Recollections of Tartar Steppes and Their InhabitantsJ. Murray, 1863 - 351 páginas |
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... thousand feet , with trees growing on every ledge or crevice where they could take root . Turning westward the effect was awfully grand : the clouds were rolling on in black masses , covering the craggy summits near us in darkness ...
... thousand feet , with trees growing on every ledge or crevice where they could take root . Turning westward the effect was awfully grand : the clouds were rolling on in black masses , covering the craggy summits near us in darkness ...
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... thousands . At last we cleared the place of the disturbers of our rest . I had just dropped off to sleep when I was again awoke by the same stinging sensation , and the same ceremony had to be gone through . An old coat I had thrown on ...
... thousands . At last we cleared the place of the disturbers of our rest . I had just dropped off to sleep when I was again awoke by the same stinging sensation , and the same ceremony had to be gone through . An old coat I had thrown on ...
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... thousand feet high . This appeared to have been broken off by some great convulsion , as huge masses of rock were heaped up in the utmost confusion at its base . Just fancy how many ages have elapsed since this mighty mass began to form ...
... thousand feet high . This appeared to have been broken off by some great convulsion , as huge masses of rock were heaped up in the utmost confusion at its base . Just fancy how many ages have elapsed since this mighty mass began to form ...
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... thousand feet below us ; of the slopes of the mountains covered with shrubs and flowers , far more beautiful than in many gardens , Nature doing everything without the aid of man . We found here the yellow rose in great abun- dance . I ...
... thousand feet below us ; of the slopes of the mountains covered with shrubs and flowers , far more beautiful than in many gardens , Nature doing everything without the aid of man . We found here the yellow rose in great abun- dance . I ...
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... thousands of trees , some of which were now strewn about like straws . It is wonderful what power water has ; what we here contemplated seemed almost in- credible . Only two months earlier we had passed through a thick forest of mighty ...
... thousands of trees , some of which were now strewn about like straws . It is wonderful what power water has ; what we here contemplated seemed almost in- credible . Only two months earlier we had passed through a thick forest of mighty ...
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