A Year in Brazil: With Notes on the Abolition of Slavery, the Finances of the Empire, Religion, Meteorology, Natural History, EtcK. Paul, Trench, 1886 - Broj stranica: 444 |
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... feet above the sea level , will , I hope , be found of some interest . I must refer to two very valuable works from which I have quoted largely : Professor Emanuel Liais's * " Climats , Géologic , Faune , et Géographie botanique du ...
... feet above the sea level , will , I hope , be found of some interest . I must refer to two very valuable works from which I have quoted largely : Professor Emanuel Liais's * " Climats , Géologic , Faune , et Géographie botanique du ...
Stranica 11
... feet , was one mass of flowers . I also saw one fine india - rubber plant ( Ficus elastica ) about twenty feet high , and as much in diameter , with leaves a foot long . Rather larger than his brother in the study at home ! The heat was ...
... feet , was one mass of flowers . I also saw one fine india - rubber plant ( Ficus elastica ) about twenty feet high , and as much in diameter , with leaves a foot long . Rather larger than his brother in the study at home ! The heat was ...
Stranica 12
... feet high by six feet wide , and has a semi - circular roof . There is a footway in the centre , and two channels - one at each side - for the water , which also flows under the pavement forming the footway . At this point the aqueduct ...
... feet high by six feet wide , and has a semi - circular roof . There is a footway in the centre , and two channels - one at each side - for the water , which also flows under the pavement forming the footway . At this point the aqueduct ...
Stranica 13
... feet , high , and rises very abruptly . It is also called Pico de Teyde . Extending along the whole east coast of the island is a range of hills , beneath which , at the north - east , lies the capital , Santa Cruz ; these mountains ...
... feet , high , and rises very abruptly . It is also called Pico de Teyde . Extending along the whole east coast of the island is a range of hills , beneath which , at the north - east , lies the capital , Santa Cruz ; these mountains ...
Stranica 14
... feet . We passed the south end of Teneriffe at 8 a.m. , and the summit of the Peak remained in sight till 1.30 p.m. , when it was lost in the mist ; we only saw it about sixty - five miles off , but the appearance was very fairy - like ...
... feet . We passed the south end of Teneriffe at 8 a.m. , and the summit of the Peak remained in sight till 1.30 p.m. , when it was lost in the mist ; we only saw it about sixty - five miles off , but the appearance was very fairy - like ...
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