| 1847 - 586 pagina’s
...by twenty-three in extent, Mr Lyell travelled, and we shall give the result of his observations. " It is one enormous quagmire, soft and muddy, except...encompasses it, and, to make the anomaly complete and in spite of the semi-fluid character, it is higher in the interior than towards its margin. " The... | |
| Half hours - 1847 - 560 pagina’s
...subject of such high geological interest, that I shall relate what I learnt of this singular morass. It is one enormous quagmire, soft and muddy, except where the surface u rendered partially firm by a covering of vegetables and their matted roots ; yet, strange to say,... | |
| Gideon Algernon Mantell - 1848 - 478 pagina’s
...plain, covered with all kinds of aquatic trees and shrubs, the soil being as black as in a peat-bog. It is one enormous quagmire, soft and muddy, except...by a covering of vegetables and their matted roots ; and is actually higher than nearly all the firm and dry land which encompasses it ; and to make the... | |
| Henry Thomas De La Beche - 1851 - 718 pagina’s
...partly in North Carolina, seems an excellent example. Mr. Lyell describes this swamp as " one vast quagmire, soft and muddy, except where the surface...a covering of vegetables and their matted roots."* From the nature of the mass, which appears to be chiefly formed of vegetable matter, spongy for the... | |
| Gideon Algernon Mantell - 1866 - 578 pagina’s
...river-plain, covered with all kinds of aquatic trees and shrubs, the soil being as black as hi a peat-bog. It is one enormous quagmire, soft and muddy, except...where the surface is rendered partially firm by a * Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. vol. xp 47. t Sir RI Murchison. — The following remarks of an eminent... | |
| 1872 - 556 pagina’s
...subject of such high geological interest, that I shall relate what I learnt of this singular morass. It is one enormous quagmire, soft and muddy, except...encompasses it, and, to make the anomaly complete, in'spite of its semi-fluid character, it is higher in the interior than towards its margin. The only... | |
| Robert Lomas - 1876 - 122 pagina’s
...subject of such high geological interest, that I shall relate what I learned of this singular morass. It is one enormous quagmire, soft and muddy, except...yet, strange to say, instead of being lower than the surrounding country, it is actually higher than nearly all the firm and dry land which encompasses... | |
| Alexander Henry Green, Louis Compton Miall, Alfred Marshall - 1878 - 400 pagina’s
...in a peat-bog. It is one enormous quagmire, soft and muddy except where Nwtli America, vol. ip 143. the surface is rendered partially firm by a covering of vegetables and their matted roots. On the western margin the land rises slightly above the surface of the swamp, but the liquid mire of... | |
| William Henry Giles Kingston - 1884 - 290 pagina’s
...DISMAL SWAMP. The soil, black as in a peat-bog, is covered with all kinds of aquatic trees and shrubs ; yet, strange to say, instead of being lower than the level of the surrounding country, it is in the centre higher than towards its margin ; indeed, from three sides of the swamp the waters actually... | |
| Charlotte Maria S. Mason - 1884 - 348 pagina’s
...other plants abound. One of the largest morasses in this low, flat region is the Great Dismal Swamp. It is one enormous quagmire, soft and muddy, except where the surface is covered by vegetables and their matted roots. In these Southern States, are few habitations of what... | |
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