Curiosities Respecting Mountains
Curiosities Respecting Mountains (II)
Natural Description of Mountains-The Peak in Derbyshire- Snowden in Wales-Skiddaw in Cumberland.
Natural Description of Mountains
ALMOST all the tops of the highest mountains are bare and pointed; which proceeds from their being continually assaulted by storms and…
Peak in Derbyshire (That time in utter darkness)
that time in utter darkness, and under a bed of some hundreds of feet deep, yet they were providentially taken out alive; the weight of the…
Peak in Derbyshire (After we had wandered here)
"After we had wandered here more than an hour, as beneath a dark and dusky sky, on a level sandy soil, the rock gradually lowered itself…
Snowden in Wales
when the dawn began to appear, they covered the moon, and we saw her no more. We proceeded by a very easy ascent over boggy ground till…
The Andes (Which lake is far distant)
which lake is far distant from the sea, and high above its level from this circumstance. Skiddaw is reckoned the highest mountain in…
Chap. XXXIX
CURIOSITIES RESPECTING MOUNTAINS.-(Continued.) The Andes-Pichinca-Monte Bolea-Pausilipo-Monte Nuovo -Spectre of the Broken-Gauts, or Indian…
The Andes
THE Andes is a great chain of mountains in South America, which, running from the most northern part of Peru, to the Straits of Magellan…
The Andes: Quito
Their common food in this inhospitable region was a little rice boiled with some flesh or fowl, procured from Quito; and, instead of fluid…
The Andes: Verona
MONTE BOLEA. - This is a hill or mount in the neighbourhood of Verona, in the north of Italy, celebrated for the uncommon abundance and…
The Pausilipo
different origin and nature. Its greater proportion is.composed of an aggregation of organic remains, and seems a cemetery of shells…
The Gaunts, or Indian Appenines
the landlord of the Broken, and having both put ourselves in the same position I had taken alone, we looked towards the Achtermannshöhe…
Written Mountains, Mountains of Inscriptions
or JIBBEL EL MOKATTEB. - This is a mountain, or chain of mountains, said to be in the wilderness of Sinai; and the marble, of which it is…
Mount Aihos
erect, and others lying flat; and "the more carefully they are examined, (says he,) the more certainly do they appear to be sepulchral…
Sulphur Mountains, in the Island of Iceland
"Having taken an early breakfast, (says he,) we set out towards the Sulphur Mountain, which is about three miles distant from Krisuvik. At…
Sulphur Mountains
from accidentally plunging one of his legs into the hot clay. "From whatever spot the sulphur was removed, steam instantly escaped; and in…
Volcanic Mountains
The fluid lake that works below, Bitumen, sulphur, salt, and iron scum, Heaves up its boiling tide. The lab'ring mount Is torn with…
Volcanic Mountains: Vesuvius
VESUVIUS, -is a celebrated volcano of Italy, six miles east of Naples. This mountain has two tops; one only of one only of which goes by…
Volcanic Mountains: Pompeii
The first eruption recorded in history, took place in the year 79; at which time the two cities of Pompeii and Hercu- 79; at which time the…
Volcanic Mountains: Somma
The heat, all this day, was intolerable at the towns of Somma and Ottaiano; and was sensibly felt at Palma and Lauri, which are much…
Volcanic Mountains: Ottaiano
Nothing could be more dismal than the appearance of Ottaiano after this eruption. Many of the houses were unroofed, and some lay half…
Volcanic Mountains: Torre
In the year 1794, there was a very tremendous eruption, and the mischief done was very considerable: the lava covered and totally destroyed…
Volcanic Mountains: Fahrenheit
The cold began now to be very intense; Fahrenheit's thermometer, which at the foot of the mountain was at fifty-four, now fell to…
Volcanic Mountains: Etna
The mountain seems to be made up, not of lava, but of sand, grit, and ashes; which are thrown up with discoloured stones, partly melted by…
Grotto in South Africa
all probability, to that degree as to render the earth, for a vast space around them, perfectly uninhabitable. In one word, so beneficial…
Chap. XLII
Grotto in South Africa-Grotto del Cani-Grotto of Antiparos -Grotto of Guacharo-Snow Grotto-Cave of Fingal-Cave near Mexico-The Nitre Caves…