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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... streams , the happy hunting grounds of sportsmen ; but except for " lumber , " and in some places minerals , the land was worth little from a commercial point of view , and for the most part utterly irreclaimable . All day we rattled ...
... streams , the happy hunting grounds of sportsmen ; but except for " lumber , " and in some places minerals , the land was worth little from a commercial point of view , and for the most part utterly irreclaimable . All day we rattled ...
Σελίδα 60
... streams , foaming down , half choked with fallen logs , were spanned by lofty trestle- bridges . One of these which we crept slowly over was Mountain Creek bridge , and we went still more slowly over those portions of the track which ...
... streams , foaming down , half choked with fallen logs , were spanned by lofty trestle- bridges . One of these which we crept slowly over was Mountain Creek bridge , and we went still more slowly over those portions of the track which ...
Σελίδα 67
... streams , purple peaks , silvery ice , a cloudless sky , and a most transparent atmosphere , all combine to form a perfect Alpine paradise . Having stowed our heavy luggage in a room ... stream coming from the long valley headed by the F 2.
... streams , purple peaks , silvery ice , a cloudless sky , and a most transparent atmosphere , all combine to form a perfect Alpine paradise . Having stowed our heavy luggage in a room ... stream coming from the long valley headed by the F 2.
Σελίδα 68
... stream coming from the long valley headed by the Asulkan glacier . From this to the next bridge , which spanned the river from the larger glacier , the path lay amidst the huge boulders of an ancient moraine , left by the glaciers from ...
... stream coming from the long valley headed by the Asulkan glacier . From this to the next bridge , which spanned the river from the larger glacier , the path lay amidst the huge boulders of an ancient moraine , left by the glaciers from ...
Σελίδα 69
... streams of milky water . The other con- tinues up through alder scrub to the higher slopes , commanding fine views over the ice with its blue fissures and crevasses . H. and I chose the upward path . Mounting rapidly , and crossing a stream ...
... streams of milky water . The other con- tinues up through alder scrub to the higher slopes , commanding fine views over the ice with its blue fissures and crevasses . H. and I chose the upward path . Mounting rapidly , and crossing a stream ...
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Σελίδα 232 - Farewell to the mountains high cover'd with snow; Farewell to the straths and green valleys below ; Farewell to the forests and wild-hanging woods; Farewell to the torrents and loud-pouring floods.
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 130 - 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 1 - 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 214 - 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 130 - 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 49 - Hector had observed a peculiarity which distinguishes it from the others we had examined, viz. the absence of any abrupt step at the commencement of the descent to the west. This led him to report very favourably upon the facilities offered by this pass for the construction of a waggon road, and even that the project of a railroad by this route across the Rocky Mountains might be reasonably entertained.