A System of Geography, Popular and Scientific: Or A Physical, Political, and Statistical Account of the World and Its Various Divisions, Τόμος 2A. Fullarton and Company, 1832 |
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... beautiful valleys and picturesque points of scenery . The highest summits of this ridge are : - Recolet de Thoery , highest summit , Grand Colombier , Montendre , La Dole , Crite La Goutte , 5,642 5,536 5,463 5,453 5,324 The Jorat , a ...
... beautiful valleys and picturesque points of scenery . The highest summits of this ridge are : - Recolet de Thoery , highest summit , Grand Colombier , Montendre , La Dole , Crite La Goutte , 5,642 5,536 5,463 5,453 5,324 The Jorat , a ...
Σελίδα 11
... beautiful in the Upper Valais ; it expands like a fan , and forms an immense segment of a sphere , from the summit of which , as from a centre , deep fissures of a fine blue diverge and terminate in the circumference . At the base of ...
... beautiful in the Upper Valais ; it expands like a fan , and forms an immense segment of a sphere , from the summit of which , as from a centre , deep fissures of a fine blue diverge and terminate in the circumference . At the base of ...
Σελίδα 12
... beautiful island of St Pierre celebrated by Rousseau's stay on it ; and the Lac de Joux , in the Vaud . There are many thermal springs found among the valleys of the Alps , which some geologists have attributed to the presence of ...
... beautiful island of St Pierre celebrated by Rousseau's stay on it ; and the Lac de Joux , in the Vaud . There are many thermal springs found among the valleys of the Alps , which some geologists have attributed to the presence of ...
Σελίδα 18
... beautiful views , over the surrounding rich country , to- wards the high Alps beyond it . An avenue of lime - trees conducts the traveller into Berne . On entering it he feels as if he were entering an ancient and great city . It is a ...
... beautiful views , over the surrounding rich country , to- wards the high Alps beyond it . An avenue of lime - trees conducts the traveller into Berne . On entering it he feels as if he were entering an ancient and great city . It is a ...
Σελίδα 26
... beautiful country at- tracts visitors from all quarters of the globe . The inhabitants are of Burgundian origin , and speak French ; the common people use a patois . There are a number of schools , and a college at Lausanne . The govern ...
... beautiful country at- tracts visitors from all quarters of the globe . The inhabitants are of Burgundian origin , and speak French ; the common people use a patois . There are a number of schools , and a college at Lausanne . The govern ...
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A System of Geography, Popular and Scientific: Or A Physical ..., Τόμος 2 James Bell Πλήρης προβολή - 1832 |
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Σελίδα 432 - In the upper zone, which is 8 or 10 miles in breadth, vegetation entirely disappears. The surface is, for the most part, flat and even, presenting a dreary expanse of snow and ice. In the midst of this desert, the lofty summit of the mountain is descried at a distance, rearing its tremendous head above the surrounding snows, and vomiting out torrents of smoke. The ascent up this part is toilsome and hazardous. From the base the mountain rises, like a pyramid, by an acclivity nearly equal on all sides,...