The Cruise of the Betsey: Or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the HebridesGould and Lincoln, 1859 - 524 pagina's |
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Pagina 20
... regarding this submerged deposit , but he had never heard of it . There are , however , many such on the coasts of both Britain and Ireland . We staid at Oban for several hours , waiting the arrival of the Fort William steamer ; and ...
... regarding this submerged deposit , but he had never heard of it . There are , however , many such on the coasts of both Britain and Ireland . We staid at Oban for several hours , waiting the arrival of the Fort William steamer ; and ...
Pagina 42
... regarding the nature of the creatures to which they had belonged ; they were teeth made for hacking , tearing , mangling , — for amputating limbs at a bite , and laying open bulky bodies with a crunch ; but I could find no such evidence ...
... regarding the nature of the creatures to which they had belonged ; they were teeth made for hacking , tearing , mangling , — for amputating limbs at a bite , and laying open bulky bodies with a crunch ; but I could find no such evidence ...
Pagina 43
... regarding it , that the less I inquired into its history on the spot , the more was I likely to feel satisfied that I knew something about it . There seem to have been no chroniclers , in this part of the Hebrides , in the rude age of ...
... regarding it , that the less I inquired into its history on the spot , the more was I likely to feel satisfied that I knew something about it . There seem to have been no chroniclers , in this part of the Hebrides , in the rude age of ...
Pagina 58
... regarding his curious dis- covery . " I visited the island of Eigg , " he says , " in 1825 or 1826 , for the purpose of shooting , and remained in it several days ; and as there was a great scarcity of game , I amused myself in my ...
... regarding his curious dis- covery . " I visited the island of Eigg , " he says , " in 1825 or 1826 , for the purpose of shooting , and remained in it several days ; and as there was a great scarcity of game , I amused myself in my ...
Pagina 91
... regarding this red head- land merely adds one proof more to the many furnished already , of the inadequacy of mineralogical testimony , when taken in evidence regarding the eras of the geolo- gist . The hard red beds of Ru - Stoir ...
... regarding this red head- land merely adds one proof more to the many furnished already , of the inadequacy of mineralogical testimony , when taken in evidence regarding the eras of the geolo- gist . The hard red beds of Ru - Stoir ...
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Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
amid Ammonites ancient animal appearance Banffshire beach Belemnite Betsey bones boulder boulder-clay broken Caithness chalcedony character clay cliffs coast Coccosteus color Conglomerate Cromarty curious dark deep deposit detached Diplopterus Dipterus district Dunnet Head Eigg exhibit existing fish flat formation fossils fragments Free Church Frith geological geologist gneiss granite gray green ground height Highlands hills hollow Holoptychius hundred feet ichthyolite beds inches island Isle Kirkwall land least length Lias Liasic loch Lower Old Red mass miles minister Moray morning nearly neighborhood nodule numerous occur Old Red Sandstone Oölite Orkney Ornsay Osteolepis passed peculiar piece pitchstone plates Portree precipices present quarry rampart resembling rising rock sand scales scarce Scotland Scuir seems seen shale shells shore side Skye slopes Small Isles species specimens stone strata Strathpeffer stratum stream surface thick thickly Thurso tide tion upper valley vessel wall
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...