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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... carry to what the peasants call the source of the Rhone , the first tribute which it receives . In reality , these two torrents are the sources of the Rhone ; for they rush from higher ground , and carry twenty times the volume of water ...
... carry to what the peasants call the source of the Rhone , the first tribute which it receives . In reality , these two torrents are the sources of the Rhone ; for they rush from higher ground , and carry twenty times the volume of water ...
Σελίδα 12
... carry off lambs , and of which the peasants relate incredible stories . Fish are plentiful in the lakes , amongst them we find the Cyprinus nasus , the Coppus , the Salmo lavaretus , the Salmo Umbla or chevalier Ombler , and the Trat or ...
... carry off lambs , and of which the peasants relate incredible stories . Fish are plentiful in the lakes , amongst them we find the Cyprinus nasus , the Coppus , the Salmo lavaretus , the Salmo Umbla or chevalier Ombler , and the Trat or ...
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... carried on , if the peasantry dia not emigrate in such numbers . The whole population are Italian in lan- guage , features , and manners ; in some districts an Italian corrupted with German is spoken , but the language becomes purer on ...
... carried on , if the peasantry dia not emigrate in such numbers . The whole population are Italian in lan- guage , features , and manners ; in some districts an Italian corrupted with German is spoken , but the language becomes purer on ...
Σελίδα 28
... carry on some manufactures of woollen , muslin , chintz , silk , and porcelain ; but their great occupation is watch ... carried on to some extent . Public affairs are managed by the great council of 250 members , and by the smaller ...
... carry on some manufactures of woollen , muslin , chintz , silk , and porcelain ; but their great occupation is watch ... carried on to some extent . Public affairs are managed by the great council of 250 members , and by the smaller ...
Σελίδα 35
... carried on in 1575 , were terminated unsuccessfully ; and when the war re - commenced , the advantages were chiefly on the side of the Spaniards . Despairing of being able to maintain their independence , the Nether- landers would ...
... carried on in 1575 , were terminated unsuccessfully ; and when the war re - commenced , the advantages were chiefly on the side of the Spaniards . Despairing of being able to maintain their independence , the Nether- landers would ...
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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,...