| 单词 | virgin forest |
| 例句 | After that they had to make their way through the virgin forest as best they might. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z For the next few years, I planted trees and later acquired a 45-acre virgin forest, saving it from destruction. Experience: I lived in a tree for two years 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z He writes about "virgin forests," "tropical luxuriance," "wild denizens" and their "gloomy recesses" and "the poetry of savage wilderness." "Godzilla vs. Kong": Monster movies evoke adventure but also "dangers" of tropics 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z True, it was deeper than many found in New York City but it was also notable for its lineage: it was a geological feature in the virgin forest of the New York Botanical Garden. Rediscovering the Natural Side of the Bronx 2010-10-07T21:58:00Z The trails thread through virgin forests of pine and spruce, past frozen lakes and meadows, with strategically placed cafes along the way and stunning vistas over the entire mountain range. Bohemia’s Secret Spot for Cross-Country Skiing 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Driving through Prislop Pass on the northern slopes of the Carpathian Mountains in Romania’s Muntii Rodnei National Park, I caught my first glimpse of the area, a dizzying green expanse thick with virgin forests. Cultured Traveler: Romanian Church Murals Offer Colorful Lessons 2010-06-18T16:50:00Z Extending north from Yellowstone National Park to Bozeman’s backdoor, the range consists of soaring peaks, alpine valleys and virgin forest - habitat important to the grizzly bears, elk and mountain goats that call the Gallatins home. Wilderness study underway in Gallatin Range 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z “The virgin forest was the nursery of Great Russian culture,” he writes. Condoleezza Rice on the 10 Days Still Shaking the World 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Agassiz was stunned by the immensity of the virgin forests. Imprint: My Upper Peninsula 2013-12-04T20:26:39Z Tarkovsky invests the withered tree with weighty allegorical references, but beyond that I found this scene to be film's equivalent of virgin forest. Clip joint: films within films 2010-05-05T12:12:00Z But before disappearing he put up their house and 300 acres of land -- most of it valuable virgin forest -- to make bail. "Winter's Bone": American film of the year? 2010-06-12T23:01:00Z Exhausted, with dark smudges across flushed cheeks, they watched Europe’s most destructive blaze in recent history advance through virgin forest across the hill. Tested in Greece’s Fires: An Emergency Force for 27 Countries 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Since 2017, local residents trained as wardens have been patrolling the dense virgin forest of this location in St Vincent and the Grenadines, on call 24/7 in the event of an intruder. Army of islanders to protect gecko the size of a paperclip 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z To the west is an area where three years ago ranchers coordinated the burning of several swaths of virgin forest in an episode famously known as the Day of Fire. Crucial illegal road threatens Amazon rainforest 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z “I lived in a virgin forest, I lived like a savage,” he said. ‘The Sacrifice Zone’: Myanmar bears cost of green energy 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z The area had everything the men desired: low-lying tracts, perfect for growing rice, coconuts and other crops; abundant marine life for fishing; and virgin forests for wood. Review | At Balangay, a chef crafts ambitious Philippine food in a pop-up 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z “There is no virgin forest left in Alexandria and Arlington,” said Brian. Perspective | Alexandria’s tiny Monticello Park gains a big honor 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z He noted, with a hint of intrigue, that he recently visited a preserved area of virgin forest full of massive trees. After writer’s murder in the Amazon, can his vision survive? 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z Much of that was virgin forest, cut down by loggers and farmers who came after the road was built. The radio station giving indigenous people a voice 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z The Amazon also saw terrible destruction from blazes, including in virgin forest. The Top Five Climate Stories of 2020 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Fires last month burnt recently deforested areas as well as virgin forest, a worrying trend that suggests the rainforest is becoming drier and more prone to fire. Brazil's VP Mourao says mining in indigenous lands is legal, but needs regulation 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z Ranchers are also making headway into virgin forest. Amazon continues to burn in 2020 despite promises to save it 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z Its destruction was the same as three football pitches of virgin forest being destroyed every minute in 2018. Amazon under threat: fires, loggers and now virus 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z "This is Amazonia, this is one of these places that a few years ago we thought to be like a virgin forest, an untouched environment." Crops cultivated in Amazonia '10,000 years ago' 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z Investors from Argentina and Brazil are bulldozing acres of virgin forest to plant soy. Paraguay’s Response to Modernist Architecture? Clay, Mud and Timber 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Soon they were cutting timber day and night, the crash of falling trees echoing throughout the virgin forest. Inside the bloody cartel war for Mexico's multibillion-dollar avocado industry 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z Romania is home to the largest remaining virgin forests in Europe and demonstrators also called for stricter laws. Romanians protest over illegal logging and murders 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z At current rates, the report added, the entire forest in Biolequin, a major reservoir of virgin forest, could “disappear in less than a decade.” How Mars Inc., maker of M&Ms, vowed to make its chocolate green. And failed. 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z In 2003, the last remaining 67 acres of virgin forest in the area, was recognised by Unesco as a World Heritage Site. In pictures: Nigeria's fertility goddess festival 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z “I just want to disappear like the animals in the virgin forest. It is awful to encumber people with your remains,” he told French television four years ago. Fashion bids farewell to Karl Lagerfeld at his final Chanel show 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z The 23-mile-long Ross Lake is the crown jewel, its deep blue waters teeming with fish, and virgin forest and glacier-studded peaks rising above the shores. For a user-friendly backcountry trip, combine camping with boating on Ross Lake 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z "The forest is virgin forest, that should be saved," he said while looking at the images. A battle to save Indonesia's orang-utans 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z The case involves deforestation in the Carpathian mountains which shelter some of Europe’s last virgin forests – similar in nature to Poland’s Białowieża but on a larger scale. Romania breaks up alleged €25m illegal logging ring 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Reaching up and pushing aside the last, dark green boughs, the 50-year-old finally pops his head through the emerald gloom of the virgin forest into the golden September sun of the Caucasus Mountains. Gravity-Defying Villagers Risk Their Lives for Christmas Trees 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z “It’s one of the few remaining virgin forests in Indiana,” Lorenz said. Southern Indiana land trust gift includes old-growth trees 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z On the Brunei side, the virgin forest is preserved, with few if any roads. Satellite eye on Earth: October – in pictures 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z To others, it was an unnecessary encroachment that marred a pathway through virgin forest. Hikers dismayed by cut to old-growth forest trail in Oregon 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z The protected areas are 5,000 times the size of Manhattan’s Central Park and include volcanoes, virgin forests and miles of wild coastline. Chile’s new ‘route of parks’ aims to save the wild beauty of Patagonia 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z West Papua is home to the world’s largest gold mine by reserves, one of the world’s biggest copper mines and vast areas of virgin forest. Pacific island nations call for UN report on Papua abuses 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Originally, loblolly pine, known officially as Pinus taeda, was commonly found along banks of streams in virgin forests of Texas. Towering loblolly pine tree in East Texas cited as largest 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z As a doctoral student he took part in an expedition to the virgin forests of Gunung Mulu in Sarawak, on the north coast of Borneo. Ecology: Winged insights : Nature : Nature Research 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z With new technology and a crackdown on logging, Romania is racing to save some of Europe's last virgin forests, home to wolves and brown bears. Romania moves to protect some of Europe's last virgin forests 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Ivory Coast lost 80 percent of its virgin forest between independence from France in 1960 and 2010, according to the European Union. Ivory Coast evicts thousands of cocoa farmers to save forests 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z It stood out and up, covered with a remnant of virgin forest after the land around it was clear-cut in the 1880s. Seattle’s Florist Row was wiped out by I-5 construction 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Eventually, tired of being targeted for spraying, Ovalle’s father moved the family deep into a nature reserve – where fumigation is off limits – cut down virgin forest and planted coca. After 30 years on the frontline, Colombia looks beyond the failed war on drugs 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z Three times as long and twice as deep as the Panama Canal, it would slice 170 miles across the southern part of the country — bulldozing through fragile ecosystems, virgin forests and scenes of incredible beauty. Lost in Nicaragua, a Chinese Tycoon’s Canal Project 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z Peruvian officials favour a northern route through virgin forests rich in biodiversity. The Chinese chequebook 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z In spite of the lengthened fire season and the risk, public officials continue to allow developers to build businesses and homes on the edge of virgin forest. In the dry West, housing growth puts firefighters in the path of wildfires 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z And at a time when as little as two percent of virgin forest remains in the U.S., Sponsor Generated Content: Saving trees: a story about going further 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z It offered a new perspective on her tiny sliver of virgin forest, which was now surrounded on three sides by 52 rapidly expanding villages full of desperately poor people. Jane Goodall Is Still Wild at Heart 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z The wood in many of the District’s rowhouses, particularly those built before the 1930s, is high-quality lumber cut from old-growth or even virgin forests that no longer exist in this country. Beauty appears out of the woodwork 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z But the Forest Service argues that it must keep southeast Alaska’s loggers and sawmills in business until a replacement source of timber is ready: second-growth forests, now maturing on lands where virgin forests were clear-cut. A Battle to Keep Trees, or an Industry, Standing 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z The central problem facing policymakers is that trees are usually worth more dead than alive; that is, land is worth more as pasture or cropland than as virgin forest. A clearing in the trees 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z That is, Brazil, in theory, will compensate farmers for keeping virgin forests on their lands. Legal Uncertainty Cuts Progress against Amazon Deforestation 2013-06-05T22:15:01.693Z Navy, and now by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority, that is one of the last virgin forests on Luzon Island. Shadows of an Old Military Base 2013-04-26T17:03:31Z A championship golf course has already been carved out of the virgin forest. A new city rising from the jungle 2012-12-17T01:30:20Z But if the region harbored only small, scattered populations, then today's ecosystem is truly virgin forest and perhaps very vulnerable to human activities. What Did the Amazon Look Like Before European Contact? 2012-06-14T20:25:00Z In 1818, Sir Stamford Raffles found it an island covered with virgin forests and dense jungles, with a miserable population on its creeks and rivers of fishermen and pirates. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z They were obliged to force their way through virgin forest. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z Time was when Ship House Point had been covered with a virgin forest extending even to the water's edge. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z The air was filled with delicate wild odors, a fragrance which is like no other—the breath of a virgin forest. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z There are no people for scores of miles round, and the country indeed is mostly virgin forest. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z Beyond this, our road lay across a grassy common, into a picturesque lane leading to the virgin forest. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z To carve these conditions out of virgin forest in two generations is a feat that well deserved its recognition. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z Just half a century had elapsed since, cutting down the virgin forest to make room for the ways, they laid her keel blocks in the clearing. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z In order to make room for a small, mean little plant of personal life, we destroyed a whole garden of fancy and hewed down a virgin forest of aesthetic ideas. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z Near the coast runs a continuous belt of plantations, while grazing, tobacco and general farm lands cover the lower slopes of the hills, and virgin forests much of the uplands and mountains. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z Though they are in reality minute, they grow in the owners' minds to veritable parks or virgin forests. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z He looked about him, and the spell of this virgin forest came upon him like a charm; only the sound of falling water, the murmur of wind sighing among innumerable branches, broke the enveloping silence. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z Inwood Hill Park, with its pastoral overlooks onto the Hudson River, was considered “virgin forest,” as one report put it at the time, a last bastion of “wild Manhattan.” City Room: At 75, the Henry Hudson Bridge Is Showing Its Age 2011-12-12T21:59:29Z Above foliage, flower and building rose the noble mountain mass in the distance, with its sholahs of virgin forest, its glades and slopes of green grass and peaks of bare grey rock. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z She coaxes and entreats in phrases of delirious, dream-like beauty descriptive of that wondrous land—"There where the virgin forests rise 'mid fragrance softly stealing." Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z The Manchu is attached to his native land; he loves to live in the open, and is never so happy as when galloping across the endless plain or hunting in the virgin forests. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z In the background, was virgin forest; pine, spruce and hemlock, locking their dark branches. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z Top-line growth is the best way to boost revenue but so is cutting cost like a beaver in a virgin forest. How to Stop Wasting Time at Conferences 2011-11-17T15:11:00Z It inhabits country that is low, level, and swampy, and that is at the same time covered with lofty virgin forests. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z For the last two hours I've been forcing my way through what seemed to me to be a virgin forest. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z The Ojibway are essentially a timber people, whose manners and customs were formed and governed by the environment of lakes and streams, and who were ever surrounded by the vast virgin forests of pine. Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi 2011-11-02T02:00:10.087Z He was no great thinker or discoverer, no newly fertile soil with the unexhausted strength of a virgin forest. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z The very mention of it conjures up a vision of lean, sinewy, brown-faced men, in fur caps and moccasins and fringed buckskin, slipping through virgin forests or pushing across sun-scorched prairies—advance-guards of civilization. Gentlemen Rovers 2011-10-22T02:00:27.907Z This alone would account for the fact that basswoods greatly outnumbered all other trees in the virgin forests of the Ohio Valley. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z It reaches an average height of 50 to 80 feet and a diameter of 2 to 3 feet, though much larger trees are found in virgin forests. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z But the virgin forest itself soon becomes but a green monotony which, through extent and mystery, dominates and compels to awe and some dread. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z In the Eastern States particularly, the courses have had for the most part to be carved out of virgin forests. The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer 2011-08-21T02:00:29.747Z The queen of the whole virgin forest, however, is the magnolia. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z A tall, stately forest tree, it reached two hundred feet in height, and a trunk diameter of ten feet, in the lower Ohio Valley, when it was covered with virgin forest. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Its virgin forest was now decked out with leaf and flower which sent fragrance to the sea-weary voyagers. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z This species, peculiar to South America, is rarely seen except in the shades of the virgin forest. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z This agricultural practice has been routine with the Mayan people for centuries and apparently has had a profound effect on the vegetation, severely limiting the extent of virgin forest. Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula 2011-06-21T02:00:27.783Z On the south side of the river stretched out illimitable rolling prairies, while the northern side was covered with the densest virgin forest for many miles. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z This famous lumber, preferred by shipbuilders of many countries for masts, grew in the virgin forest of the Carolinas. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Nelly probably traveled home in a carriage of some sort for the trail led through the virgin forest. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z His idea was to give to Bolivia, which the Andes shuts out from the Pacific, and two thousand miles of virgin forest from the Atlantic, a door communicating with the outside world. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z Down and down still sank the valley towards its junction with the Olifant—studded throughout its enchanting length with dark green patches of virgin forest, strung like emeralds upon the chain of a crystal stream. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z An alternative idea is that the greater diversity of amphibian species in virgin forest helps the fungus to spread. Frog puzzle 2011-06-01T10:54:00Z He has the savagery of the virgin forest; he has the intoxication of the high sea. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z The fragrance of "pyne" reached them from the virgin forest that covered the face of the land. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z Indonesia’s president signs a two-year moratorium on new logging concessions in the island nation’s still-prolific virgin forests, part of a $1 billion climate change deal with Norway intended to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from deforestation. Green: On Our Radar: Indonesia Signs Deal to Protect Virgin Forests 2011-05-20T15:43:35Z It proved to be 369 a virgin forest, the greatest of the world, through which a path had to be cut almost the entire distance. Explorers and Travellers 2011-05-11T02:00:17.627Z The history of forest fires in this State may well prove of interest to other States having virgin forests. Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 2011-05-07T02:00:26.100Z The silver mines of Potosi, the virgin forests, and mighty cordilleras of South America, are words familiar and full of interest to European ears. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z In a short while Henry Spelman was to find himself in a virgin forest among painted savages and wild beasts. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z A virgin forest clothed its side and great bald peaks and precipices peeped out in grayish, rugged contrast. Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant 2011-03-28T02:00:27.040Z Let her be lost in a virgin forest, if only for a moment, and out of the nowhere some villain arises to buffet her with odious and violent attentions. Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z There is a festival in a virgin forest! Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell 2011-03-10T03:00:44.993Z It is not an uncommon mistake to suppose that the virgin forest is the best forest for human purposes. Wood and Forest 2011-03-01T03:00:42.647Z In the rear the virgin forest must have furnished an impressive background. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z Cities have shot up which are as huge and bewildering, as impenetrable and as endless, as nothing else has been save those virgin forests now fast receding before the onward march of the tilled land. ?mile Verhaeren 2011-02-26T03:00:52.147Z In the tract of virgin forest, where I was in the habit of meeting him by appointment, there was neither house nor hut. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z Leagues upon leagues of virgin forest flowed back from my point of vantage till the perspective ended in a misty blur. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z It is probable that the virgin forest produces but a tithe of the useful material which it is capable of producing. Wood and Forest 2011-03-01T03:00:42.647Z The simple church, cloistered in the virgin forest, invited worship, but the churchyard on Sundays was a festive place in those days. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z In order to make room for a small, mean little plant of personal life we destroyed a whole garden of fancy, and hewed down a virgin forest of esthetic ideas. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z It is true, the virgin forest still flourished in immediate contact with those fields, shorn, tilled, and smoothed as they were, giving a wild and solemn setting to the rural picture the latter presented. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z The mysterious depth of the virgin forest impresses them. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z It is a mistake to 228 suppose that the natural virgin forest is the best possible forest, and that it should therefore be left alone. Wood and Forest 2011-03-01T03:00:42.647Z The Monroes lived in a plain frame two-storied house "within a stone's throw of ... a virgin forest." The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z The virgin forest, which at one time covered that plain, is gone; the powerful life of Nature is fled; the impenetrable foliage which overshadowed this fertile soil has fallen under the axe. The Village Notary 2011-01-03T03:00:57.863Z The moment these narrow limits were passed, however, the traveller entered the virgin forest, with no other sign of man around him than what was offered in the little worked and little travelled road. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z In the solitude of the virgin forest I am calm, tranquil, experience no ennui and am almost merry. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z When that virgin forest has been cut off, there will be no new region to exploit; whereas, heretofore, when a region was exhausted, the lumbermen have always had a new one to which to move. Wood and Forest 2011-03-01T03:00:42.647Z In fact, Balboa and his men, who had been detained by the countless obstructions to a passage through a virgin forest, made their appearance shortly, and soon the two commanders met and embraced. Vasco Nu?ez de Balboa 2011-01-02T03:00:18.200Z We are going on this trip far back into the virgin forest, and the trail is long and rough; how then can we transport an unwieldy crosscut saw and such fragile stuff as glass? Woodcraft 2010-12-30T03:00:30.337Z The virgin forest of America is usually no place for the ordinary sportsman. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z I neither love nor understand anything except my virgin forest. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z The field lay fallow; a vast public domain was opened; virgin forests awaited the axe. The Outlook: Uncle Sam's Place and Prospects in International Politics 2010-12-30T03:00:21Z It argues that such activities are actually raising carbon emissions in many cases because virgin forests are being cut down. Friends of the Earth urges end to 'land grab' for biofuels 2010-08-29T23:05:00Z And fortunately, she said, half of that virgin forest sits in nations such as Peru, Suriname, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where agricultural pressure is relatively low. Forest Loss Slows in Brazilian Amazon 2010-08-11T11:40:00Z We were quite an hour before we reached the limits of the settled farms on my own property; after which, we entered the virgin forest. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z To curb erosion, China also paid farmers to abandon steep, hillside plots and banned logging in virgin forests. Will A Disastrous Summer of Floods and Accidents Force China to Clean Up Its Act? 2010-08-10T11:25:00Z Licenses already granted to clear peat land or virgin forest would be honored, Mr. Purnomo said. Indonesia Agrees to Curb Commercial Deforestation 2010-05-27T21:59:00Z However it did not specifically address any of the claims in the report about making paper from virgin forest. The deflowering of the EU's green logo 2010-04-15T16:33:00Z In this region, one of the few remaining virgin forests is Belt Woods, a state-owned, limited-access tract in Prince George's County. Forests growing back in U.S. face man-made tests 2010-04-05T04:00:00Z The spot commanded a pleasing view of a wide expanse of meadows, and of a distant hill-side, that still lay in the virgin forest. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z Nearly all the rubber exported at present is taken from the wild trees growing in the virgin forests of this province. The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise Flora.—Brazil not only is marvellously rich in botanical species, but included at the beginning of the 20th century the largest area of virgin forest on the surface of the earth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" Pomerania, protected on the south by virgin forests and almost impenetrable morasses, was in those days inhabited by a valiant and savage Slavonic race akin to the Wends, who clung to paganism with unconquerable obstinacy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" Every year more of the virgin forest on the mountainside is cleared and planted to young apple and peach trees. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway They chased him across great smoking cities, over plains without mark or bound, save the brown circle of the horizon, through the thick coverts of virgin forests. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion This was in marked contrast to areas on the west coast, where one would need to travel many miles inland to find virgin forest. Birds from North Borneo University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Volume 17, No. 8, pp. 377-433, October 27, 1966 Along the coast, much of the virgin forest has been cut away, not only for the creation of cultivated plantations, but to meet the commercial demand for Brazil-wood and furniture woods. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" Although representing less value in the aggregate, the collecting of cinchona bark is one of the oldest forest industries of Bolivia, which is said still to have large areas of virgin forest to draw upon. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" From where she sat a great mountain head, turreted with bronze-faced krantzes, rose up against the unclouded blue, set off by a V-shaped foreground of tossing, tumbling foliage—in a word, virgin forest. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising But the four men riding there, making a path for themselves through this well-nigh virgin forest, had little thought to give to the beauties of Nature. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War We were in the mouth of a fine river, banked by high bluffs covered with thick virgin forest. A Veldt Vendetta Most of the way the journey was through virgin forest. Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North Her virgin forests have some of the richest woods known to commerce. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 Consequently, beetles of this family are most abundant in forest regions, and reach their highest development in the dense virgin forests of tropical countries, South America being particularly rich in peculiar genera. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" The "breaking out" of the road through the virgin forest kept on in this way until the men were some distance farther on than they were when the children first came upon the scene. Five Little Starrs in the Canadian Forest Csányi had four hundred acres of virgin forest to forty acres of arable land. Eyes Like the Sea These two backwoodsmen, simple as the virgin forests to which they belonged, were not keen enough to observe this. In the Brooding Wild In one of her rambles she crossed a small waterfall; she struck right into the depths of the virgin forest, following a narrow path along the bank of a little stream. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century This place was so completely sheltered by the virgin forest, that one could feel no wind, and only knew by the sound when it blew. Timar's Two Worlds In the virgin forest of social injustice and social untruth, the forest in which mankind has lost its way, make for us clearings and sunlit glades. The Forerunners These were, of course, trees of the virgin forests, long since removed that we and all the world might have lead-pencils. Old Plymouth Trails In the middle stands the huge volcano Cherimai, clad with virgin forest and coffee plantations, and surrounded at its foot by rice fields. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" In the tract of virgin forest where I usually met him, there was neither house nor hut. Our Young Folks—Vol. I, No. II, February 1865 An Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls The children gazed with admiration at this virgin forest which the eyes of a white man perhaps had never beheld. In Desert and Wilderness It was there, on this flat, that I beheld the most majestic, the finest virgin forest that existed in the world. Adventures in the Philippine Islands Evidently, the planet Kropotkin still had considerable virgin forest. Ultima Thule Finally, passing through the thousand difficulties which a virgin forest offers in the night time, he came to a small clearing. Friars and Filipinos An Abridged Translation of Dr. Jose Rizal's Tagalog Novel, 'Noli Me Tangere.' He might as well suppose that the pioneers of civilisation who hew down virgin forests have no conception of the happy homesteads they are making room for. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) All were surrounded by high stockades for protection against lions, and these were so entwined with creepers that even close at hand they looked like clumps of a virgin forest. In Desert and Wilderness I must indeed have been very much pre-occupied, for a virgin forest between the tropics, and particularly in the Philippine islands, is in nowise to be compared with our European forests. Adventures in the Philippine Islands If this were the case, the earth would now be a virgin forest and a great many animals and plants would not have been adapted to the use of man. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study These flying or climbing stars are the constellations of virgin forests. The Industries of Animals These, with the women and children accompanying them, form a population of 200 souls suddenly established in the depths of a virgin forest. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' In a few moments both girls were chattering gaily, all thoughts of losing themselves, or of other dangers which these virgin forests might conceal, having passed from their minds. The Hound From The North I have merely set apart for him so many acres of swamp and virgin forest. The Greater Power It was a strange feeling, that of whirling along by steam where so few years before the Indian and the trader had toiled through the virgin forest, bending under the weight of their canoes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 The Orang-outang, which lives in the virgin forests of the Sunda Archipelago, does not feel the need of constructing a roof against the rain. The Industries of Animals That is why we're only ready to offer you out-district virgin forest value for the portions colored blue in this plan. Thurston of Orchard Valley Pioneers were penetrating the virgin forest on all sides. The Madcap of the School This may be considered as one of the few virgin forests remaining in Corsica. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. She held a mortgage on every inch of free roadway, rugged hilltop, or virgin forest her feet crossed. Seven Miles to Arden A log cabin built with hardwood logs or with pitch-pine logs can seldom be made as tight as one built with the straight spruce logs of the virgin forests. Shelters, Shacks and Shanties The virgin forest is his domain, and he is not the man to rob it of its primeval charms. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness Behind the hacienda—at some hundred paces distance from the stockade—the clearing ended, and thence extended the virgin forest in all its sombre and primitive majesty. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora But all I know of woodcraft is hatcheting me a path through virgin forest.” The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel The jungles of India, the virgin forests of Brazil, the towering crests of the Andes, beloved by the Condor, were reduced, as a field for exploration, to a patch of pebbles enclosed within four walls. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles The virgin forests and great hills were a perpetual joy, but there was a tranquil pleasure in the plantation which man's labour had reclaimed from these. Apologia Diffidentis At this season of the year, too, the virgin forest is often the victim of another despoiler—the hurricane. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness Their way lay through a broad belt of virgin forest, which stretches between Âtok and Pĕnjum, a distance of about half a dozen miles. In Court and Kampong Being Tales and Sketches of Native Life in the Malay Peninsula Besides the wonderful view it affords, its western end gives a unique example of absolutely virgin forest. The Greatest Highway in the World Historical, Industrial and Descriptive Information of the Towns, Cities and Country Passed Through Between New York and Chicago Via the New York Central Lines. Based on the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Only they hadn't, because that was virgin forest, too. Eight Keys to Eden Another source of natural wealth lies in the virgin forest with which the greater portion of the country is clothed, down to the water's edge. British Borneo Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo It represented the Republic, or Progress, or Civilisation, under the form of Jesus Christ driving a locomotive, which was passing through a virgin forest. Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man In due time the matter was compounded, William Penn agreeing to accept an immense belt of virgin forest in North America in full settlement of his claim. A Handful of Stars Texts That Have Moved Great Minds At first sight they produce the impression of a virgin forest of oaks. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Under the dense underbrush of cane and briers throughout much of the virgin forest, reproduction of any of the merchantable species is of course impossible. Seasoning of Wood A pioneer comes to a spot in the virgin forest which pleases him and proceeds at once to cut down the trees in order to make a clearing. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year The fungi, are, therefore, one of the most important agents in providing available food for the virgin forest. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. When the earthquakes occur in remote regions, far from the habitations of men, in the midst of virgin forests, or in the vicinity of large lakes, they give rise to very singular phenomena. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror Think of hunting in the virgin forest, and bringing the game home to you! The Cosmic Express A large part of the way lay through virgin forest. Some Reminiscences of old Victoria Unknown people, virgin forest, beautiful women and plenty of gold. Valley of the Croen Well!" said I, "you must confess now that virgin forests may have something good in them. Adventures of a Young Naturalist Mr. Fennington, Herbert’s father, had become interested, together with several other business men of Clintonia, in a timber deal comprising 129 many acres of almost virgin forest in the northern part of the state. The Radio Boys Trailing a Voice or, Solving a Wireless Mystery In the virgin forests surrounding the settlers' homes, the crimson berried holly tree against the dark background of lofty pines brightened the winter landscape. In Ancient Albemarle To succeed would require shrewdness, good sense, courage and physical strength—for a long journey through virgin forests would have to be made and many dangers encountered. A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. The virgin forest brought its owner more than $160,000 and the second growth is ready to cut. Blue Ridge Country Lucien, now reconciled to the virgin forests, was never tired of admiring the varieties of trees, shrubs, or bushes, and the infinite number of the winged inhabitants which enliven them. Adventures of a Young Naturalist They are like flowers that have grown up in virgin forests, nurtured by rain and sunshine, fanned by vigorous breezes and shielded from all the hot-house influences of a morbid civilization. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science Young as he was, he looked still younger: a pale, eager, intellectual face, with flashing eyes, delicately carved features, and a virgin forest of dark hair falling low on his brow. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 Here his men landed and sought a mast for the ship in the virgin forest that ran down to the edge of the salt water. A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. Then they wondered at her prodigies, the water-spouts, the volcanoes, the virgin forests; and they bought M. Depping's work on the Marvels and Beauties of Nature in France. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life Five or six different species of their genus grow in these virgin forests. Adventures of a Young Naturalist On the other side of the Amazon also is a still larger tract of virgin forest, where not a single civilised man is to be found. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America At about two miles from the city we entered the virgin forest, where we saw giant trees covered to the summit with parasites upon parasites. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure Lambert I knew only by reputation—-as half the world knew him—a man of the people: lumber boss, mill owner, proprietor of countless acres of virgin forest; many times a millionaire. A Gentleman's Gentleman 1909 From the lower margin of the mighty wall the broken hills, covered with virgin forest, fell away with lessening steepness to the plains. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer Their bodies and limbs are also more slender and spider-like; and their whole conformation seems intended to adapt them for dwelling in the great virgin forests of the New World. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys The plantation was a large one, and situated on very broken ground, surrounded by the virgin forest. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 For it is a tract of virgin forest, in which settler’s axe has never sounded, rarely traversed by ridden horse; still more rarely by pedestrian. The Death Shot A Story Retold “It has been observed that the trees now growing on ... ancient Indian mounds ... display the same beautiful diversity and proportion of kinds as in the surrounding virgin forests.” The Foundations of the Origin of Species Two Essays written in 1842 and 1844 Despising danger in every form, they wandered over rivers and lakes and through virgin forests, and "blazed" a track, as it were, for the future pioneer. Canada Every summer the air is filled with the smoke of burning forests, and the lumbermen are at work harder than ever felling virgin forests upon more and more remote mountain slopes. The Western United States A Geographical Reader The road soon began to rise, taking a fine sweep about the shoulder of Bear Mountain, and then making its way over obstacles of a pronounced nature, through a very poor and peaked "virgin forest." Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book There was not a house visible, or the sign of the beginning of a house, but half-an-hour later, in apparent virgin forest, I found another board nailed to a big eucalypt. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile Among these foothills and valleys, lies the region of the virgin forest. The Mountain that was 'God' Being a Little Book About the Great Peak Which the Indians Named 'Tacoma' but Which is Officially Called 'Rainier' Her rigors keyed the sinews of his will; The strength of virgin forests braced his mind; The hush of spacious prairies stilled his soul. Our American Holidays: Lincoln's Birthday A Comprehensive View of Lincoln as Given in the Most Noteworthy Essays, Orations and Poems, in Fiction and in Lincoln's Own Writings It is a work of art, and was found in the virgin forest in digging. Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 2 In these great virgin forests tribes of monkeys find their home, and the tapir and the cougar have their being. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development Singular instructions for men grappling with a virgin forest! Fort Amity Algeria contains millions of acres of virgin forests, ready to be explored. A Journey Through France in War Time In this backwoods hut, surrounded by virgin forests, Abraham's first four years were spent. Our American Holidays: Lincoln's Birthday A Comprehensive View of Lincoln as Given in the Most Noteworthy Essays, Orations and Poems, in Fiction and in Lincoln's Own Writings So he would have stalked through virgin forests. The Triflers There are virgin forests of great extent in these sparsely populated regions, both of the Pacific and Atlantic slopes. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development There's a lovely brook running through the farm, and the largest virgin forest in the county. Watch Yourself Go By This afternoon I shall work183 north to look over some virgin forest ground near here. Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods At this time the town was little more than a clearing hewed out from the virgin forest. Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers The strength of virgin forests braced his mind, The hush of spacious prairies stilled his soul. Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two The great tracts of virgin forests and unutilised resources of the state call for foreign capital, and the Americans are those who have responded principally. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development We were on the borders of a virgin forest, and the overpowering beauty of the vegetation soon erased all memory of the squalor and lifelessness of La Mona. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America Slowly a passage was cut, with axes, through the virgin forest on either side; for the lesson they had received had checked their impetuosity. Under Drake's Flag A Tale of the Spanish Main The way through the virgin forest was almost brief. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon Great stretches of virgin forest still remain within whose dim recesses nothing is changed since the days the Indians dwelt in them. The Boy With the U. S. Foresters The Boy Lieutenant was the first lumberman to put axe into the virgin forests of Wisconsin. The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis As a rule the virgin forest is exceedingly wasteful of ground. Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest Protecting Existing Forests and Growing New Ones, from the Standpoint of the Public and That of the Lumberman, with an Outline of Technical Methods Over this territory, usually occupying miles and miles of virgin forest, lofty mountain, and fair valley, are scattered the dependents and relatives of the warrior. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir In fancy she roamed through the virgin forest, before the white man had come to destroy the Indian lodges. The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods Or, The Winnebagos Go Camping It is reminiscent of the tropics, with virgin forests standing in the water, and islands covered with luxuriant growth scattered here and there. In the World War Huger and huger galleasses were built, masted and timbered with mighty trunks from the virgin forests of the Old World, four and five feet thick. Days of the Discoverers Others, remembering some stand they have seen in unfavorable localities, or noting shade-suppressed trees which will not be paralleled after the virgin forest is removed, are unduly discouraged. Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest Protecting Existing Forests and Growing New Ones, from the Standpoint of the Public and That of the Lumberman, with an Outline of Technical Methods He selects a patch of the virgin forest every year, and with the bolo and rude axe, clears and cultivates the land. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir The colony of Petropolis proved to be situated in the depth of a virgin forest, at an elevation of 2500 feet above the sea-level. The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands You've hacked the virgin forest into shapes and fringes where once it was an ample mantle seamed only by the rivers, and frayed here and there at distant intervals by the settler's ax. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady She turned and saw the great bulk of the office building behind her, then faced this small clearing with a virgin forest on its farther side. The Runaway Skyscraper In the pure atmosphere of his country home, amid its broad fields and virgin forests, contracted houses in narrow streets had no charms for him. Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of William H. F. Lee (A Representative from Virginia) Delivered in the House of Representatives and in the Senate, Fifty-Second Congress, First Session Special attention is here called to the fact that the spot selected must be one of virgin forest. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir It was three thousand feet in height, and was ascended by a broad paved road, striking through the depths of virgin forests. The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands The cabin clearing, or rather the thinned-out grove which stood in lieu thereof, was but a niggard acre hemmed in on every side, save that toward the river, by the virgin forest. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady Each little village of the old English community possessed a general independence of its own, and lay apart from all the others, often surrounded by a broad belt or mark of virgin forest. Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain "All this was virgin forest when you went away," said he. Burned Bridges At his hand were the gray cliffs backed by grassy patches, running away inland to virgin forest. Poor Man's Rock Crossing a small waterfall, she struck right into the depths of the virgin forest, pursuing a narrow path which ran along the bank of a little stream. The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands Its sacredness recalls the schoolgirl's definition of a virgin forest: "One in which the hand of man has never dared to put his foot into it." The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm But what inroad could the stone hatchet make unaided upon the virgin forests of those remote days? Science in Arcady These he told to Daniel Boone, an adventure-loving Pennsylvanian, who had made his way to North Carolina, and built himself a home in the virgin forest at the head-waters of the Yadkin. Historic Tales, Vol. 1 (of 15) The Romance of Reality I am sure this is a delusion, and the dense virgin forests, even when swampy, are, in a state of nature, perfectly healthy to live in. Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 2 It will be objected to us that the virgin forest hides in its magnificent solitudes a thousand dangerous animals, while the marshy basins of the French garden conceal at most a few harmless creatures. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century The woodland near the western limit proved to be practically a virgin forest, in which oak trees predominated. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm The cabin seemed to expand into the virgin forest and the open plain. Nocturne To the north and north-east are the steaming, death-breeding low lands, abounding with dank virgin forests and scrubby stretches; and to the north-west extend the arid, sandy, and stony levels. Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed (2nd ed.) The Conspiracy of the 19th Century Unmasked What the virgin forests of America are to the Americans, the Alps are to us. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series Who could it be that dared alone to disturb the solitude of the virgin forest, and who went along in these dreary woods humming a melody? In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians They were resting after a long tramp of inspection through the virgin forests. The Man in the Twilight Liosha flourishes," he writes in one of his last Vesta letters, "like a virgin forest of green bay trees. Jaffery He cannot go to the virgin forests, for the land is owned by private individuals; he cannot go to the mines, for they are the property of the coal barons. The Transgressors Story of a Great Sin Their words are scanty, but their handiwork is plain; the gap hewn in the virgin forest, bridge flung over frothing river, and the raw rent of the giant powder amidst the lonely hills. Alton of Somasco The half used force of the rapid stream, and the giant pines of the virgin forest then shadowed all the region about, were full of reproach to the restless miller. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 5, February, 1885 The sun poured out its flood of summer upon a world of virgin forest. The Man in the Twilight The ground was steep and difficult, and a storm raged all the night; fifteen years later he declared that none of his marches in the virgin forests of America was so arduous as this. The Liberation of Italy The descent of the northern slope is even steeper than the other side; but instead of rocks, it is the rich soil of virgin forests. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama And it must be remembered, further, that this result was obtained, not from virgin forest land exclusively, but from land the greater part of which consisted of old native plantations. Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore It might be compared with the story of a hermit who tried to cut a dwelling-place for himself in a virgin forest; the more zealously he worked with his axe, the thicker the forest grew. The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories At the edge of the wood the trees grew comparatively far apart, but as Cuthbert proceeded further into its recesses, the trees in the virgin forest stood thick and close together. The Boy Knight The old post road between New York and Albany was, for the greater part of the way, but a rough belt through a virgin forest. The Conqueror We will walk together, axe in hand, through my park, which is as dense and impenetrable as the virgin forests of America, or the jungles of India. The Cross of Berny The adjacent land, to which virgin forest top soil had been applied, had no such growth of new rootlets, nor had any of the adjacent land, to which no top dressings had been applied. Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore The return trip to Tahoe Tavern is made through a virgin forest, on a ridge between Watson Lake and the Truckee Valley, the trail having been outlined only about five years ago. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter These prefaces reveal Thomas as working more with chips than with whole planks from a virgin forest. Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: in Mizzoura For six hours the route lies through a virgin forest composed of orange, cedar and other trees, mingled with dense thorny thickets, trunks of decayed trees and a twisted network of climbers. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 90, June, 1875 These people are under-sized nomads, dwarfs or pigmies, who live in the uncleared virgin forest, and support themselves on game, which they are very expert in catching. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients With an abundance of wood from the virgin forests they would build a roaring fire in these ovens and finish the whole week's baking at one time. Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 Pluto, 8500 feet, the sides of which are covered with a dense virgin forest, thus presenting a magnificent and glorious sight. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter In the S. are stretches of pastoral land and virgin forest, with excessive rains, and cold, raw climate. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge At the edge of the wood the trees grew comparatively far apart, but as Cuthbert proceeded farther into its recesses, the trees in the virgin forest stood thick and close together. Winning His Spurs A Tale of the Crusades We intended to spend Christmas here for it was a beautiful spot, surrounded by virgin forest, but our celebration was to be on Christmas Eve. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China An exuberant vegetation that suggested a virgin forest was qualified by the presence of several hundred people. The Delectable Duchy Now we came to a stretch of perfect virgin forest. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter Unable to subsist while clearing farms in the virgin forest, thousands were congested in the cities. The Glories of Ireland It is covered throughout the greater part of its extent with virgin forest containing magnificent stands of the best timber. The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 1 of 2) It is one of the loveliest drives I know, along the Morin, by the mills, through the almost virgin forest. On the Edge of the War Zone From the Battle of the Marne to the Entrance of the Stars and Stripes We are rapidly cutting away the last of our virgin forests. The School Book of Forestry He will here see virgin forests, which, if not quite as thick and beautiful as those farther inland, are still remarkable for their luxuriant vegetation. A Woman's Journey Round the World Why, then,—while so much of the soil around him was bestrewn with the virgin forest leaves,—why should Colonel Pyncheon prefer a site that had already been accurst? House of the Seven Gables He dropped off into deep thoughtfulness as if he had forgotten his grievances in a bitter meditation upon the unsanitary condition of the virgin forests on the left bank. An Outcast of the Islands Long stretches of the highway led through the virgin forest, for miles unbroken by a clearing or sign of human habitation. The House Behind the Cedars This section is a long distance from the last of the virgin forests of the Pacific Coast country. The School Book of Forestry A broad paved road, traversing virgin forests, runs up the side of the mountain. A Woman's Journey Round the World My soul flits away into the virgin forests and to the savannas. Les Misérables On the other side the virgin forest bordered the path, coming close to it, as if to provoke impudently any passer-by to the solution of the gloomy problem of its depths. An Outcast of the Islands The river was a beautiful way, admitting us into the penetralia of virgin forests. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 The massive log building from Oregon is fairly representative of that state of virgin forests, notwithstanding the mistaken attempt to reproduce the classic Parthenon in such a crude medium. The Architecture and Landscape Gardening of the Exposition A Pictorial Survey of the Most Beautiful Achitectural Compositions of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition I had always imagined that in virgin forests the trees had uncommonly thick and lofty trunks; I found that this was not here the case. A Woman's Journey Round the World One day he appeared In Usólovo village Upbraiding the people For lack of religion, And calling them forth To the great virgin forest To seek for salvation. Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia? Gigantic, mauve and hairy leaves Hang like obliterated faces Full of dim unattained expression Such as haunts virgin forest places When Silence leaps among the trees And the echoing heart deceives. Georgian Poetry 1916-17 Edited by Sir Edward Howard Marsh It seemed as if a portion of the virgin forests of America or Central Africa had been transported here. The Mysterious Island Herman Mordaunt accompanied us three miles; which led him to the end of his own settlements, and to the edge of the virgin forest. Satanstoe Four miles beyond Canto Gallo, we crossed a small waterfall, and then entered one of the most magnificent virgin forests I had yet beheld. A Woman's Journey Round the World Soon they reached the region of the upper pines, which are small, and presently passed a piece of virgin forest—of those great pines which have no like in Europe. The Isle of Unrest We found ourselves in a virgin forest, with all its wildness, dampness, gloomy shadows, dead and fallen trees, and unequal surface. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale The Court House, not the Meeting House, was his forum, and he rode there through miles of virgin forests to dispute with his neighbor. The Man in Gray As the bringing up these materials, through a country that was little else than a virgin forest, was no easy task, it occupied us quite two days. Satanstoe Some part of the way, too, lay through virgin forests, which, however, were not nearly so beautiful or thick as some I had traversed on my excursion to the Puris. A Woman's Journey Round the World Smoking-room, house, England, all were gone, and he sat on a settee in the heart of a virgin forest of the Amazon. The Doings of Raffles Haw All that country above Yankee Fork, for a hundred miles, after you've gone fifty north from Bonanza, is practically virgin forest. The Desert and the Sown Here are virgin forests and almost inexhaustible coal veins. The Call of the Cumberlands This area, however, was cleared only in a settlement fashion; having patches of virgin forest scattered pretty profusely over its surface. Satanstoe For my own part, I could see no “virgin forests,” as by this term I understand a forest of mighty trees. A Woman's Journey Round the World In this area there are over a million square miles of virgin forest, "the largest and densest on earth." Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America Even the virgin forests of America cannot, in my belief, boast of such numerous feathered denizens. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 A splendid virgin forest surrounded me, thick with undergrowth, the immense trees whispering together far above. Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond The rough fields, lately won from the virgin forest, showed here and there, among the stumps, a few log-cabins, roofed with slabs of pine, spruce, or hemlock. A Half-Century of Conflict - Volume II They generally collect in large bands, and retire into the recesses of the virgin forests, whence, however, they often emerge to steal and plunder; their depredations are not unfrequently accompanied by murder. A Woman's Journey Round the World After this rest we continued our journey, and next day came to the edge of a virgin forest. Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America At three the loud sound of a hunters horn is heard in the distance; all follow His Excellency in a path cut through the then virgin forest of Powell Place. Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present Here was virgin forest, a dense growth, right close up to the house, a barrier hedging in his fields where he wanted room. Growth of the Soil We had been passing through hundreds of miles of wonderful virgin forests for the last two weeks, with only an occasional opening for village cultivation and an occasional log town of more or less importance. With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia Besides, the gentlewomen were now pretending to each other that he did not exist, and no other rash persons had been driven by hunger into the virgin forest of elm-trees. Buried Alive: a Tale of These Days Around the limpid streams and at the borders of the virgin forests, containing untold wealth, tents made of skin drawn over boughs cut roughly from trees, could be seen in every direction. My Native Land The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People; with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the Instruction of the Young The first white explorers to set foot upon its fertile soil were awed by the magnitude and grandeur of its boundless stretches of virgin forests. The Centralia Conspiracy But even in the Tropics the virgin forest, beautiful as it is, is without doubt much less beautiful, both in form and colours, than it might be made. At Last Attracted by her vast mining possibilities, by her enormous virgin forests, by her practically unlimited capacity for grain-production, the capital of Europe is knocking at the doors of Russia. The War and Democracy Only think of a virgin forest or prairie, after over-populated Belgium or finished England! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 11, September, 1858 There is a pleasure in diving into a virgin forest and commencing the labours of civilization, that has no exact parallel in any other human occupation. Wyandotte They are so young, so fresh, so full of the odors of the virgin forest untrod by the foot of white man! American Indian stories It was no light task to cut a road through near a hundred and fifty miles of virgin forest, over two great mountain ranges and across innumerable streams, nor was it lightly undertaken. A Soldier of Virginia So, from the door of the cabin he'd built, Sally could see the virgin forest all about her, while she was a-movin' about the room getting dinner for the young 'uns. Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp Or, Lost in the Backwoods Newspapers were unknown in that virgin forest, and books were like angels' visits, few and far between. The Life of Abraham Lincoln This is not a sightly object, and the captain had ordered the line to be drawn within the woods, so that the visible boundaries of the open land were the virgin forest itself. Wyandotte And thou, O zephyr, who learnest rare harmonies in the stillness of the dark night amid the hidden depths of our virgin forests! The Social Cancer In this virgin forest of thick grass there was no trace of human life. From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan Every fall the shoemaker made his rounds through the country, reaching our place last, for beyond us lay only virgin forest and wild beasts. The Log-Cabin Lady — An Anonymous Autobiography We afterwards found that the untrodden wilds of our virgin forest were traversed by a regular hourly service of tramcars; alas for vanished illusions! Here, There and Everywhere Behind him, to the east, the virgin forest rises to the serrated peaks of the Nevada. The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance It was perhaps half a mile long; the virgin forest hung about it like a great green curtain, and the shadows of the blue mountains seemed as if painted upon its surface. Love's Pilgrimage One could hardly discover a more arid country, devoid of vegetation, particularly of trees, than Greece; and to compare it with the apparently inexhaustible wealth of virgin forests of Oregon makes the contrast almost grotesque. The Art of the Exposition During this stay, too, I made an expedition to Minas, the gold mine country, a long journey on mule-back, through the magnificent monotony of the virgin forest. Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville There are broad green rides cut through them, reminiscent of covers in an English park, but certainly not suggestive of a virgin forest. Here, There and Everywhere Its natural habitat is the dry bark of virgin forest trees. Man or Matter On the next day we set out rather late, and having come to the end of the clearings made by Mr. Bulow, I found myself in a virgin forest for the first time. The Physiology of Taste Tavernake's fit of mirth came with as little apparent reason as the puffs of wind which every now and then stole down from the mountain side and made faint music in the virgin forests. The Tempting of Tavernake We felt ourselves an outpost of civilization, building a new road into the virgin forest of the unknown. Political Ideals One almost expects to hear the beaters' sticks rattling in them, and I did not think that they could compare with the splendid virgin forests of Brazil. Here, There and Everywhere And the nearness of his bracing personality blew across the artificial atmosphere in which she lived like the cool breath of great moors or of virgin forests. Saturday's Child "Then the recleared lands are not as productive as when they were first cleared from the virgin forest?" The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, But how often must he say despairingly to himself: "A single individual! alas, only a single individual! and this great forest, this virgin forest!" Beyond Good and Evil These were true virgin forests, but their extent was limited to the narrow river valleys. Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador We were staying at Petropolis, and Lyon, fired by my accounts of these virgin forests, declared that he must see one for himself. Here, There and Everywhere The walk in this wood-which is not an Opening, but an old-fashioned virgin forest—we found delightful of a warm summer's day. Oak Openings In the pre-golden era this wide valley, lying open to sun and wind, had been a lovely grassland, ringed by a circlet of wooded hills; beyond these, by a belt of virgin forest. Australia Felix On horseback, he traversed a virgin forest, obliged to bend over his horse's neck to avoid the huge branches of holm-oaks and cork-trees, and laurels and heather that were thirty feet high. Balzac The road had innumerable turns, and in many places ran very near the edge of steep ravines, which were often covered with almost virgin forest. See America First At first the grandeur, the remoteness, the solemnity of the virgin forest fell on his spirit with a kind of awe. The Blazed Trail After this interval the land is regarded as being almost as good as the virgin forest land, and has the advantage that the jungle on it can be more easily felled. The Pagan Tribes of Borneo Our mountains and their valleys are clad with trees of splendid growth, virgin forests of priceless worth; hard woods of all kinds, which have no superior throughout the world. The Lady of the Shroud There was little to attract wanderers here: the nearest mines were fifty miles away; the virgin forest on the mountains inland were penetrated only by sawmills and woodmen from the Bay settlements, equally remote. Under the Redwoods For the park, from the time a Northern Duke had first alienated it from the virgin forest, had been rigidly preserved. Tales of Trail and Town Now it seems probable to me that a wide extent of unbroken and equally lofty virgin forest is necessary to the comfortable existence of these animals. The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 Banana trees, palm trees, cedars, great leaves, enormous thorns, and queer branches twisted and mingled as in a virgin forest. The Memoirs of Victor Hugo In spite, however, of all drawbacks, it is vastly more easy to travel on these tracks than to go straight over uncultivated ground, or virgin forest. A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 The public schools of those days were still virgin forests, untouched by the hand of reform. Eminent Victorians If only I knew where there was a virgin forest or a small South Sea island for sale, cheap— Mrs. Stockmann. An Enemy of the People The next mile or two was a tolerably steep ascent through a grand virgin forest, the trees being of great size, and the undergrowth consisting of fine herbaceous plants, tree-ferns, and shrubby vegetation. The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 Beyond this, our road lay across a grassy common into a picturesque lane leading to the virgin forest. The Naturalist on the River Amazons One starlit night, coming from Quebec, as we slipped by a virgin forest, the opening lines of Evangeline flashed upon me. Drift from Two Shores This mountain covered with virgin forest is the property of the Living Buddha. Beasts, Men and Gods For that the Superman may not lack his dragon, the superdragon that is worthy of him, there must still much warm sun glow on moist virgin forests! Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none A very curious ape, the Siamang, was also rather abundant, but it is much less bold than the monkeys, keeping to the virgin forests and avoiding villages. The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 A landscape of this description always produced in me an impression of sadness and loneliness which the luxuriant virgin forests that closely hedge in most of the by-waters of the Amazons never created. The Naturalist on the River Amazons The poor man had twenty-two lives at my disposal, and not a single real; prairies of twenty thousand acres, and not a house; virgin forests, and not a stick of furniture! Letters of Two Brides By letting in the light of heaven upon the dark and damp recesses of the wood, they form a sort of oases in the solemn obscurity of the virgin forests of America. Pathfinder; or, the inland sea The Secretary is reminded of the shapeless protoplasm, and the Inspector of the carelessness of virgin forests. The Man Who Was Thursday, a nightmare The path by which I had arrived continued along one side of this clearing, and then again entering the virgin forest passed over hill and dale to the northern aide of the island. The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 Arrived at this part we were, in fact, in the heart of the virgin forest. The Naturalist on the River Amazons To them Paris is what the virgin forest is to beasts of prey. Scenes from a Courtesan's Life Each had more or less of wood; and the greater number at that distant day were clothed with the virgin forest. Pathfinder; or, the inland sea The little clearings made scarcely an impression in the towering virgin forests. The Foolish Virgin In the Sadong, where I observed it, the Mias is only found when the country is low level and swampy, and at the same time covered with a lofty virgin forest. The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 I attributed their abundance to the number of new clearings made in the virgin forest by the native settlers. The Naturalist on the River Amazons South of Gold Beach, climbing a narrow road through the virgin forest, they heard from far above the jingle of bells. The Valley of the Moon One might think it a virgin forest, made primeval again through some phenomenon granted exclusively to forests. Sons of the Soil Over great areas even of this suitable land flies and mosquitoes, armed with infection, had so far defeated human invasion, and under their protection the virgin forests remained untouched. The World Set Free The island of Singapore consists of a multitude of small hills, three or four hundred feet high, the summits of many of which are still covered with virgin forest. The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 There is not that grand uniformity of aspect throughout the year which is observed in the virgin forest, and which makes a deeper impression on the naturalist the longer he remains in this country. The Naturalist on the River Amazons This stretch of the Thames from London Bridge to the Albert Docks is to other watersides of river ports what a virgin forest would be to a garden. The Mirror of the Sea A few hours beyond Jahi we passed the limits of cultivation, and had the beautiful virgin forest coming down to the water's edge, with its palms and creepers, its noble trees, its ferns, and epiphytes. The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 |
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