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Pagina 44
... near the Rom Causeway , a Roman ornament of pure gold was found Roman camp - kettle was found eight feet deep under moss on the estate of Ochtertyre ; in Flanders Moss - similar utensil was found ; a Roman jug was found.
... near the Rom Causeway , a Roman ornament of pure gold was found Roman camp - kettle was found eight feet deep under moss on the estate of Ochtertyre ; in Flanders Moss - similar utensil was found ; a Roman jug was found.
Pagina 45
... feet of peat , there occur irregularly oval pavements of stone , overlaid often by a layer of wood- ashes , and surrounded by portions of hazel stakes , the remains , apparently , of such primitive huts as those LECTURES ON GEOLOGY . 45.
... feet of peat , there occur irregularly oval pavements of stone , overlaid often by a layer of wood- ashes , and surrounded by portions of hazel stakes , the remains , apparently , of such primitive huts as those LECTURES ON GEOLOGY . 45.
Pagina 46
... feet high , it consisted of two stories , each about four feet in height . One side of the building was entirely open , and a stone chisel was found on the floor , indicating that this ancient domicile belonged to the stone period ...
... feet high , it consisted of two stories , each about four feet in height . One side of the building was entirely open , and a stone chisel was found on the floor , indicating that this ancient domicile belonged to the stone period ...
Pagina 51
... that of the ocean , of from fifteen to thirty feet . At some unascertained peric regarded as recent by the geologist , —for man seem have been an actor on the scene at the time , - but re 52 LECTURES ON GEOLOGY . by the historian , -
... that of the ocean , of from fifteen to thirty feet . At some unascertained peric regarded as recent by the geologist , —for man seem have been an actor on the scene at the time , - but re 52 LECTURES ON GEOLOGY . by the historian , -
Pagina 53
... feet over it . It is strongly marked on the southern side of the Dornoch Frith , immediately below and for sev- eral miles to the east of the town of Tain , where it attains a breadth of from one to two miles , and where the old sea ...
... feet over it . It is strongly marked on the southern side of the Dornoch Frith , immediately below and for sev- eral miles to the east of the town of Tain , where it attains a breadth of from one to two miles , and where the old sea ...
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amid Ammonites ancient animal Arthur Seat beds Belemnite beneath boulder-clay boulders Brora Caithness Carboniferous Chalk character clay Coal Measures Coccosteus cones contains creature Cromarty curious cuttle-fish deposits depth district earth Eathie elevation existing extinct feet fish flora forests formation fossils fragments Frith furnished ganoid geological geologist glacier gneiss granite gravel grooved Gulf Stream Highlands hills hollow Hugh Miller hundred island lake land least LECTURES ON GEOLOGY Lias Loch lower mark masses miles molluscs Moray Morayshire mosses neighborhood northern occur ocean old coast line Old Red Sandstone Oolite organisms peculiar period plants Pleistocene portion precipices present remains reptiles resemble rising river rocks sand scarce scenery Scotch Scotland Scottish seems seen shells shores side Silurian Sir Roderick species specimens stone strata stratum stream surface Tertiary thick thousand tide tion tract trap trees Triassic upper valley vast vegetable waves
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Pagina 222 - Traced like a map, the landscape lies In cultured beauty stretching wide ; There, Pentland's green acclivities ; There, Ocean, with its azure tide ; There, Arthur's seat ; and gleaming through Thy southern wing, Dunedin blue ! While, in the orient, Lammer's daughters, A distant giant range are seen, — North Berwick Law, with cone of green, And Bass amid the waters.
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Pagina 282 - With boughs that quaked at every breath, Gray birch and aspen wept beneath ; Aloft, the ash and warrior oak Cast anchor in the rifted rock ; And, higher yet, the pine-tree hung His shattered trunk, and frequent flung, Where seemed the cliffs to meet on high, His boughs athwart the narrowed sky.