 But instead of this, we found ourselves on the edge of a steep precipice, with a vast plain before us, fifteen or sixteen miles in circumference, and sunk from 200 to 400 feet below its original level. The surface of this plain was uneven, and strewed...  The Edinburgh Journal of Science - Page 1421827Full view - About this book
 | 610 lehte
...wall of scoria, forming tbe rim of a mighty caldron. But instead of this, we found ourselves on tbe edge of a steep precipice, with a vast plain before...sunk from 200 to 400 feet below its original level. Tbe surface of this plain was uneven, and strewed over with huge stones and volcanic rocks, and in... | |
 | 1825 - 806 lehte
...have presented a rugged wall of scoria, forming the rim of a mighty chaldron. But instead of this, we found ourselves on the edge of a steep precipice,...400 feet below its original level. The surface of the plain below was uneven, and strewed over with large stones, and volcanic rocks ; and in the centre... | |
 | William Ellis - 1825 - 290 lehte
...have presented a rugged wall of scoria, forming the rim of a mighty chaldron. But instead of this, we found ourselves on the edge of a steep precipice,...400 feet below its original level. The surface of the plain below was uneven, and strewed over with large stones, and volcanic rocks; and in the centre... | |
 | 1826 - 608 lehte
...have presented a rugged wall of scoria, forming the ruin of a miglity caldron. But, instead of this, we found ourselves on the edge of a steep precipice,...and volcanic rocks, and in the centre of it was the gre;it crater, at the distance of a mile and a half from the precipice on which we were standing. Our... | |
 | 1826 - 538 lehte
...have presented a rugged wall of scoria, forming the rim of a mighty chaldron. But instead of this, we found ourselves on the edge of a steep precipice,...sunk from 200 to 400 feet below its original level. We walked on to the north end of the ridge, where the precipice being less sleep, a descent to the... | |
 | 1826 - 436 lehte
...forming the rim of a mighty chaldron. But instead of this, we found ourselves on the edge of asleep precipice, with a vast plain before us, fifteen or...400 feet below its original level. The surface of the plain below was uneven, and strewed over with large stones, and volcanic rocks ; and in the cen,trc... | |
 | 1826 - 570 lehte
...would have presented a rugged wall pf scoria, forming the rim of a mighty caldron. But instead of this, we found ourselves on the edge of a steep precipice,...'sixteen miles in circumference, and sunk from 200 to 4OO feet below its original level. The surface of this plain was uneven, and strewed • over with... | |
 | Charles Daubeny - 1826 - 504 lehte
...have presented a rugged wall of scoria, forming the rim of a mighty cauldron. But, instead of this, we found ourselves on the edge of a steep precipice,...fifteen or sixteen miles in circumference, and sunk from two hundred to four hundred feet below its original level. The surface of this plain was OWHYIfEE.... | |
 | 1826 - 494 lehte
...have presented a rugged wall of scoria:, forming the rim of a mighty caldron. But instead of this, we found ourselves on the edge of a steep precipice,...fifteen or sixteen miles in circumference, and sunk from two hundred to four hundred feet below its original level. The surface of the plain below was uneven,... | |
 | Charles Daubeny - 1826 - 512 lehte
...have presented a rugged wall of scoria, forming the rim of a mighty cauldron. But, instead of this, we found ourselves on the edge of a steep precipice,,...vast plain before us, fifteen or sixteen miles in cir<;umference, and sunk from two hundred to four hundred feet below its original level. The surface... | |
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