Among the Selkirk Glaciers: Being the Account of a Rough Survey in the Rocky Mountain Regions of British ColumbiaMacmillan and Company, 1890 - 251 σελίδες |
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... never saw iron do before . The motion too was unaccompanied by noise , and the engineer sat in an easy - chair on a carpeted floor . The scenery on the Hudson is very beautiful . Bold precipitous hills , alternating with rich wood- land ...
... never saw iron do before . The motion too was unaccompanied by noise , and the engineer sat in an easy - chair on a carpeted floor . The scenery on the Hudson is very beautiful . Bold precipitous hills , alternating with rich wood- land ...
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... never tire of looking at it . In the afternoon the land appeared to get more sandy and barren , the sage bush was more frequent , and the profusion of sunflowers marvellous - they spread out everywhere in sheets of gold , but along the ...
... never tire of looking at it . In the afternoon the land appeared to get more sandy and barren , the sage bush was more frequent , and the profusion of sunflowers marvellous - they spread out everywhere in sheets of gold , but along the ...
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... a thickness of about 15,000 feet , and since cretaceous times a gradual upheaval has been going on . In some places the land has never since then Iv . ] GEOLOGY OF THE REGION . 41 been 40 [ CHAP . AMONG THE SELKIRK GLACIERS .
... a thickness of about 15,000 feet , and since cretaceous times a gradual upheaval has been going on . In some places the land has never since then Iv . ] GEOLOGY OF THE REGION . 41 been 40 [ CHAP . AMONG THE SELKIRK GLACIERS .
Σελίδα 45
... never having been disturbed , and was inclined rather to seek our company than to shun it . I cannot now go into the details concerning the deer found in the lower ranges , nor the numberless small animals of the marten and squirrel ...
... never having been disturbed , and was inclined rather to seek our company than to shun it . I cannot now go into the details concerning the deer found in the lower ranges , nor the numberless small animals of the marten and squirrel ...
Σελίδα 46
... never fire at a bear above you on the mountain side , for he can charge so fast downhill that he may give you little time for a fatal shot . I could only hear of one solitary case of a bear having attacked a man , without provocation ...
... never fire at a bear above you on the mountain side , for he can charge so fast downhill that he may give you little time for a fatal shot . I could only hear of one solitary case of a bear having attacked a man , without provocation ...
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Σελίδα 171 - THIS is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, Stand like Druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic, Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms.
Σελίδα 128 - Mont Blanc yet gleams on high : — the power is there, The still and solemn power of many sights And many sounds, and much of life and death. In the calm darkness of the moonless nights, In the lone glare of day, the snows descend Upon that Mountain ; none beholds them there, Nor when the flakes burn in the sinking sun, Or the star-beams dart through them...
Σελίδα xiii - And least respected in the human Mind, Its most apparent home. The food of hope Is meditated action ; robbed of this Her sole support, she languishes and dies. We perish also ; for we live by hope And by desire ; we see by the glad light And breathe the sweet air of futurity ; And so we live, or else we have no life.
Σελίδα 171 - Ye who believe in affection that hopes, and endures, and is patient, Ye who believe in the beauty and strength of woman's devotion, List to the mournful tradition, still sung by the pines of the forest; List to a Tale of Love in Acadie, home of the happy.
Σελίδα 212 - To the broad column which rolls on, and shows More like the fountain of an infant sea Torn from the womb of mountains by the throes Of a new world...
Σελίδα 197 - The trees of the Lord are full of sap ; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
Σελίδα 231 - My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go ! Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North, The birthplace of...
Σελίδα 128 - The secret Strength of things Which governs thought, and to the infinite dome Of Heaven is as a law, inhabits thee ! And what were thou, and earth, and stars, and sea, If to the human mind's imaginings Silence and solitude were vacancy ? July 23, 1816.
Σελίδα 249 - TRANSCAUCASIA AND ARARAT: being Notes of a Vacation Tour in the Autumn of 1876. With an Illustration and Map. Third Edition. Crown 8vo.
Σελίδα 251 - MAN IN N.-W. MIDDLESEX. The evidence of his existence and the physical conditions under which he lived in Ealing and its neighbourhood. Illustrated by the condition and culture presented by certain existing savages. By JNO. ALLEN BROWN, FGS, FRGS, etc.