 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1835 - 468 pagina’s
...nearly half of the whole contents of the lake were slowly Ch. II.] IN THE VALLEY OF BAGNES. drained off. But, at length, on the approach of the hot season,...the residue of the lake was emptied in half an hour. Iti' the course of its descent, the waters encountered several narrow gorges, and at each of these... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - 1836 - 396 pagina’s
...above the lake. In 1818, in consequence of the fall of avalanches, the Dranse was completely damned up, so that a barrier of ice remained across its channel,...portion of the remaining mass of ice gave way with a tremenduous crash, and the residue of the lake was emptied in half an hour. In the course of its descent,... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - 1841 - 478 pagina’s
...forms a part of the main valley of the Rhone, above the lake of Geneva, in Switzerland. Through this 6 valley passes the river Dranse, which falls into the...barriers, rushed forward with increased violence, sweeping alnng rocks, housis, trees, bridges, and cultivated lands. For the greater part of its course, the... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - 1841 - 398 pagina’s
...January, 1829. valley passes the river Dranse, which falls into the Rhone above the lake. In 1 8 1 8, in consequence of the fall of avalanches, the Dranse...forward with increased violence, sweeping along rocks, hous s, trees, bridges, and cultivated lands. For the greater part of its course, the flood resembled... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - 1841 - 388 pagina’s
...January, 1829. valley passes the river Dranse, which falls into the Rhoi<e above the lake. In 1 8 1 8, in consequence of the fall of avalanches, the Dranse...forward with increased violence, sweeping along rocks, hous s, trees, bridges, and cultivated lands. For the greater part of its course, the flood resembled... | |
 | Hamilton Lanphere Smith - 1848 - 336 pagina’s
...the contents of the lake were drained off, but on the approach of the hot season, the remaining mass gave way with a tremendous crash, and the residue of the lake was emptied in half an hour. As the mass of waters and floating ice swept Jhrough the narrow gorges, it rose sometimes to an immense... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1857 - 168 pagina’s
...deepened their channel, until nearly half of the whole contents of the lake were slowly drained off. But at length, on the approach of the hot season,...in half an hour. In the course of its descent the waters encountered several narrow gorges, and at each of these they rose to a great height and then... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1865 - 880 pagina’s
...deepened their channel, until nearly half of the whole contents of the lake were slowly drained off. But at length, on the approach of the hot season, the central por;ion of the remaining mass of ice gave way with a tremendous crash, and the residue of the lake... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1867 - 746 pagina’s
...deepened their channel, until nearly half of the whole contents of the lake were slowly drained off. But at length, on the approach of the hot season,...lake was emptied in half an hour. In the course of their descent, the waters encountered several narrow gorges, and at each of these they rose to a great... | |
 | 1869 - 420 pagina’s
...taken. Half the contents of the lake were quietly and safely drained off by an artificial channel ; but at length, on the approach of the hot season, the central portion of the icy barrier gave way with a tremendous crash, and in half an hour the residue of the lake had escaped... | |
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To prevent the consequences apprehended from the sudden bursting of this barrier, the people cut a tunnel through it, several hundred feet in length, before the water had risen to any considerable height. When the water had accumulated so as to reach... 
