 | Friedrich Max Müller - 1873 - 792 Seiten
...not commit himself to such definite chronological calculations. What may be the antiquity (he writes) of the earliest human remains preserved in the Danish...or, at most, but a few stragglers, the country being covered with oak. In the age of stone, again, the Scotch fir prevailed, and already there were human... | |
 | William Fraser - 1873 - 406 Seiten
...remains preserved in the Danish peat, 1 "Antiquity of Man," by Sir Charles Lyell, p. 9 and p. 372. cannot be estimated in centuries with any approach...most, but a few stragglers, — the country being covered with oak. In the age of stone, again, the Scotch fir prevailed, and already there were human... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1873 - 606 Seiten
...already find ourselves beyond the reach of history or even of tradition. In the time of the Eomans the Danish Isles were covered, as now, with magnificent...In the age of stone again, the Scotch fir prevailed (see p. 9), and already there were human inhabitants in those old pine forests. How many generations... | |
 | 1874 - 652 Seiten
...period." In the time of the Romans, the Danish isles were covered as now with magnificent beech forests, yet, in the antecedent bronze period, there were no...stragglers, the country being then covered with oak. In Britain, the beech was probably a later introduction, for Caesar mentions that in his day it was not... | |
 | Liverpool Geological Society - 1878 - 464 Seiten
...vegetation. With an apology for this expression of my views, I take leave of the subject. APPENDIX. " In the time of the Romans the Danish Isles were covered,...In the age of stone again, the Scotch fir prevailed see p. 9), and already there were human inhabitants in these old pine forest." — Lyell's " Antiquity... | |
 | Liverpool Geological Society - 1878 - 480 Seiten
...for this expression of my views, I take leave of the subject. APPENDIX. " In the time of the Eomans the Danish Isles were covered, as now, with magnificent...In the age of stone again, the Scotch fir prevailed see p. 9), and already there were human inhabitants in these old pine forest."—Lyell's " Antiquity... | |
 | Liverpool Geological Society - 1878 - 482 Seiten
...magnificent beech forests. Nowhere in the world does this tree flourish more luxuriantly than in Denmark, aud eighteen centuries seem to have done little or nothing...period there were no beech trees, or at most but a fe\s- stragglers, the country being then covered with oak. In the age of stone again, the Scotch fir... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - 1880 - 684 Seiten
...not commit himself to such definite chronological calculations. What may be the antiquity (he writes) of the earliest human remains preserved in the Danish...or, at most, but a few stragglers, the country being covered with oak. In the age of stone, again, the Scotch fir prevailed, and already there were human... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - 1885 - 688 Seiten
...already find ourselves beyond the reach of history or even of tradition. In the time of the Eomans, the Danish isles were covered, as now, with magnificent...or, at most, but a few stragglers, the country being covered with oak. In the age of stone, again, the Scotch fir prevailed, and already there were human... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - 1885 - 692 Seiten
...beyond the reach of history or even of tradition. In the time of the Romans, the Danish isles wore covered, as now, with magnificent beech forests. Nowhere...or, at most, but a few stragglers, the country being covered with oak. In the age of stone, again, the Scotch fir prevailed, and already there were human... | |
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In the time of the Romans the Danish Isles were covered, as now, with magnificent beech forests. Nowhere in the world does this tree flourish more luxuriantly than in Denmark, and eighteen centuries seem to have done little or nothing towards modifying... 
