 | Science - 1832 - 446 pages
...to be of a hard sandy substance. The sides of the valley from the top to the bottom are covered with trees, shrubs, &c. It was now proposed by one of the...where we were, this was difficult, at least for me, as one false step would have brought us to eternity, as no assistance could be given. We lighted our cigars,... | |
 | Geology - 1832 - 438 pages
...to be of a hard sandy substance. The sides of the valley from the top to the bottom are covered with trees, shrubs, &c. It was now proposed by one of the...where we were, this was difficult, at least for me, as one false step would have brought us to eternity, as no assistance could be given. We lighted our cigars,... | |
 | Joseph Belcher - 1834 - 590 pages
...a very hard, sandy substance. The sides of the valley, from the top to the bottom, are covered with trees, shrubs, &c. It was now proposed, by one of...where we were, this was difficult, at least for me, as one false step would have brought us to eternity, and no assistance could be given. We lighted our... | |
 | Gilbert Thomas Burnett - Botany - 1835 - 692 pages
...substance. The sides of the valley, from the top to the bottom, are covered with trees, shrubs, <fec. It was now proposed by one of the party to enter the valley; but at the spot where we were this wax difficult, at least for me, as one false step would have brought us to eternity, and no assistance... | |
 | Gilbert Thomas Burnett - Botany - 1835 - 1050 pages
...substance. The sides of the valley, from the top to the bottom, are covered with trees, shrubs, <fec. It was now proposed by one of the party to enter the valley; but nt the spot where we were this was difficult, at least for me, as one false step would have brought... | |
 | Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland - Asia - 1837 - 630 pages
...appeared to be of a hard sandy substance. The sides of the valley, from the top to the bottom, are covered with vegetation, trees, shrubs, &c. It was...the spot where we were, this was difficult, at least to me, as a false step would have brought us to eternity, and no assistance could be given. We now... | |
 | Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland - Asia - 1837 - 554 pages
...appeared to be of a hard sandy substance. The sides of the valley, from the top to the bottom, are covered with vegetation, trees, shrubs, &c. It was...the spot where we were, this was difficult, at least to me, as a false step would have brought us to eternity, and no assistance could be given. We now... | |
 | Literature - 1864 - 640 pages
...last appeared to us to be of a hard, sandy substance. It was now proposed by one of the party toenter the valley ; but at the spot where we were, this was difficult, at least for me, as one false step would have brought us to eternity, seeing no assistance could be given. We lighted our... | |
 | David Purdie Thomson - Meteorology - 1849 - 516 pages
...any vapour or any opening in the ground, which last appeared to us to be of a hard sandy substance. It was now proposed by one of the party to enter the...where we were, this was difficult, at least for me, as one false step would have brought us to eternity, seeing no assistance could be given. We lighted our... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1853 - 602 pages
...could not perceive any vapour or opening in the ground, which appeared to be of a hard sandy substanee. The sides of the valley, from the top to the bottom,...have been fatal, and no assistance could be given. Wo lighted our cigars, and, with tho assistance of a bamboo, wo descended to within eighteen feet of... | |
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... and the whole covered with the skeletons of human beings, tigers, pigs, deer, peacocks, and all sorts of birds. We could not perceive any vapour or any opening in the ground, which last appeared to us to be of a hard sandy substance. 
