| William Nicholson - 1812 - 860 páginas
...P several Islets in the several bits thrown into the po,o!s immediately sunk*. Tire '•k*. lake (1 call it so because I think the common name appropriate...enough) contains many islets covered with long grass and (shrub*, which are the haunts of birds of 'most exquisite plumage, as the pools are of snipe and plover.... | |
| 1812 - 680 páginas
...these crevices originate it may net be easy to explain. The lake contains many islets covered with Jong grass and shrubs, which are the haunts of birds of the most exquisite plumage, as the pools are of the snipe and plover. Alligators are also said to abound here.' pp. 64, 65. It appears at times to... | |
| E. Polehamton - 1815 - 470 páginas
...greater specific gravity than water, for several bits thrown into one of the pools immediately sank *. The lake (I call it so, because I think the common...enough) contains many islets covered with long grass and shrubbs, which are the haunts of birds of the most exquisite plumage, as the pools are of snipe and... | |
| Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 472 páginas
...water, for several bits thrown into one of the pools immediately *ank *. The lake (I call it so, becanse I think the common name appropriate enough) contains many islets covered with long grass and shrubbs, which are the hannts of birds of the most exquisite plumage, as the pools are of snipe and... | |
| Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - 1818 - 492 páginas
...greater specific gravity than water, for several bits thrown into one of the pools immediately i.mk *. The lake (I call it so, because I think the common...enough) contains many islets covered with long grass and shrubbs, which are the haunts of birds of the most exquisite plumage, as the pools are of snipe and... | |
| 1819 - 384 páginas
...of greater specific gravity thau water, for several blts thrown into the pools immediately sunk. " The lake, (I call it so because I think the common...with long grass and shrubs, which are the haunts of hirds of most exqnisite plumage, as the pools are of snipe and plover. Alligators are said to abound... | |
| 1819 - 382 páginas
...of greater specific gravity than water, tot several hits thrown into the pools immediately sunk. " The lake, (I call it so because I think the common...islets covered with long grass and shrubs, which are th •haunts of hirds of most exquisite plumage, as the pools are of snipe and plover. Alligators are... | |
| Edward Polehampton - 1821 - 462 páginas
...greater specific gravity than water, for several bits thrown into one of the pools immediately sank*. The lake (I call it so, because I think the common...here ; but it was not our lot to encounter any of * Pieces of asphaltum are, I believe, frequently found floating on the Dead Sea in Palestine ; but... | |
| Sir Richard Phillips - 1821 - 788 páginas
...entirely, without leaving any mark or seam. The pitch lake of Trinidad contains many islets covered with grass and shrubs, which are the haunts of birds of the most exquisite plumage. Its precise extent cannot, any more than its depth, be readily ascertained, the line between it and... | |
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