My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 164
... slopes or precipices on their northern faces . Almost the whole of this region is of the Old Red Sand- stone formation , which here consists of nearly horizontal strata with a moderate dip to the south ; and the whole of the very ...
... slopes or precipices on their northern faces . Almost the whole of this region is of the Old Red Sand- stone formation , which here consists of nearly horizontal strata with a moderate dip to the south ; and the whole of the very ...
Page 164
... slope with that of the original plateau . Every year the frost loosens the rock on the northern pre- cipices , every heavy rain washes down earth from the ridge , while the gentler showers and mists penetrate the soil to the rock ...
... slope with that of the original plateau . Every year the frost loosens the rock on the northern pre- cipices , every heavy rain washes down earth from the ridge , while the gentler showers and mists penetrate the soil to the rock ...
Page 164
... slope in which paths had been made near and above the river by some former resident owner , and this was a favourite walk on holidays . In the farmhouse adjacent a relative of the owner , a middle - aged man , who was apparently on the ...
... slope in which paths had been made near and above the river by some former resident owner , and this was a favourite walk on holidays . In the farmhouse adjacent a relative of the owner , a middle - aged man , who was apparently on the ...
Page 187
... slopes were covered with trees and bushes . Here we lived till I left Neath a year later , and were on the whole very comfortable , though our first experience was a rather trying one . The bedroom we occupied had been unused for years ...
... slopes were covered with trees and bushes . Here we lived till I left Neath a year later , and were on the whole very comfortable , though our first experience was a rather trying one . The bedroom we occupied had been unused for years ...
Page 208
... slopes of the mountains , covered during autumn , winter , and spring with a very short brownish yellow wet turf ... slope the water seems to saturate and cling to it like a sponge , so much so that after a considerable period of dry ...
... slopes of the mountains , covered during autumn , winter , and spring with a very short brownish yellow wet turf ... slope the water seems to saturate and cling to it like a sponge , so much so that after a considerable period of dry ...
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