 | Church missionary society - 1863 - 614 Seiten
...long delays, struck the new lake on March 14th, 1864. There it lay, a "great expanse of water— ft boundless sea horizon on the south and south-west,...rose from the bosom of the lake to a height of about 7000 feet above its level." THE SOURCES OF THE NILE. 99 Entrusting themselves to rnde canoes, they... | |
 | Church missionary society - 162 Seiten
...in March 1864 — ," there like a sea of quicksilver lay, far beneath, the great expanse of water, a boundless sea horizon on the south and south-west, glittering in the noon-day sun ; while on the west, at fifty or sixty miles distance, blue mountains rose from the bosom of the lake... | |
 | 1865 - 398 Seiten
...long delays, struck the new lake on March 14th, 1864. There it lay, a "great expanse of water — a boundless sea horizon on the south and south-west,...rose from the bosom of the lake to a height of about 700O feet above its level." THE SOURCES OF THE KILE. 99 Entrusting themselves to rude canoes, they... | |
 | 1866 - 506 Seiten
...the opposite slope. I hurried to the summit. The flory of our prize burst suddenly upon me ! 'here, like a sea of quicksilver, lay far beneath the grand...lake to a height of about 7,000 feet above its level. As regards the southern stretch of the Albert Lake from the point at which he had struck it, Mr. Baker... | |
 | 1867 - 974 Seiten
...There, like a sea of quicksilver, lay far beneath the grand expanse of water, a boundless sea-horizon on the south and south-west, glittering in the noonday...Lake to a height of about 7,000 feet above its level. B » impossible to describe the triumph of that moment Here was the reward of all our labours ; for... | |
 | Anonymous - 1866 - 588 Seiten
...suddenly upon mo ! There, like a sea of quicksilver, lay far beneath the grand expanse of water, — a boundless sea horizon on the south and southwest,...rose from the bosom of the lake to a height of about 7000 feet above its level. ' It is impossible to describe the triumph of that moment ; here was the... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1866 - 818 Seiten
...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,...rose from the bosom of the lake to a height of about seven thousand feet above its level. " It is impossible to describe the triumph of that moment ; here... | |
 | 1866 - 586 Seiten
...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,...rose from the bosom of the lake to a height of about 7000 feet above its level. - ~^ ' It is impossible to describe the triumph of that moment ; here was... | |
 | 1866 - 848 Seiten
...There, like a sea of quicksilver, lay far beneath the grand expanse of water ; a boundless seahorizon on the south and south-west glittering in the noonday...rose from the bosom of the lake to a height of about 7000 feet above its level. It is impossible to describe the triumph of that moment ; here was the reward... | |
 | 1866 - 848 Seiten
..., like a sea of quicksilver, lay far beneath Ike grand expanse of water, — a boundless sea hornm on the south and south-west, glittering in the noon-day...blue mountains rose from the bosom of the lake to the height of There, ibout 7,000 feet above its level." A little farther on, taking up the thread of... | |
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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 south-west, glittering in the noon-day sun; and on the west, at fifty or sixty miles... 
