Spain at the time of the eclipse. XIII. Noel, R.B.W. Syrian travel, and Syrian tribesFrancis Galton Macmillan, 1861 - Voyages and travels |
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Page 38
... height . This tufa has been deposited in the hollows of the limestone hills by some pre - historic volcano . It has been cut into deep gorges by mountain torrents many ages ago by slow degrees , for the channel is not sensibly deeper ...
... height . This tufa has been deposited in the hollows of the limestone hills by some pre - historic volcano . It has been cut into deep gorges by mountain torrents many ages ago by slow degrees , for the channel is not sensibly deeper ...
Page 98
... heights of Buda . Turning to the right , we cross the suspen- sion - bridge , and are in Pest . Pest is in a state of ferment . All man - kind is in the national costume . " Pork - pie " hats with streaming ribbons , or perhaps fur caps ...
... heights of Buda . Turning to the right , we cross the suspen- sion - bridge , and are in Pest . Pest is in a state of ferment . All man - kind is in the national costume . " Pork - pie " hats with streaming ribbons , or perhaps fur caps ...
Page 141
... height , to turn the addition into a cow - house , of the foulest description - carefully avoid putting up any partition , as that would diminish the warmth , both of yourself and the cow , and make the whole affair ten times more ...
... height , to turn the addition into a cow - house , of the foulest description - carefully avoid putting up any partition , as that would diminish the warmth , both of yourself and the cow , and make the whole affair ten times more ...
Page 191
... height of the hill ; and on the western face the paint on the plaster is as fresh as if it had been laid on only a few years back . At an angle from the terraces , walls of adobes run down to the plain below , enclosing sandy tracts ...
... height of the hill ; and on the western face the paint on the plaster is as fresh as if it had been laid on only a few years back . At an angle from the terraces , walls of adobes run down to the plain below , enclosing sandy tracts ...
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... heights , in con- sequence of the rarefication of the air , are a pressure on the temples , and a feeling somewhat akin to incipient sea - sickness . However , we had a long day's journey before us , and started again at about two o ...
... heights , in con- sequence of the rarefication of the air , are a pressure on the temples , and a feeling somewhat akin to incipient sea - sickness . However , we had a long day's journey before us , and started again at about two o ...
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