 | 1867 - 568 pages
...hills, we toiled up the opposite slope. I hurried to the summit. The glory of our prize suddenly burst upon me ! There, like a sea of quicksilver, lay, far beneath, the grand expanse of waters — a boundless sea-horizon on the south and south-west, glittering ia the noonday sun ; and... | |
 | The London Quarterly VOL.XXVII October 1866 and January,1867 - 1867 - 554 pages
...valley between the hills, we toiled up the opposite slope. I hurried to the summit. The glory of our prize burst suddenly upon me ! There, like a sea of quicksilver, lay fur beneath, the grand expanse of water— a boundless sea horizon on the south and south-west glittering... | |
 | Sir Samuel White Baker - 1868 - 414 pages
...valley between the hills, we toiled up the opposite slope. I hurried to the summit. The glory of our prize burst suddenly upon me ! There, like a sea of...glittering in the noon-day sun ; and on the west, at fifty or sixty miles' distance, blue mountains rose from the bosom of the lake to a height of about... | |
 | Lindley Spring - 1868 - 250 pages
...valley between the hills, we toiled up the opposite slope. I hurried to the summit. The glory of our prize burst suddenly upon me. There, like a sea of...glittering in the noonday sun; and on the west, at fifty or sixty miles distance, blue mountains rose from the bosom of the lake to a height of about... | |
 | Lindley Spring - 1868 - 256 pages
...valley between the hills, we toiled up the opposite slope. I hurried to the summit. The glory of our prize burst suddenly upon me. There, like a sea of...quicksilver, lay far beneath the grand expanse of. water—a boundless sea horizon on the south and southwest, glittering in the noonday sun; and on the... | |
 | 1869 - 848 pages
...Samuel succeeded in reaching the lake in question. It lay before him like a sea of quicksilver, with a boundless sea horizon on the south and southwest...glittering in the noonday sun, and on the west, at fifty or sixty miles' distance, blue mountains rose from the bosom of the lake to a height of about... | |
 | william harison ainsworth - 1869 - 786 pages
...Samuel succeeded in reaching the lake in question. It lay before him like a sea of quicksilver, with a boundless sea horizon on the south and south-west...glittering in the noon-day sun, and on the west, at fifty or sixty miles' distance, blue mountains rose from the bosom of the lake to a height of about... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1869 - 998 pages
...Samuel succeeded in reaching the lake in question. It lay before him like a sea of quicksilver, with a boundless sea horizon on the south and south-west...glittering in the noon-day sun, and on the west, at fifty or sixty miles' distance, blue mountains rose from the bosom of the lake to a height of about... | |
 | 1869 - 744 pages
...Samuel succeeded in reaching the lake in question. It lay before him like a sea of quicksilver, with a boundless sea horizon on the south and south-west...glittering in the noon-day sun, and on the west, at fifty or sixty miles' distance, blue mountains rose from the bosom of the lake to a height of about... | |
 | 1873 - 860 pages
...valley between the hills, we toiled up the opposite slope. I hurried to the summit. The glory of our prize burst suddenly upon me ! There, like a sea of...glittering in the noon-day sun ; and on the west, at fifty or sixty miles distance, blue mountains rose from the bosom of the lake to a height of about... | |
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The day broke beautifully clear, and having crossed a deep valley between the hills, we toiled up the opposite slope. I hurried to the summit. The glory of our prize burst suddenly upon me ! There, like a sea of quicksilver, lay far beneath the grand... 
