 ... death. Vast deposits of flinty pebbles, many feet in thickness, which have rolled down and spread far over the plain surround large trees, bury even their tops and rise above them, leaving to the husbandman no longer a ray of hope. One can imagine...  Annual Report - Stran 69avtor: New York (State) Forest Commission - 1887Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Edward Whymper - 1871 - 520 strani
...in streams of pebbles, and even huge blocks of stone, which pour down with a frightful roar. . . . Vast deposits of flinty pebbles, many feet in thickness,...trees, bury even their tops, and rise above them. . . . The gorges, under the influence of the sun which cracks and shivcrs to fragments the very rocks,... | |
 | Kentucky. Geological survey, 1873-1891 - 1877 - 540 strani
...one of these landscapes furrowed with so many ravines, it presents only images of. desolation and of death. Vast deposits of flinty pebbles, many feet...in the flanks of the mountains, which seem to have 254 burst forth in eruption to cover the plains with their ruins. These gorges, under the influence... | |
 | Wisconsin State Horticultural Society - 1882 - 364 strani
...death. Vast deposits of flinty pebbles, many feet in thickness, which have been swept down from above, spread far over the plain, surround large trees, bury...and rise above them, leaving to the husbandman no ray of hope. * * Eivers might be mentioned whose beds have been raised ten feet in a single year. The... | |
 | Edward Whymper - 1996 - 518 strani
...sometimes in streams of pebbles, and even huge blocks of stone, which pour down with a frightful roar. . . Vast deposits of flinty pebbles, many feet in thickness,...trees, bury even their tops, and rise above them. . . The gorges, under the influence of the sun which cracks and shivers to fragments the very rocks,... | |
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