 Lewiston, on the Niagara river, there is a remarkable ridge or elevation of land, running almost the whole distance, which is seventy-eight miles, and in a direction from east to west. Its general altitude above the* neighbouring land is thirty feet,...  Settlement in the West: Sketches of Rochester - Page 375by Henry O'Reilly - 1838 - 468 lehteFull view - About this book
 | DeWitt Clinton - 1812 - 90 lehte
...river to Lewiston, on the Niagara river, there is a remarkable ridge or elevation of land, running almost the whole distance, which is seventy-eight...Ontario is perhaps 160 feet, to which it descends by a gradual slope; and its distance from that water is between six and ten miles. This remarkable... | |
 | New-York Historical Society - 1814 - 558 lehte
...river to Lewiston, on the Niagara river, there is a remarkable ridge or elevation of land, running almost the whole distance, which is seventy-eight...elevation above the level of lake Ontario is perhaps one hundred and sixty feet, to which it descends by a gradual slope ; and its distance from that water... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York (New York, N.Y.) - 1815 - 616 lehte
...river to Lewiston, on the Niagara river, there is a remarkable ridge, or elevation of land, running almost the whole distance, which is seventy-eight...elevation above the level of Lake Ontario is, perhaps, one hundred and sixty (eet, to which it descends by a gradual slope, and its distance from that water... | |
 | DeWitt Clinton, Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York (New York, N.Y.) - 1815 - 160 lehte
...river to Lewiston, on the Niagara river, there » a remarkahle ridge, or elevation of land, running almost the whole distance which is seventy-eight miles,...direction from east to west. Its general altitude ahove the neighhouring land is thirty feet, and its width varies con•derahly ; in some places it... | |
 | Georges baron Cuvier - 1818 - 458 lehte
...river to Lewiston, on the Niagara river, there is a remarkable ridge, or elevation of land, running almost the whole distance, which is seventy-eight...elevation above the level of lake Ontario is, perhaps, one hundred and sixty j feet, to which it descends by a gradual slope, and its distance from that water... | |
 | Horace H. Hayden - 1820 - 428 lehte
...Lecture to the Literary and Philosophical Society. from east to west, is about 78 miles." And further, " Its general altitude above the neighbouring land is...elevation above the level of lake Ontario is perhaps 136 feet, to which it descends by a gradual slope, and its distance from that water, is between six... | |
 | Sidney Edwards Morse - 1822 - 706 lehte
...neighboring land is 30 feet ; its width varies considerably, and in some places is not more than 40 yards. Its elevation above the level of lake Ontario is perhaps 160 feet, to which it descends by a gradual slape, and its distance from that water is between 6 and 10 miles. There is every reason... | |
 | Henry Charles Carey, J. Lea - 1823 - 532 lehte
...Lewistown, on the Niagara River, there is a remarkable ridge, running almost the whole distance, which is 78 miles, and in a direction from east to west. Its general altitude above the neighbouring land is SO feet, and its width, in some places, is not more than 40 yards. Its elevation is about 160 feet... | |
 | James Buchanan - 1824 - 350 lehte
...river to Lewiston, on the Niagara river, there is a remarkable ridge or elevation of land, running almost the whole distance, which is seventy-eight...elevation above the level of lake Ontario is perhaps one hundred and sixty feet, to which it descends by a gradual slope, and its distance from that water... | |
 | James Buchanan - 1824 - 404 lehte
...river to Lewiston, on the Niagara river, there is a remarkable ridge or elevation of land, running almost the whole distance, which is seventy-eight...elevation above the level of lake Ontario is perhaps one hundred and sixty feet, to which it descends by a gradual slope; and its distance from that water... | |
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