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" It seemed as if I were travelling among the clustered columns of some enormous and enchanted Gothic Cathedral, compared to which the Minster at York, or the Cathedral at Winchester, would have seemed mere baby-houses. The ground extended on all sides... "
Mysore and Coorg: Coorg - Page 18
by Benjamin Lewis Rice - 1878
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Outlines of Botany: Including a General History of the Vegetable ..., Volume 1

Gilbert Thomas Burnett - 1835 - 538 pages
...Winchester, would have seemed mere baby-houses ; the ground extended on all sides as smooth and flat, nnd clear of underwood, as if the whole had been paved...of bamboo, varying in diameter at their base from six feet to twenty or thirty ; and even to twice that width, as I ascertained by actual measurement....
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The Saturday Magazine, Volume 14

1839 - 272 pages
...to which the minster at York, or the cathedral at Winchester, would have seemed mere baby-houses ; the ground extended on all sides as smooth and flat,...of bamboo, varying in diameter at their base from six feet to twenty or thirty ; and even to twice that width, as I ascertained by actual measurement....
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Selections from Fragments of Voyages and Travels

Basil Hall - 1845 - 252 pages
...compared to which the minster at York, or the cathedral at Winchester. would have seemed mere baby-houses. The ground extended on all sides as smooth, and flat,...symmetrical clusters of bamboo, varying in diameter at their hasp, from six feet to twenty or thirty, and even to twice that width, as I ascertained by actual measurement....
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The Churchman's companion, Volume 3

1848 - 792 pages
...compared to which the Minster at York, or the Cathedral at Winchester, would have seemed mere baby-houses. The ground extended on all sides as smooth, and flat,...of bamboo, varying in diameter at their base from six feet to twenty or thirty, and even to twice that width, as I ascertained by actual measurement....
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Reading lessons for the higher classes in classical, middle and diocesan schools

William Balmbro'. Flower - 1848 - 304 pages
...compared to which the minster at York, or the cathedral at Winchester, would have seemed mere baby-houses. The ground extended on all sides as smooth, and flat,...of bamboo, varying in diameter at their base from six feet to twenty or thirty, and even to twice that width, as I ascertained by actual measurement....
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The Green Fields and Their Grasses

Anne Pratt - 1852 - 108 pages
...to which, the Minster at York, or the Cathedral at Winchester, would have seemed mere baby-houses : the ground extended on all sides as smooth and flat,...been paved with grave-stones. From this level surface arose, on every hand, as far as the eye could penetrate into the forest, immense symmetrical clusters...
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Beauties and Wonders of Vegetable Life; or, Rambles in parks, forests ...

Beauties - 1866 - 310 pages
...compared to which the Minster at York, or the Cathedral at Winchester, would have seemed mere babyhouses : the ground extended on all sides as smooth and flat,...been paved with grave-stones. From this level surface arose, on every hand, as far as the eye could penetrate into the forest, immense 1 Puge 65. symmetrical...
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Manual of Coorg: A Gazetter of the Natural Features of the Country, and the ...

G. Richter - 1870 - 510 pages
...all sides as smooth and flat and clear of underwood as if the whole had been paved with grave stones. From this level surface rose on every hand and, as...of bamboo, varying in diameter at their base from six feet to twenty or thirty, as I ascertained by actual measurement. For about 8 or 10 feet from the...
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Travels in India, Ceylon and Borneo

Basil Hall - 1995 - 298 pages
...compared to which the minuter at York, or the cathedral at Winchester, would have seemed mere baby-houses. The ground extended on all sides as smooth, and flat,...hand, and as far as the eye could penetrate into the fores!:, immense symmetrical clusters of bamboo, varying in diameter at their base from six feet to...
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Travels in India, Ceylon and Borneo

Basil Hall - 2005 - 304 pages
...compared to which the minster at York, or the cathedral at Winchester, would have seemed mere baby-houses. The ground extended on all sides as smooth, and flat,...of bamboo, varying in diameter at their base from six feet to twenty or thirty, and even to twice that width, as I ascertained by actual measurement....
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