The Cruise of the Betsey: Or, a Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides ; with Rambles of a Geologist ; Or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland |
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ancient animal appearance beach bearing belong bone boulder boulder-clay broken character Church clay coast considerably course covered dark deep deposit district effect Eigg entire exhibit existing feet fish formation fossils fragments front geological gray green ground half hand hard head height hills hollow hour hundred ichthyolites inches island laid land least length less light looking lower mark mass miles minister minute morning nature nearly night occupied occur Old Red Old Red Sandstone once Oölite organisms original Orkney passed period piece plates portion precipices present reached regarding remains resembling rest rising rock sand says scales scarce Scotland seems seen shells shore side single slopes sound species specimens stone story stream surface thick tide tion upper valley various wall yards
Populaire passages
Pagina 388 - ... hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on all the face of the earth...
Pagina 236 - Beyond the shadow of the ship I watched the water-snakes; • They moved in tracks of shining white; And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire — Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire.
Pagina 41 - Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night. And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle...
Pagina 233 - Europe, in which there was any thing new or strange to be seen; nay\ to such a degree was my curiosity raised, that having read the controversies of some great men concerning the antiquities of Egypt, I made a voyage to Grand Cairo, on purpose to take the measure of a pyramid...
Pagina 134 - Seven golden talents to perfection wrought, A silver bowl that held a copious draught, And twelve large vessels of unmingled wine, Mellifluous, undecaying, and divine! Which now, some ages from his race conceal'd, The hoary sire in gratitude reveal'd.
Pagina 319 - The human animal is the only one which is naked, and the only one which can clothe itself. This is one of the properties which renders him an animal of all climates, and of all seasons. He can adapt the warmth or lightness of his covering to the temperature of his habitation. Had he been born with a fleece upon his back, although he might have been comforted by its warmth in...
Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | The Cruise of the Betsey: Or, a Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides ; with Rambles of a Geologist ; Or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland |
| Auteur | Hugh Miller |
| Redacteur | William Samuel Symonds |
| Uitgever | Gould and Lincoln, 1859 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | de University of Michigan |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 17 feb 2006 |
| Lengte | 524 pagina's |
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