 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte - 1831 - Страниц: 344
...were it possible for these birds to comprehend it, it would excite the risibility of the whole tribe. of the sea. The appearance they present to a stranger...the day, spreading the gloom of a perpetual twilight belou-. On a nearer approach, they are found to rise out of the water, which, from the impregnation... | |
 | 1840 - Страниц: 494
...to the height of fifty or sixty feet, without a limb, and crowded in every direction, their tops so woven together as to shut out the day, spreading the...rise out of the water, which, from the impregnation offallen leaves and roots of the cedars, is of the colour of brandy. Amidst this bottom of congregated... | |
 | 1855 - Страниц: 624
...to the height of fifty or sixty feet, without a limb, and crowded in every direction, their tops so woven together as to shut out the day, spreading the...out of the water, which, from the impregnation of fallen leaves and roots of the cedars, is of the colour of brandy. Amidst this bottom of congregated... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1859 - Страниц: 720
...sometimes five or six in length, and appear as if they occupied the former channel of some choked up river, stream, lake, or arm of the sea. The appearance...the fallen leaves and roots of the cedars, is of the color of brandy. Amid this bottom of congregated springs the ruins of the former forest lie piled in... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1872 - Страниц: 758
...sometimes five or six in length, and appear as if they occupied the former channel of some choked up river, stream, lake, or arm of the sea. The appearance...closely woven together as to shut out the day, spreading thu gloom of a perpetual twilight below. On a nearer approach, they are found to rise out of the water,... | |
 | United States National Museum - 1926 - Страниц: 638
...stranger is singular. A front of tall and perfectly straight trunks, rising to the height of 50 or 60 feet without a limb, and crowded in every direction,...spreading the gloom of a perpetual twilight below. More modern conditions in that region are thus described in some notes sent to me by RP Sharpies: Down... | |
 | Arthur Cleveland Bent - 1963 - Страниц: 534
...to the height of 50 or 60 feet without a limh, and erowded in every direetion, their tops so elosely woven together as to shut out the day, spreading the gloom of a perpetual twilight below. More modern eonditions in that region are thus deseribed in some notes sent to me by RP Sharpies: Down... | |
 | James S. Cawley, Margaret Cawley - 1993 - Страниц: 438
...trees] present to a stranger is singular — a front of tall and perfectly straight trunks, rising to a height of fifty or sixty feet, without a limb, and...together as to shut out the day, spreading the gloom 208 The Wading of a perpetual twilight below. On a nearer approach, they are found to rise out of the... | |
 | 1876 - Страниц: 1242
...height of fifty or sixty feet, without a limb, and crowded in every direction, their tops so thickly woven together as to shut out the day, spreading the...the fallen leaves and roots of the cedars, is of the color of brandy. Amid this bottom of congregated springs the ruins of tho former forest Ho piled in... | |
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... river, stream, lake, or arm of the sea. The appearance they present to a stranger is singular — a front of tall and perfectly straight trunks, rising to the height of fifty or sixty feet, without a limb, and crowded in every direction, their tops... 