Bohemia ; the Missouri in the Rocky Mountains ; and the Amazon in the Andes of Peru. But it is quite plain that we have not yet reached the real beginning of the rivers. Whence do the earliest streams derive their water ? A brief residence among the mountains... The Maritime Monthly - Página 3091873Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
| English reader - 1875 - 202 páginas
...the Thames in the Cotswold Hills; the Missouri in the Rocky Mountains; and the Amazon in the Antes o Peru. But it is quite plain that we have not yet reached the real beginning of the rivers. Whence do the earlies streams derive their water? A brief residence among the mountains would prove to you that they... | |
| John Swett, Charles H. Allen, Josiah Royce - 1883 - 366 páginas
...Missouri, in the Rocky Mountains; and the Amazon, in the Andes of Peru. But it is quite plain that wc have not yet reached the real beginning of the rivers. Whence do the curliest streams derive their water? 3. A brief residence among the mountains would prove to you that... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1884 - 248 páginas
...Cotswold Hills; the Danube in the hills of the Black Forest; the Rhine and the Rhone in the Alps. 3. But it is quite plain that we have not yet reached the real beginning of rivers. Whence do the earliest streams derive their water? A brief residence among the mountains would... | |
| John Tyndall - 1889 - 246 páginas
...Mountains of Bohemia ; the Missouri in the Rocky Mountains, and the Amazon in the Andes of Peru. 5. But it is quite plain that we have not yet reached the real beginning of the rivers. Whence do tho earliest streams derive their water ? A brief residence among the mountains would prove to you... | |
| John Tyndall - 1890 - 246 páginas
...Mountains of Bohemia ; the Missouri in the Rocky Mountains, and the Amazon in the Andes of Peru. 5. But it is quite plain that we have not yet reached...by rains. In dry weather you would find the Streams feoble, sometimes indeed quite dried up. In wet weather you would see them foaming torrents. In general... | |
| John Tyndall - 1896 - 236 páginas
...Mountains of Bohemia ; the Missouri in the Eocky Mountains, and the Amazon in the Andes of Peru. 5. But it is quite plain that we have not yet reached...their water ? A brief residence among the mountains woiild prove to you that- they are fed by rains. In dry weather you would find the streams feeble,... | |
| James Baldwin - 1897 - 488 páginas
...we have not yet reached the real beginning of the rivers. Whence do the earliest streams derive 20 their water? A brief residence among the mountains...them foaming torrents. In general these streams lose 25 themselves as little threads of water upon the hillsides; but sometimes you may trace a river to... | |
| James Baldwin - 1897 - 252 páginas
...quite plain that we have not yet reached the real beginning Whence do the earliest streams derive 20 their water? A brief residence among the mountains...them foaming torrents. In general these streams lose 25 themselves as little threads of water upon the hillsides; but sometimes you may trace a river to... | |
| James Baldwin - 1897 - 492 páginas
...in the Welsh mountains; the Thames in the Cotswold Hills; the Missouri in the Rocky Moun-15 tains; and the Amazon in the Andes of Peru. But it is quite...the rivers. Whence do the earliest streams derive 20 their water? A brief residence among the mountains would prove to you that they are fed by rains.... | |
| Edwin Anderson Alderman - 1907 - 284 páginas
...hills. Thus, the Severn has its source in the Welsh Mountains ; the Thames, in the Cotswokl Hills ; the Missouri, in the Rocky Mountains ; and the Amazon,...residence among the mountains would prove to you that the streams are fed by rains. In dry weather you would find the streams feeble; sometimes, indeed,... | |
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