My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 134
... rock , or pudding - stone , which lay in the centre of the spot where the three roads met in front of the house where we lodged . It was roughly about a yard in diameter and about the same height , and had probably at some remote period ...
... rock , or pudding - stone , which lay in the centre of the spot where the three roads met in front of the house where we lodged . It was roughly about a yard in diameter and about the same height , and had probably at some remote period ...
Page 140
... Rocks , which , being a very hard kind of basalt very good for road - metal , was being continually cut away for that purpose . It was covered with scrubby wood , and was the most picturesque object in the immediately surrounding ...
... Rocks , which , being a very hard kind of basalt very good for road - metal , was being continually cut away for that purpose . It was covered with scrubby wood , and was the most picturesque object in the immediately surrounding ...
Page 145
... rock . But when I saw it there was only a film of water covering the surface of the rock from top to bottom . This surface is formed by the regular weathering of slaty beds in fine layers ; the upper part curves downward but the lower ...
... rock . But when I saw it there was only a film of water covering the surface of the rock from top to bottom . This surface is formed by the regular weathering of slaty beds in fine layers ; the upper part curves downward but the lower ...
Page 146
... rocks and bog , I inadvertently stepped upon one of those small bog eye- holes which abound in such places , and are very dangerous , being often deep enough to swallow up a man , or even a horse . One leg went in suddenly up to the hip ...
... rocks and bog , I inadvertently stepped upon one of those small bog eye- holes which abound in such places , and are very dangerous , being often deep enough to swallow up a man , or even a horse . One leg went in suddenly up to the hip ...
Page 158
... rock or boggy waterhole , had to be marked on the map in its true relative position , as well as the various footpaths or rough cart - roads that crossed the common in various directions . At that time the medicinal springs , though ...
... rock or boggy waterhole , had to be marked on the map in its true relative position , as well as the various footpaths or rough cart - roads that crossed the common in various directions . At that time the medicinal springs , though ...
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