 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1866 - 866 Seiten
...of the Mississippi no sediment mingles with the vegetable matter accumulated there from the decay of trees and semi-aquatic plants. As a singular proof...are burnt into the ground many feet deep, or as far dowu as the fire can descend, without meeting with water, and it is then found that scarcely any residuum... | |
 | 1878 - 618 Seiten
...the Mississippi, no sediment mingles with the vegetable matter accumulated there from the decay of trees and semi-aquatic plants. As a singular proof...dried up during an unusually hot season, and the wood is set on fire, pits are burned into the ground many feet deep, or so far down as the fire can descend... | |
 | 1878 - 496 Seiten
...the Mississippi, no sediment mingles with the vegetable matter accumulated there from the decay of trees and semiaquatic plants. As a singular proof...this fact, I may mention that whenever any part of the swamps in Louisiana is dried up, during an unusually hot season, and the wood is set on fire, pits... | |
 | Charles Kingsley - 1880 - 356 Seiten
...from the decay of trees and semi-aquatic plants ; so that when, in a very dry season, the swamp is set on fire, pits are burnt into the ground many feet deep, or as far as the fire can go down without reaching water, and scarcely any earthy residuum is left ; just as... | |
 | Conwy Lloyd Morgan - 1884 - 186 Seiten
...swamps becomes dried up. For if the wood is then accidentally set on fire, as is sometimes the case, pits are burnt into the ground many feet deep, or...as the fire can descend without meeting with water; so pure is the mass of Vegetable matter accumulated in these swamps. The plants and trees, however,... | |
 | 1900 - 424 Seiten
...accumulated from the decay of trees and semi-aquatic plants ; so when, in a very dry season, the swamp is set on fire, pits are burnt into the ground many feet deep, or as far as the fire can go down without reaching water, and scarcely any earthy residuum is left; just as when... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1911 - 750 Seiten
...from the decay of trees and semi-aquatic plants. As a singular proof of this fact, it may be mentioned that whenever any part of a swamp in Louisiana is...dried up, during an unusually hot season, and the wood is set on fire, pits are burnt into the ground many feet deep, or as fax down as the fire can descend,... | |
 | L. L. Taylor - 1913 - 486 Seiten
...of the Mississippi no sediment mingles with the vegetable matter accumulated there from the decay of trees and semi-aquatic plants. As a singular proof...dried up during an unusually hot season, and the wood is set on fire, pits are burned into the ground many feet deep, or so far down as the fire can descend... | |
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It may be affirmed that generally in the " cypress swamps " of the Mississippi no sediment mingles with the vegetable matter accumulated there from the decay of trees and semi-aquatic plants. As a singular proof of this fact, I may mention that whenever... 