My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideDodd, Mead, 1905 |
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Page 164
... rare occurrence of a nearly equal rate of denudation in four or five directions around this highest part of the original plateau , we have remaining for our in- spection two little triangular patches of the original peat- covered ...
... rare occurrence of a nearly equal rate of denudation in four or five directions around this highest part of the original plateau , we have remaining for our in- spection two little triangular patches of the original peat- covered ...
Page 209
... rare or interesting British plants are here found often in great profusion . The Lancashire asphodel ( Narthecium ossifragum ) often covers acres with its delicate yellow and red blossoms . The spotted orchis ( O. maculata ) is almost ...
... rare or interesting British plants are here found often in great profusion . The Lancashire asphodel ( Narthecium ossifragum ) often covers acres with its delicate yellow and red blossoms . The spotted orchis ( O. maculata ) is almost ...
Page 246
... rare plants ; -but I cannot call to mind a single valley that in the same extent of country comprises so much beautiful and picturesque scenery , and so many interesting special features , as the Vale of Neath . The town itself is ...
... rare plants ; -but I cannot call to mind a single valley that in the same extent of country comprises so much beautiful and picturesque scenery , and so many interesting special features , as the Vale of Neath . The town itself is ...
Page 251
... rare beetles there , and also to show my brother the waterfalls and other beauties of the upper valley . Starting after an early breakfast we walked to Pont - nedd- fychan , and then turned up the western branch to the Rocking Stone , a ...
... rare beetles there , and also to show my brother the waterfalls and other beauties of the upper valley . Starting after an early breakfast we walked to Pont - nedd- fychan , and then turned up the western branch to the Rocking Stone , a ...
Page 272
... rare thing for more than a week to pass without a shower , so that vegetation is never dried up , and a constant succession of fruits and flowers and luxuriant foliage prevails throughout the year . Notwith- standing the amount of water ...
... rare thing for more than a week to pass without a shower , so that vegetation is never dried up , and a constant succession of fruits and flowers and luxuriant foliage prevails throughout the year . Notwith- standing the amount of water ...
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