| Georg Ludwig Hartwig - 1869 - 614 sayfa
...arrested by sinking knee-deep into the rotten wood; at other times, when attempting to lean against a tree, one was startled by finding a mass of decayed...laborious as our ascent ; for the weight of the body forced a passage, and all the slips and falls were in the right direction.' To the west of Cape Froward,... | |
| Georg Hartwig - 1869 - 500 sayfa
...arrested by sinking knee-deep into the rotten wood; at other times, when attempting to lean against a tree, "one was startled by finding a mass of decayed...atmosphere rather hazy, so that we did not stay long ori the top of the mountain. Our descent was not quite so laborious as our ascent; for the weight of... | |
| Georg Hartwig - 1869 - 602 sayfa
...arrested by sinking knee-deep into the rotten wood; at other times, when attempting to lean against a tree, one was startled by finding a mass of decayed...wind was piercingly cold, and the atmosphere rather YORK ROADS AND BACHELOR PEAK. 495 hazy, so that we did not stay long on the top of the mountain. Our... | |
| Georg Hartwig - 1871 - 776 sayfa
...arrested by sinking knee-deep into the rotten wood ; at other times, when attempting to lean against a tree, one was startled by finding a mass of decayed...laborious as our ascent; for the weight of the body forced a passage, and all the slips and falls were in the right direction." To the west of Cape Froward... | |
| Georg Hartwig - 1872 - 812 sayfa
...mass of decayed matter, ready to fall at the slightest touch. We at last found ourselves among tho stunted trees, and then soon reached the bare ridge,...laborious as our ascent; for the weight of the body forced a passage, and all the slips and falls were in the right direction." To the west of Cape Froward... | |
| Georg Hartwig - 1877 - 876 sayfa
...ready to fall at the slightest touch. We at last found ourselves among the stunted trees, and then eoon reached the bare ridge, which conducted us to the...laborious as our ascent; for the weight of the body forced a passage, and all the slips and falls were in the right direction." To the west of Cape Froward... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1889 - 628 sayfa
...death-like scene of desolation exceeded all description. Outside it was blowing a gale, but in these hollows not even a breath of wind stirred the leaves of the...laborious as our ascent, for the weight of the body forced a passage, and all the slips and falls were in the right direction. I have already mentioned... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1896 - 542 sayfa
...natural bridges, one's course was often arrested by sinking knee deep into the rotten FORESTS. 23! wood ; at other times, when attempting to lean against...so laborious as our ascent ; for the weight of the bodyforced a passage, and all the slips and falls were in the right direction. I have already mentioned... | |
| 1897 - 942 sayfa
...southward even-- thing was enveloped in mist." Darwin says that the view from the top of Mount Tarn was " characteristic of Tierra del Fuego ; irregular chains...the sea intersecting the land in many directions." Behind, that is to say north of, the Brunswick Peninsula, 'ies the deeply hidden Otway Water, from... | |
| Sir William Martin Conway - 1902 - 330 sayfa
...of Tierra del Fuego ; irregular chains of hills, mottled with patches of snow, deep, yellowish green valleys, and arms of the sea intersecting the land in many directions." Behind, that is to say north of, the Brunswick Peninsula lies the deeply hidden Otway Water, from which... | |
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