 | John Purdy - 1845 - Страниц: 562
...peculiarity in the mountain scenery is the jagged outline of the ridge, the rudely shaped towers, and short pyramids of rock, which appear elevated on the tops...cut through the highest mountains almost to their very base. " The shores of the island are mostly lofty cliffs, occasionally facing the water with a... | |
 | Charles Wilkes - 1845 - Страниц: 392
...most striking peculiarity in the mountain scenery is the jagged outline of the ridge, the rudelyshaped towers and sharp pyramids of rock, which appear elevated...peaks as well as on the lower elevations, and the dcep preeipitous gorges, which cut through the highest mountains almost to their very hase. The shores... | |
 | Theodore Dwight - 1847 - Страниц: 838
...the mountain scenery is the jagged outline of the ridge, the rudely-shaped towers, and sharp pyramid of rock, which appear elevated on the tops and sides...the deep precipitous gorges, which cut through the highestmouutains, almost to their very base. The shores of the island are mostly lofty cliffs, occasionally... | |
 | Charles Wilkes - 1849 - Страниц: 702
...red soil, even to the tops of the highest peaks. The mountain verdure was afterwards discovered to be owing to groves of heath and broom, which grow to...cut through the highest mountains almost to their very base. The shores of the island arc mostly lofty cliffs, occasionally facing the water with a perpendicular... | |
 | Charles Wilkes - 1852 - Страниц: 364
...with a luxuriant tropical vegetation, change on a closer approach its distant barren aspect into one X of extreme beauty and fertility. The most striking...cut through the highest mountains almost to their very base. The shores of the island are mostly lofty cliffs, occasionally facing the water with a perpendicular... | |
 | John Purdy - 1853 - Страниц: 614
...the ridge, the rudely shaped towers, and short pyramids of rock, which appear elevated on the lops and sides of the highest peaks, as well as on the...cut through the highest mountains almost to their very hase. " The shores of the island are mostly lofty clifl's, occasionally facing the water with... | |
 | Popular encyclopedia - 1877 - Страниц: 526
...peculiarity in the mountain scenery of the island is the jagged outline of the ridges, the rudelyehaped towers and sharp pyramids of rock which appear elevated...cut through the highest mountains almost to their very base. The road round the island is in many places exceedingly picturesque, being led often between... | |
 | Popular encyclopedia - 1884 - Страниц: 542
...peculiarity in the mountain scenery of the island is the jagged outline of the ridges, the rudelyshaped towers and sharp pyramids of rock which appear elevated...on the tops and sides of the highest peaks, as well aa on the lower elevations, and the deep precipitous gorges which cut through the highest mountains... | |
 | Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines - 1912 - Страниц: 852
...most striking peculiarity in the mountain scenery of the island is the jagged outline of the ridges, and the deep precipitous gorges which cut through the highest mountains almost to their very base. The road round the island is in many places exceedingly picturesque, being led often between... | |
 | 1919 - Страниц: 920
...most striking peculiarity in the mountain scenery of the island is the jagged outline of the ridges and the deep precipitous gorges which cut through the highest mountains almost to their very base. The road round the island is in many places exceedingly picturesque, being led often between... | |
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The most striking peculiarity in the mountain scenery is the jagged outline of the ridge, the rudely shaped towers and sharp pyramids of rock, which appear elevated on the tops and sides of the highest peaks as well as on the lower elevations, and the... 