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" Several days ago the forests had been set on fire by lightning, and the flames raged at this time with great violence, owing to the drought of the season. I traversed a space, three quarters of a mile... "
Travels in Sweden, Denmark, and Norway - Page 90
1826 - 179 pages
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 19

1811 - 546 pages
...him in a new and still more alarming form, and has given occasion to a more animated description. ' Several days ago the forests had been set on fire...drought of the season. In many different places, perhaps in nine or ten, that came under my notice, the devastation extended several miles* distance. I traversed...
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The Edinburgh Review, Volume 19

1811 - 600 pages
...him in a new and still more alarming form, and has given occasion to a more animated description. ' Several days ago the forests had been set on fire...drought of the season. In many different places, perhaps in nine or ten, that came under my notice, the devastation extended several miles' distance. I traversed...
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Lachesis Lapponica: Or, A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1

Carl von Linné - 1811 - 696 pages
...the stem, which also I observed to be sometimes reflexed; («/. triglumis ; see FL Lapp, ed* 2. 90.) Several days ago the forests had been set on fire...drought of the season. In many different places, perhaps in nine or ten that came under my notice, the devastation extended several miles' distance. I traversed...
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Select Reviews, and Spirit of the Foreign Magazines, Volume 8

Enos Bronson - 1812 - 556 pages
...him in a new and still more alarming form, and has given occasion to a more animated description. " Several days ago the forests had been set on fire...drought of the season. In many different places, perhaps in nine or ten, that came under my notice, the devastation extended several miles' distance. Ttraversed...
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The Gallery of Portraits: with Memoirs ...

1834 - 454 pages
...Bothnia, he was near perishing from a danger of which he has given the following animated account : — " Several days ago the forests had been set on fire...great violence, owing to the drought of the season. I traversed a space, three quarters of a mile in extent, which was entirely burnt, so that the place,...
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The Gallery of Portraits: with Memoirs ...

1834 - 514 pages
...Bothnia, he was near perishing from a danger of which he has given the following animated account : — " Several days ago the forests had been set on fire...great violence, owing to the drought of the season. I traversed a space, three quarters of a mile in extent, which was entirely burnt, so that the place,...
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The Life of Linnæus. To which is Added a Short Account of the Botanical ...

Daniel C. Carr - 1837 - 130 pages
...which he was near perishing, when in the districts of Pithea and Lulea on the Gulf of Bothnia : — " Several days ago, the forests had been set on fire...great violence, owing to the drought of the season. I traversed a space, three quarters of a mile in extent, which was entirely burnt, so that the place,...
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Distinguished men of modern times [selected from The gallery of portraits ...

Arthur Thomas Malkin - 1838 - 538 pages
...Bothnia, he was near perishing from a danger of which he has given the following animated account: — " Several days ago the forests had been set on fire...great violence, owing to the drought of the season. I traversed a space, three quarters of a mile in extent, which was entirely burnt, so that the place,...
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Distinguished Men of Modern Times, Volume 3

Henry Malden - 1838 - 528 pages
...Bothnia, he was near perishing from a danger of which he has given the following animated account:— " Several days ago the forests had been set on fire...great violence, owing to the drought of the season. I traversed a space, three quarters of a mile in extent, which was entirely burnt, so that the place,...
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The Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Poets, Philosophers ..., Volume 2

1853 - 530 pages
...Bothnia, he was near perishing from a danger of which he has given the following animated account : " Several days ago the forests had been set on fire...great violence, owing to the drought of the season. I traversed a space, three quarters of a mile in extent, which was entirely burnt, so that the place,...
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