 | 1861 - 738 Seiten
...first impulse on dismounting was to scamper off to the great Geysir. As it lay at the furthest end of the congeries of hot springs, in order to reach it...scalding quagmires of soft clay that intervened, and conaequently arrived on the spot with our ankles nicely poulticed. But tbe occasion justified our eagerness.... | |
 | William Jordan Unwin - 1862 - 374 Seiten
...impulse on dismounting was to scamper off at once to the great Geysir. As it lay at the farthest end of the congeries of hot springs, in order to reach it...But the occasion justified our eagerness. A smooth siliceous basin, seventy-two feet in diameter and four feet deep, with a hole at the bottom, as in... | |
 | 1871 - 868 Seiten
...another writer says of the Great Geyser. ' To reach it,' the Professor read, skippingly, as before, ' we had to run the gauntlet of all the pools of boiling water and quagmires of soft clay that intervened, and consequently arrived at the spot with our ankles nicely... | |
 | Wonders - 1866 - 400 Seiten
...impulse on dismounting was to scamper off at once to the great geyser. As it lay at the furthest end of the congeries of hot -springs, in order to reach it...clay that intervened, and consequently arrived on the THE GREAT GEYSER. 189 spot with our ancles nicely poulticed. But the occasion justified our eagerness.... | |
 | Edward Thomas Stevens - 1866 - 434 Seiten
...impulse on dismounting was to scamper off at once to the Great Geysir. As it lay at the farthest end of the congeries of hot springs, in order to reach it...pools of boiling water and scalding quagmires of soft clav that intervened, and consequently arrived on the spot with our ankles nicely poulticed. But the... | |
 | National reading books - 1871 - 224 Seiten
...scamper off at once to the Great Geyser. As it lay at the furthest end of the cluster of hot springs, we had to run the gauntlet of all the pools of boiling...But the occasion justified our eagerness. A smooth flinty basin, seventy-two . feet in diameter, and four feet deep, with a hole at the bottom, as in... | |
 | 1872 - 264 Seiten
...scamper oif at once to the Great Geyser. As it lay at the furthest end of the cluster of hot springs, we had to run the gauntlet of all the pools of boiling...But the occasion justified our eagerness. A smooth flinty basin, seventy-two feet in diameter, and four feet deep, with a hole at the bottom, as in a... | |
 | Blackie and son, ltd - 1879 - 226 Seiten
...scamper off at once to the great geyser. As it lay at the furthest end of the congeries of hot-springs, in order to reach it we had to run the gauntlet of...and scalding quagmires of soft clay that intervened. A smooth, siliceous basin, seventy-two feet in diameter and four feet deep, with a hole at the bottom,... | |
 | Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1884 - 264 Seiten
...scamper off at once to the great geyser. As it lay at the furthest end of the congeries of hot-springs, in order to reach it we had to run the gauntlet of...and scalding quagmires of soft clay that intervened. A smooth, siliceous basin, A, seventytwo feet in diameter and four feet deep, with a hole at the bottom,... | |
 | W G. Baker - 1884 - 262 Seiten
...scamper off at once to the great geyser. As it lay at the furthest end of the group of hot-springs, in order to reach it we had to run the gauntlet of...and scalding quagmires of soft clay that intervened. A smooth basin of hard rock, seventy-two feet in diameter and four feet deep, with a hole at the bottom,... | |
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A smooth siliceous basin, seventy-two feet in diameter and four feet deep, with a hole at the bottom as in a washing-basin on board a steamer, stood before us brimful of water just upon the simmer ; while up into the air above our heads rose a great column... 
