The travellers reached the elevation of 15,500 feet, where the pass appeared to be 1,400 or 1,500 feet higher, over vast fields of snow. The dell is broad (half a mile wide), and covered with snow in high wreaths. The mountains, which have a SE exposure,... The Edinburgh Journal of Science - Page 2751826Full view - About this book
| 1826 - 272 pages
...day. The travellers reached the elevation of 15,500 feet, where the pass appeared to be 1,400 or 1,500 feet higher, over vast fields of snow. The dell is...present a chain of mural precipices, eaten away by frost into forms like towers and steeples. Much of the rock near the summits is exposed ; and snow,... | |
| 1826 - 460 pages
...which now and then shows itself in deep blue lakes. The travellers passed along the margin of one, 150 feet in diameter : the way was extremely dangerous,...side, the mountains are nearly of the same height, and 278 Captain Gerard's Account of a Survey they present a chain of mural precipices, eaten away by frosts... | |
| 1826 - 842 pages
..."The travellers reached the elevation of 15,500 feet, where the pass appeared to be 1,400 or 1,500 feet higher, over vast fields of snow. " The dell...present a chain of mural precipices, eaten away by frost into forms like towers and steeples. Much of the rock near the summits is exposed ; and snow,... | |
| Sir William Lloyd - 1810 - 708 pages
...Shatool.* The dell here is about half a mile broad, and covered with snow in high wreaths. The right-hand mountains which have a SE exposure, are nearly bare,...few patches of snow only appearing at great heights, with little soil and a poor vegetation ; I reckon the line of cliffs about seventeen thousand five... | |
| Sir William Lloyd, Alexander Gerard - 1846 - 718 pages
...Shatool.* The dell here is about half a mile broad, and covered with snow in high wreaths. The right-hand mountains which have a SE exposure, are nearly bare,...few patches of snow only appearing at great heights, with little soil and a poor vegetation ; I reckon the line of cliffs about seventeen thousand five... | |
| 1875 - 520 pages
..."The travellers reached the elevation of 15,500 feet, where the pass appeared to be 1,400 or 1,500 feet higher, over vast fields of snow. " The dell...have a SE exposure, are nearly bare, a few patches of enow only appearing at great heights. The line of cliffs may be 17,500 feet. On the other side, the... | |
| 1826 - 840 pages
..."The travellers reached the elevation of 15,500 feet, where the pass appeared to be 1,400 or 1,500 feet higher, over vast fields of snow. "The dell is...present a chain of mural precipices, eaten away by frost into forms like towers and steeples. Much of the rock near the summits is exposed ; and snow,... | |
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