 | 1844 - 688 Seiten
...from the \vater-ahed of vast snow-covered mountains and all the precipitations of the atmosphere upon its own surface. Imagine this, moving onward like...rolling icy cataracts into the Atlantic and Greenland seas ; and, having at last reached the northern limit of the land that has borne it up, pouring out... | |
 | 1856 - 604 Seiten
...from the water-shed of vast snow-covered mountains and all the precipitations of the atmosphere upon its own surface. Imagine this, moving onward like a great glacial river, seeking nutlets at every fiord and valley, rolling icy cataracts into the Atlantic and Greenland seas, and,... | |
 | Seba Smith, Elizabeth Oakes Prince Smith - 1856 - 592 Seiten
...mountains and all the precipitations of the atmosphere upon its own surface. Imagine this, moving on like a great glacial river, seeking outlets at every...rolling icy cataracts into the Atlantic and Greenland Seas, and. having at last reached the northern limit of land that has borne it up, pouring ont a mighty... | |
 | Elisha Kent Kane - 1856 - 506 Seiten
...from the water-shed of vast snow-covered mountains and all the precipitations of the atmosphere upon its own surface. Imagine this, moving onward like...seeking outlets at every fiord and valley, rolling OF HUMBOLDT. icy cataracts into the Atlantic and Greenland seas; and, having at last reached the northern... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - 1856 - 708 Seiten
...from the water-shed of vast snow-covered mountains, and all the precipitations of the atmosphere upon its own surface. Imagine this, moving onward like a great glacial river, seeking outlet at every fiord and valley, rolling icy cataracts into the Atlantic and Greenland seas ; and,... | |
 | 1856 - 702 Seiten
...from the water-shed of vast snow-covered mountains, and all the precipitations of the atmosphere upon its own surface. Imagine this, moving onward like a great glacial river, seeking outlet at every fiord and valley, roiling icy cataracts into the Atlantic and Greenland seas ; and,... | |
 | Samuel Mosheim Smucker - 1857 - 1074 Seiten
...from the water-shed of vast snow-covered mountains, and all the precipitations of the atmosphere upon its own surface. Imagine this moving onward like a...rolling icy cataracts into the Atlantic and Greenland seas ; and, having at last reached the northern limit of the land that has borne it up, pouring out... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 500 Seiten
...from the water-shed of vast snow-covered mountains, and all the precipitations of the atmosphere upon its own surface. Imagine this moving onward like a...rolling icy cataracts into the Atlantic and Greenland seas ; and, having at last reached the northern limit of the land that has borne it up, pouring out... | |
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Imagine now the centre of such a continent, occupied through nearly its whole extent by a deep unbroken sea of ice, that gathers perennial increase from the water-shed of vast snow-covered mountains, and all the precipitations of the atmosphere upon its... 
