 | Richard Longeville Vowell, William D. Mahoney - 1831 - 500 Seiten
...privation of sustenance ; for nothing1 whatever grows under these forest trees, but ivy, moss, aud lichens. In many parts, the torrents that rage from...of solid rock, on which no snow can rest ; but the general appearance of this range, when near, is that of mountains incrusted with ice, cracked in many... | |
 | 1875 - 558 Seiten
...Although they seem, when viewed from the lower mountains, to be completely covered with snow, yet ibero is little of it in the Paramos, except where it collects...the mighty peaks, precipices of solid rock, on which 110 snow can rest ; but the general appearance of this range, when near, is that of mountains intrusted... | |
 | 1898 - 574 Seiten
...trousers, and were glad to cover themselves with pieces of blanket or whatever they could procure. magnificently wild. Although they seem when viewed...of solid rock on which no snow can rest ; but, the general appearance of this range, when near, is that of mountains incrusted with ice cracked in many... | |
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... from being the case with Bolivar's army at that period. Those who had been possessed of shoes on leaving the Llanos, had long since worn them out ; and very many, even of the officers, had literally no trowsers, and were glad to cover themselves with... 