| 单词 | range of mountains |
| 例句 | On his dreadful journey, after the shaman has wandered through dark forests and over great ranges of mountains,...he reaches an opening in the ground. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It may be that the birth and death of the day had some part in my feeling about the two ranges of mountains. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z At eight o’clock, the sun rose, and as they continued tramping steadily upward toward the great range of mountains in their path, the only sound was the crunch of their footsteps in the snow. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The dwarf pushed his black dragon across a range of mountains. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A low range of mountains made a bowl of a valley cut through by a beautiful river. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z It is a long narrow swale between two ranges of mountains, and the Salinas River winds and twists up the center until it falls at last into Monterey Bay. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z A range of mountains looms in the distance, partly concealed by floating shredded bands of clouds. Contemporary Art Works of Often Subtle Beauty 2010-10-08T15:11:00Z Later, as we stood atop an old stone bridge, grandpa pointed to a range of mountains barely visible in the distance. Short story: England and My Clan by Yan Lianke 2010-03-22T12:02:00Z It’s cleaved by the Cordillera, a narrow range of mountains, rocky heights, waterfalls, cliffs and canyons. King of the banana republic 2012-06-03T21:00:00Z We were driving through the alfalfa and wheat fields in Oregon’s far northeastern corner when there they were: a range of mountains seemingly erupting from the valley floor. An OR road trip through Swiss-Alps-like mountains 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z The upper part of the mountain where the racing is taking place is largely an exposed rock face in a range of mountains that rises from a plain on the northwest edge of Beijing. In Yanqing, the Wind Blows and the Skiers Wait. And Wait. And Wait. 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z "It's a long range of mountains, and very difficult for the Iraqi army to control. There are a lot of hide-outs and caves." Islamic State 'getting stronger again in Iraq' 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z But if this conveyor happens to run into a barrier on the way - such as a range of mountains - the ice will be forced upwards and scoured by winds to reveal its cargo. UK meteorite hunt bags large haul 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z “You see that first range of mountains,” he said, pointing south. A Cryptocurrency Millionaire Wants to Build a Utopia in Nevada 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Returning south to get supplies early in the expedition, an engine on the Twin Otter died and Phipps, the pilot, nearly crashed as he steered over a range of mountains. An Insurance Salesman and a Doctor Walk Into a Bar, and End Up at the North Pole 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Farrington, who is originally from Los Angeles, says he is often struck by the beauty of the area, where the Umpqua River flows between the Coast and Cascade ranges of mountains. Before the shooting, Oregon's Umpqua Community College was a safe place for a fresh start 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z The photo above shows a range of mountains on Pluto, indicating that the planet is likely geologically active. Around The Universe: Ariane 5 Launch, New Horizons Reaches Pluto, And Jupiter Has A Twin 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z Also, about two hours before landing in Mandalay, Solar Impulse will have to fly over a big range of mountains up to 3,000m in height. Solar aeroplane heads across India 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z He was referring to a small range of mountains where some fighters are operating. Somali Puntland worried Islamists may move its way: leader 2014-03-05T17:15:46Z Hejaz is divided longitudinally by the Tehama range of mountains into two zones, a narrow littoral and a broader upland. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Back from the coast lies a range of mountains, rising often 3,000 feet above the level of the sea. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z Here and there were ranges of mountains, some of considerable altitude. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z We are at the foot of the range of mountains which forms the backbone of the island. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z The huge range of mountains, of which the Himalaya forms the chief part, is by far the greatest mountain range in the world. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z After long-continued fogs, and every variety of bad weather, once more to see from the window in the morning the clear range of mountains and their pinnacles, is indeed 269 a grand spectacle. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z The railway passes through two ranges of mountains, whose snow-capped summits stood out in beautiful contrast to the azure sky. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Two or three of the curious conical hills which abound in this country rose at a considerable distance, and in the horizon were the peaks of the most fantastically-jagged range of mountains I ever saw. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z The outer ranges of mountains are mainly covered with forests of Pinus longifolia, rhododendron, oak and Pieris. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z By going over this pass we had avoided the curious and impassable gorge by which the Bhong-chu cuts through a high range of mountains. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z To the north he found his view obstructed by another and even more rugged range of mountains. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z The Spanish side of the great range of mountains is abrupt in comparison with the French slopes, which are gay with fashionable spas, and fertile with slow, winding rivers, such as the Garonne. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z You have crossed many steep and precipitous ranges of mountains, more than ten thousand feet in altitude, where your supplies could not keep pace with you. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z Beyond the plain and the sea are ranges of mountains and the island of Eubœa. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z Mary and I live in a beautiful valley between two ranges of mountains and very near the marsh-lined shores of a great ocean bay. Insect Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:36.600Z The town of Alaró, which lies close to the base of the northern range of mountains, is connected by a light railway with the main line at Consell. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z It is part of a long, deep valley, between abrupt ranges of mountains, and abounds in loveliness. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z The cloud-enveloped summits of one high range of mountains on the western shore, are crowned with eternal snow, presenting a most fantastic appearance, and affording many a wild and weird theme to Chinese romancers. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z Nevertheless, viewed from the 650 Pacific, it presents the appearance of a great natural wall, with many volcanic peaks towering above it and with a lower range of mountains intervening between it and the sea. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z One tribe occupied the island of Tierra del Fuego to the north and east of the coast range of mountains, of which Mts. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z The noses of the horses had been pointing directly towards a precipitous cleft in the range of mountains, and almost unexpectedly we entered the valley that divided two great hills. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z Iron Mountain, the town in which was located the mine where he was to work, was a village of about seventeen hundred inhabitants, nestling between two high ranges of mountains. The Iron Boys in the Mines or, Starting at the Bottom of the Shaft 2012-03-11T03:00:13.327Z High ranges of mountains are visible inland, and in some places descend even to the river's edge; while generally the country becomes of a more undulating, diversified appearance. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z In the same range of mountains there are besides these other places of the same description, but of less importance. An Historical View of the Philippine Islands, Vol I (of 2) Exhibiting their discovery, population, language, government, manners, customs, productions and commerce. 2012-03-01T03:00:24.137Z Towards the north and east I had already noticed a long range of mountains. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Elsewhere the eye met nothing but range upon range of mountains. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z On the W. they are not so clearly marked, being formed partly by low ranges of mountains and partly by the rivers March and Leitha. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z It is curious to observe how the embouchure of the Penobscot is on either shore guarded by two such solitary ranges of mountains as the Camden and Mount Desert groups. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Seen from the pine hills above Natchitoches, it has the blue outline and general aspect of a range of mountains. Norman's New Orleans and Environs Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory and State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time 2012-02-13T03:00:18.260Z Our only guide was an occasional glimpse, from the top of a tree, of the ranges of mountains, by which we steered our course. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z The fertile plain that occupies the greater portion of the island of Majorca is sheltered from cold winds by the range of mountains that runs along the northern coast. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z I rode twenty-four miles before one o'clock to-day, over a level uncultivated plain, bordered as usual by ranges of mountains. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z Great plains, magnificent rivers, great ranges of mountains, a country washed by two oceans—all these things make us great and grand as the continent on which we live. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z Opposite the place, on the other side of the Lecha, is a range of mountains, or moderate hills, beautifully wooded, which afforded a great variety of pleasant walks. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z It is in a range of mountains rising generally two or three thousand feet above the sea; but at the N.E. end of the range are some, at least four thousand feet high. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z "I am sure of it," he exclaimed, "both from the look of the island itself, and from that high range of mountains on the mainland to the south-east." A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z The tent door faced the west, and in front there rose a range of mountains, dark and lofty, ridge overtopping ridge, and wonderfully distinct. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z On leaving Strasbourg I passed through what is called the Black Forest, a range of mountains covered with pine forests; the scenery was grand and beautiful to a degree. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z A range of mountains extends across the island from east to west; highest peak, 3,678 feet. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z This so detained the enemy as to give safe withdrawal for the brigade to Middletown, leaving Lieutenant-Colonel Martin’s cavalry and two guns on guard at the gap of the Catoctin range of mountains. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z Far as the eye can reach, in a westerly direction, it assumes a more broken and hilly appearance, and long ranges of mountains, extending from north to south, divide the eastern from the western shore. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z They advanced, however, rapidly; and at length reached the foot of a lofty range of mountains, all white, and shining in the sun like silver. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z The broad valley of Makata stretched out before him, laced with streams sparkling in the sun, while over it waved countless palm-trees, and far away, blue in the distance, stretched a mighty range of mountains. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z Of all the great rivers in the world, there are only two that have had the audacity to gouge a course straight through a major range of mountains. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z It owes much of its beauty to a well-wooded range of mountains traversing the island from N. to S. and throwing off from the centre spurs which form picturesque and fertile valleys. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Luzon generally is very mountainous, and more especially so that part lying to the north of 16° 5′, where the great ranges of mountains run in crooked lines but with general north and south direction. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z Let’s take a look just at Taunus Corp., named after a range of mountains outside the parent bank’s Frankfurt headquarters. Deutsche Bank Could Transfer Financial Contagion: Simon Johnson 2011-11-21T04:20:31Z They were very near the summit of one of the lower ranges of mountains, and Mr. Gilroy suggested that they go on to the top and there rest and eat. Girl Scouts in the Rockies 2011-11-16T03:00:25.047Z Directly at our feet was the Gulf of Corinth; opposite a range of mountains; and in the distance the island of Zante. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z A small river flows at the foot of this range of mountains, the road from the north-east crossing it at a place called Hottentot’s Drift. The War of the Axe Adventures in South Africa 2011-10-10T02:00:22.657Z There are many spurs to the principal range of mountains, but between them is a considerable extent of land under cultivation. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z In the background towered a range of mountains whose rugged sides gave the appearance of being unclimbable, while on either hand of the bay rose lofty cliffs. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z The estates of some of our nobles extend for miles, and that of our Emperor runs through a range of mountains. The Fairies and the Christmas Child 2011-09-29T02:00:12.583Z A range of mountains then formed on our right, cutting us off from the sea, and we entered a valley lying between the two parallel ranges. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z Besides such intense plication, extensive rupturing of the crust has taken place in the same range of mountains. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z It is, in fact, a range of mountains rising out of the sea, and is very narrow, being nowhere more than 22 miles wide. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z She beheld a range of mountains, and up the foot of one of the peaks a peasant youth toiled his weary course. The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy 2011-09-18T02:00:22.467Z Among transport-riders the condition of the Berg—as the spurs of the long Drakensberg range of mountains are called colloquially—is always a fruitful topic of conversation. The Outspan Tales of South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:41.410Z Behind us towered a range of mountains stretching away to Argos and the ancient Sparta, and in front was the dim outline of the temple of the Acropolis at Athens. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z He tried to learn from the hunters, trappers and Indians, of a trail west through the great range of mountains, but there was no one who could give him any information. Colorado?The Bright Romance of American History 2011-08-25T02:00:28.183Z From Point Sipaca, in 9° N. Lat., a range of mountains stretches in a southerly direction for about sixty miles. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z He hurriedly called to Kazu to turn northwest before he entered the great Tarim Basin, for the western side of that vast desert was closed by a range of mountains 20,000 feet high. The Image and the Likeness 2011-08-23T02:00:33.617Z A pile of old furniture in the attic, covered with a cloth, became at twilight a range of mountains with a gloomy valley at the back. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z The plain of Attica lies between two parallel ranges of mountains, and extends from the sea many miles back into the interior. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z Then they were far off in the southwest, and came from beyond two ranges of mountains. Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales With notes on the origin, customs and character of the Pawnee people 2011-08-02T02:00:20.603Z It was not clouds, but a range of mountains on the horizon. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z With this he identified the snowy range of mountains now towering on our left as the Nan Shan, northernmost bastion of Tibet. The Image and the Likeness 2011-08-23T02:00:33.617Z The year following Biscoe added to his record the discovery of Adelaide Island, Graham's Land, and a range of mountains he named after himself, Biscoe's Range. The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.487Z In this way we approached the range of mountains separating the plain of Argos from the Isthmus of Corinth. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z On the plain between that and the long range of mountains, the troops appeared to stand so thick that you might imagine you could walk on their heads. Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade 2011-07-21T02:00:19.027Z It is, in fact, composed of tributaries which gush up in large crystal springs out of the Ozark range of mountains, and it does not receive a discoloured tributary in all its upper course. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z He occasionally follows down the course of these streams, and even travels many miles from one stream to another, or from one range of mountains to another, across open prairie. Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing 2011-07-09T02:00:15.543Z The castle, a huge, plain, two-storied pile, with a lofty roof and low bell-tower, stands half-way up the side of a mountain which is crowned with forests and overlooked by loftier ranges of mountains. A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z These stood on a limestone ridge in a crescent-shaped bend of that stark range of mountains on the northern side of which the Orange River has carved its tremendous earth-scar. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z The Pathfinders made straight for a blue range of mountains that stood out dark and forbidding in the bright moonlight. The Meadow-Brook Girls Across Country The Young Pathfinders on a Summer Hike 2011-06-13T02:00:31.687Z After spending four years amidst the prairies of the West it was indeed a pleasure to look again upon the grand ranges of mountains in this part of New England. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z ACH succeeding autumn, for years past, has found me in some range of mountains, camping, hunting, fishing, climbing, and taking views. Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing 2011-07-09T02:00:15.543Z A league away from this settlement one sees a range of mountains on which pine forests are growing. Colonial Expeditions to the Interior of California Central Valley, 1800-1820 Anthropological Records 16(6):239-292, 1958 2011-06-13T02:00:22.167Z Of all the sheets of water lying hidden in the great range of mountains sloping to the cold North Pacific Ocean, none was fairer than Lake Klutana. If Any Man Sin 2011-06-12T02:00:05.887Z On the other side, facing us, stretched a heavily timbered range of mountains. From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush 2011-06-08T02:00:16.290Z Rebels control the east of Libya, the western city of Misrata and the range of mountains near the border with Tunisia. Explosions in Tripoli, rebels seize Libyan town 2011-06-07T00:58:34Z He is a proud, fearless ranger, and even when simply migrating from one range of mountains to another, will travel from seventy-five to a hundred miles without lying down. Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing 2011-07-09T02:00:15.543Z These rivers come from a big river which emerges from a range of mountains. Colonial Expeditions to the Interior of California Central Valley, 1800-1820 Anthropological Records 16(6):239-292, 1958 2011-06-13T02:00:22.167Z The forms of countries, the lines of coasts, the ranges of mountains, the groups of valleys, the courses of rivers, are much the same now as they were in ancient times. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z From the tiles we had a widespread view of snow-covered plain and range beyond range of mountains. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z Rogue River Valley is rimmed around on all sides by high ranges of mountains. Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z We are almost at the top of a range of mountains now. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z A current of air heavily laden with moisture, if it encounters a range of mountains, is forced upwards, and consequently expands, owing to the diminished pressure. Are the Planets Inhabited? 2011-04-24T02:00:07.733Z In the grand-duchy of Hesse the Odenwald range of mountains, stretching between the Main and the Neckar, contains the chief supply of timber. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z The front faced 164 approximately south-east, and thirty miles away we could see the fine range of mountains known as the Sultan Dagh, capped with snow until far on into the summer. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z It is distant from Madrid about 24 miles in a north-westerly direction, and situated on the acclivity of the Sierra Guadarrama, the range of mountains which divides New from Old Castile. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z First the most distant, highest ranges of mountains were covered with snow. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z Australia resembles South Africa in the arid conditions characterising the interior, the eastern range of mountains precipitating the warm moisture-laden winds from the Pacific. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z A high range of mountains; the Spanish sierra. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z At length we enjoyed, after all our toil and anxiety, the inexpressible satisfaction of finding ourselves on the bank of a navigable river, on the West side of the first great range of mountains. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. II 2011-03-24T02:00:13.247Z To the south, far distant, were heavy ranges of mountains. The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z Beyond those, I saw the beautiful ranges of mountains, with the afternoon sun forming little cups of shadow, like dark dimples, on their steep sides--Mt. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z Yet lofty ranges of mountains and immense deposits in the intervening valleys have been the result. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z Our route lay between the coast and an immense range of mountains, which rose up like huge ramparts at about a league’s distance from the sea. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z At half past three we came in sight of a lake; the land at the same time gradually rising to a range of mountains whose tops were covered with snow. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. II 2011-03-24T02:00:13.247Z There was a range of mountains in the background, and a distinct sky line plumed with pines,—those tall, dark trees that symbolize, above all other trees, the wilderness. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z No great range of mountains is so easily crossed as this section of the Carpathians. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z As a rule, the boundary line between two countries follows, partly or wholly, some such natural barrier as a range of mountains or the course of a river. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z It is, indeed, very difficult to find where one range of mountains begins and another ends, anywhere throughout Greece. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z At a great distance to the northwest could be seen a lofty range of mountains. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Ernst had gone to the window, whence there was an extended view of the distant range of mountains. The Alpine Fay A Romance 2011-02-11T03:00:27.700Z Sometimes on clear days a new range of mountains seemed to be growing in the west. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z The country consisted of a double range of mountains; it abounded with wood, and had a pleasing variety of hills and dales. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z This particular range of mountains, which is called the Lunar Apennines, is by far the most prominent one upon the moon, although others, the Alps and Caucasus, exist. A Text-Book of Astronomy 2011-01-05T03:00:57.347Z Fruit trees, and well-wooded ranges of mountains, stretched away on either hand, forming a background for the beautiful scene. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The main land is equally rich in vegetation, and though the sea-coast is low, distant ranges of mountains, inland, break in, agreeably, upon the monotony. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Hendrik at length felt for him, and would have drawn bridle; but while half-resolved to do so, he noticed a range of mountains directly in front of him. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z But as the sun slowly disappeared between the range of mountains in the distance another huge dust cloud rose into the air from a nearby mine. Mining cost 2010-05-17T23:30:00Z Formosa, which is situated under the northern tropic, near the coast of China, is traversed by a high range of mountains, reaching nearly 13,000 ft. in elevation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Below it a range of mountains is traced from north to south, with the note, 'Hereabouts are supposed to be the mountains of bright stones mentioned in the map of the Indian Ochagach.' A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical It is surrounded by precipitous cliffs, and bounded on the west and south-west by great ranges of mountains. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide Jebel Shammar, from which the northern district of Nejd takes its name, is a double range of mountains some 20 m. apart, rising sharply out of the desert in bare, granite cliffs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" Gold will attract adventurers, but the substantial permanent population will be found west of the auriferous range of mountains. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands The surface is comparatively flat, and there is no central range of mountains as in most other West Indian islands, but among the hills in the south-west an elevation of 1328 ft. is attained. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" From Wills Creek to Fort Duquesne was a distance of 120 to 140 miles, with two ranges of mountains to be crossed, before half the journey was accomplished, and the Monongahela reached. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical Many a long mile to the southward of the old hacienda the sun shone hotly down upon the rugged slope of a spur of a range of mountains. The Red Mustang The map showed a particularly high, far-spreading range of mountains due west of the city. The Voice of the Pack Cuba is intersected by a range of mountains, more or less broken, which extends across the entire island, from east to west, and from which the rivers flow to the sea. Cuba Its Past, Present, and Future In the following five days, the Denning expedition had managed the difficult climb over the next range of mountains and had come down in the high plateau valley between. The Secret of the Ninth Planet Ultimately they cried, "Yes, certainly we will shovel a range of mountains upon your back for you." Last Words The gaze of Lannes turned chiefly toward a range of mountains, to the south, visible only because of the height on which they stood. The Guns of Europe We commanded a prospect over three ranges of mountains, lying parallel to the Buckland chain, but of less altitude. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea In the afternoon we ascended another high range of mountains, from the summits of which we could see far below us into Bear River Valley. Journal of a Trip to California Across the Continent from Weston, Mo., to Weber Creek, Cal., in the Summer of 1850 Now they were on the bank of the Colorado, with only one desert and one range of mountains yet to cross. Campmates A Story of the Plains "I will wager my ears that you can't carry a range of mountains upon your back." Last Words Consequently, another range of mountains, at the base of which cretaceous rocks may lie in horizontal stratification, may have been elevated, like the chain A, fig. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology At three p.m. a picturesque view opened upon us of a distant range of mountains running east and west, and nearly at right angles to the course of the river. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea This morning we continued through the range of mountains which we entered yesterday. Journal of a Trip to California Across the Continent from Weston, Mo., to Weber Creek, Cal., in the Summer of 1850 Off to the east the eye could distinguish four distinct ranges of mountains beyond the Mission Ridge, the last being the obscure Smoky Mountains of North Carolina, undoubtedly sixty miles distant. An Artilleryman's Diary Who will place this range of mountains upon my back? Last Words On our right, far in the distance, could be descried a long range of mountains, stretching away as far as the eye could see. Narrative of the March of Co. A, Engineers from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to Fort Bridger, Utah, and Return May 6 to October 3, 1858 As the Mackenzie, in its further descent, continues to hold a northerly course, and the range of mountains runs N.W.b.N., we did not obtain any other view of them till we approached the sea. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea In the afternoon we went over a range of mountains, and after going eight miles, came to another valley, in which we found a spring and good grass. Journal of a Trip to California Across the Continent from Weston, Mo., to Weber Creek, Cal., in the Summer of 1850 A range of mountains commenced here, and our advance came upon the rear of the enemy here this morning, capturing a battery commanded by Beauregard's son. An Artilleryman's Diary And then he cried out to the men, "Ho, my friends, will you please come and shovel a range of mountains upon my back?" Last Words The most powerful native magnets are found in Siberia, and in the Hartz, a range of mountains in Northern Germany. The Telephone An Account of the Phenomena of Electricity, Magnetism, and Sound, as Involved in Its Action The fable of the lake of Parime—long believed in as a great lake with whole ranges of mountains of silver behind it—was fully exploded by Humboldt in the beginning of the present century. The Spanish Pioneers After crossing it we commenced ascending a range of mountains and continued in this character of country for some fifteen or eighteen miles; but little water, and that in springs in the mountains. Journal of a Trip to California Across the Continent from Weston, Mo., to Weber Creek, Cal., in the Summer of 1850 The wagon road seen on the opposite side of a range of mountains, and the Brigade had not yet come up. An Artilleryman's Diary "Will you please come and shovel a range of mountains upon my back?" Last Words Thus, as we thought, well provided for our trip, we struck out boldly over a ridge and southwardly up a valley which lay behind the front, or easternmost range of mountains. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois Situated at the foot of a range of mountains are beautiful groves, through which wind broad avenues, shaded by the cryptomeria trees. My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 To dividing range of mountains, with Red Lake at foot, five miles. Journal of a Trip to California Across the Continent from Weston, Mo., to Weber Creek, Cal., in the Summer of 1850 Rocky Mountain region as a whole, best named the Cordillera or Cordilleran belt, includes several parallel ranges of mountains of different structures and ages, the eastern one constituting the Rocky Mountains proper. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" "Why do you wish a range of mountains shovelled upon your back?" Last Words The island is intersected by broken ranges of mountains, which gradually increase in height from west to east, where they reach an elevation of nearly 8,000 feet. The Greater Republic A History of the United States Then, with a loud and piercing shriek from the engine whistle, the train dived into a long, dark tunnel in the Drakenberg range of mountains, and emerged into Natal, one of England’s most loyal colonies. With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War It is bounded on the north by the Libyan Desert, above which rises a bold range of mountains; and it has a strange and picturesque wildness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" The climate of the Cordilleran region presents even more variety than that of the other provinces because of the ranges of mountains which run parallel to the Pacific. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" There had been made no great effect upon the range of mountains. Last Words We soared over mighty ranges of mountains and swept into wide valleys with the ecstasy of birds. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar As the sun rose higher, Eliza saw before her, floating in the air, a range of mountains with shining masses of ice on their summits. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series Around stretched the wide and rolling veldt; here a conical hillock rising abruptly from the plain, there the precipitous line of a range of mountains. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley Not far to the south, Dylara saw a low range of mountains extending to the horizons. Warrior of the Dawn Natural Features.—The greater part of the island is occupied by ranges of mountains which form four principal groups. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" To think that he could sail across three thousand miles of land and across great ranges of mountains! The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read It lies away to the east, and is bounded by a range of mountains whose lofty summits are visible from the hills round Blantyre. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 It is a reproach, again, because on our North-West Frontier, only separated from Chitral by a range of mountains, is the interesting land known as Kafiristan. Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches Working at leisure from Bencoolin northwards, he searched the range of mountains which bounds it on the east, and often descended the further slope—visiting peoples scarcely known, whom the Dutch had not yet invaded. The Woodlands Orchids Although the name has been applied to the eastern mountain system of Australia, the word is not, outside America, used as a generic term for parallel ranges of mountains. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" To the right the grass and sand rose up to form immense peaks, a range of mountains without end, disappearing finally into the distance. The Variable Man High ranges of mountains, if continuous for long distances, rarely have the same species of fish in the rivers on their two sides. Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras Some seven hours’ incessant hard travelling brought us early in the morning to the end of a range of mountains. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25) Far as the eye can reach, in a westerly direction, it assumes a more broken and hilly appearance, and long ranges of mountains extending from north to south divide the eastern from the western shore. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 The tribe has given its name to a lake, river and range of mountains in Idaho, where on a reservation the survivors, some 400, are settled. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" Away in the distance a range of mountains stood out bold and austere against the sky. The Frontiersman A Tale of the Yukon But between them and Chattanooga still lay three great ranges of mountains and a broad, navigable river. Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign I found myself in a warm sandy valley, bounded on one side by a steep range of mountains. Devil Stories An Anthology Continuing on their way the next morning they camped in the open valley for the night, and the next day crossed a range of mountains. Bring Me His Ears It was a long way to the second range of mountains. Homo Inferior There was a wide flat plain directly below him, in the distance the towering mass of a large city silhouetted against a range of mountains. The Instant of Now Abandoning the steppes and forests of Western Siberia, our travellers crossed the great Ural range of mountains, made their way to Perm, and thence to the Volga. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century To the west, the blue, misty outlines of a moderately high range of mountains shut off all further view. Through Apache Lands The divides between the streams, however, continue barren as far south as the transverse ranges of mountains across the province of Aconcagua. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" With six men and four women I made for the range of mountains near Hot Springs, New Mexico. Geronimo's Story of His Life At the edge of the plain the caravan turned up a steep rocky trail which led into the ragged range of mountains banked behind the Vininese city. The Instant of Now It rises suddenly from the limestone rock at the foot of Pentadactylon, nearly 3,000 feet high, in the northern range of mountains. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century From Tununak they went to Ukogamute, and because a southeast wind had cleared away the ice from the shore, the party was compelled to climb a range of mountains between the two villages. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers Distribution.—Known only from the Sierra del Tigre, and probably occurs only at higher elevations within the geographic limits of this isolated range of mountains. A New Species of Pocket Gopher (Genus Pappogeomys) From Jalisco, Mexico The country was undulating, swelling into an elevation called the Atlantic Highlands near the coast, and into the range of mountains in the north known as the Kittatinny Hills. Peggy Owen and Liberty As evening came on and the red eye of the sun winked and closed behind a purple range of mountains Denver Russell came out of his cliff-dwelling cave and looked at the old town below. Silver and Gold A Story of Luck and Love in a Western Mining Camp "It muttered distant peals, but the storm did not break till evening, after we had reached our inn—that inn being an isolated house at the foot of a range of mountains." Shirley A strip of coast, a range of mountains, a plain, a second range, a second strip of coast! A Modern Symposium On the west side of the Satadru or Sutluj is one of these vallies called Dun, which is contained between the great range of mountains on the north, and a low ridge on the south. An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha They were heading toward the range of mountains which bounded the Wyoming valley on the southeast, and which loomed up dark and frowning in the gray mist of the early morning. The Wilderness Fugitives They had passed to the south and west through the first range of mountains—through that Gate of the Mountains near to the rich gold fields of the future State of Montana. The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman A range of mountains in Thrace, sacred to Bacchus. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer Beyond the tiny city, a range of mountains showed; a cliff, gleaming in the starlight; tunnel mouths. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 On the easterly end this range of mountains approaches the south coast between Puerto Principe and Trinidad. Due South or Cuba Past and Present Snow-cowled, and almost impalpable above the ground mist, the great range of mountains looks like the curtain wall of a stronghold of mystics. Westward with the Prince of Wales We had found "float" in plenty, and had followed it up ridges and over divides across three ranges of mountains. The Cariboo Trail A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia Yezo the most northern of these islands is traversed by two ranges of mountains; the one being the extension of the island of Saghalien, the other the extension of the Kurile islands. Japan Monday, July 25th.—In the afternoon drove to 'One-tree Hill,' a richly-wooded height, commanding a splendid view of Brisbane, and of the far-extending range of mountains running parallel with the coast. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' From Cima we descend the western slope of the ridge by a series of grand, abrupt curves through the valley of San Lazar, after having thus crossed the range of mountains known as Las Cruces. Aztec Land I’ve read—let me see, could it have been in a guide-book or in some paper?—that he comes occasionally to this northern range of mountains.” The Princess Virginia A grand range of mountains rises around, the pyramidal form of Croagh Patrick dominating the quay. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule Far across the valley, beyond the ridge that divided the Park in unequal halves––that fateful ridge!––the western range of mountains glittered, dazzling white. The Heart of Thunder Mountain They were one of the hundreds of mining and exploring expeditions which every year set out for one range of mountains or another to try and find what there is in them. Two Arrows A Story of Red and White The ice used in the city of Mexico comes from the top of the neighboring range of mountains, but it is rarely seen except in bar-rooms, the retail price being ten cents a pound. Aztec Land In the North Island are the famous hot lakes; in the South the very lofty range of mountains known as the Southern Alps, which attains a height of 13,000 feet in Mount Cook. Six Letters From the Colonies No holding on was required, as we ran between the two ranges of mountains which guard the Sound, and along the edge of a salt-water creek, which seemed to be pushing its investigations inland. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule Far up at the head of the valley a cloud that was scarcely heavier than a mist came stealing out of a gulch to take its shining way along the range of mountains. The Heart of Thunder Mountain Three ranges of mountains were visible, rising one above the other, till the snowy chains of Bosnia bounded the horizon. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 Then he looked off to the left, where the blue outlines of a low range of mountains wavered in the heat like a mirage. The Coyote A Western Story And nothing in Nature can startle the mind like the sight of a mighty range of mountains. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war I forget the quantity, but it sounded like an island or a small range of mountains. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule And beyond, far, far beyond, the Park they had left lay bright under the sun’s after-glow, with a background of range on range of mountains in their violet haze. The Heart of Thunder Mountain These were a powerful confederacy, rarely in amity with the tribes east of that range of mountains; but generally harrassing them by frequent hostile irruptions into their country. Chronicles of Border Warfare or, a History of the Settlement by the Whites, of North-Western Virginia, and of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the State A stupendous range of mountains runs along its centre, apparently reared as an eternal barrier between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots Beyond it rose the range of mountains, black and purple, and higher still, white peaked into the blue. Valley of Wild Horses All along the horizon rose a great range of mountains, with two lofty peaks towering over the others, one at the north and the other at the south. Harper's Young People, August 3, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Away up in northern China, just south of the Mongolian frontier, is a range of mountains inhabited by bands of wild sheep. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' It was a brilliantly clear day, and when the sun rose the range of mountains ahead of them seemed to be only a day's ride away. In the Musgrave Ranges Here De Soto learned that, faraway in the northwest there was a range of mountains, and there he thought might perhaps be the gold region of which he had so long been in search. Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots Tresco pointed in the direction of the great range of mountains which could be seen distinctly through the window of his workshop. The Tale of Timber Town Very few people in England realise that there is not one but three ranges of mountains to be crossed from the coast. Round the Wonderful World His endurance was like that of a range of mountains. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China The strange coupling of his father's name with that of the mysterious range of mountains roused sufficient interest in Sax to make him wish to reply. In the Musgrave Ranges Enlightened by this idea, he sent a quick, seeing glance along the range of mountains standing out boldly and barrenly in front of them, and he knew it was not the Hermosa range. With Hoops of Steel They are not to be compared with the Selkirks or the Alps or any other unlike range of mountains. Wild Life on the Rockies A range of mountains, considerably inferior in elevation to the central chain from which they ramify, rises almost from the shore, and stretches along the northern side of the gulf. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. In Santa Barbara County the Santa Inez range of mountains runs westward to meet the Pacific at Point Conception. Our Italy One afternoon he had conducted her and her eldest daughter by a road across a fertile plain dotted with pleasant villages and isolated farmhouses, towards the outlying spurs of a range of mountains. In Brief Authority The north wall of the valley is made by a range of mountains, called the Sierra Madre; that is Spanish and means "Mother Mountains." The Hunter Cats of Connorloa All that was left now of the teeming life of that land mass was confined to a chain of islands, once the mountain peaks of the highest range of mountains. Deathworld Leaving Vivario, we heard from the lips of the poor curé, that Galluchio and his followers were in the maquis of a range of mountains to our right. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. In the distance the snowy peaks of the vast interior ranges of mountains glisten in the evening sun. The Land of Thor They are separated by a narrow range of mountains, which rise in the middle of the plain; and their waters mingle together, in a strait between the hills. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe "The great ranges of mountains which run all about over the western part of the continent are full of such pleasant valleys and cool little lakes," said the hunter. The Great Sioux Trail A Story of Mountain and Plain Southwards Tetuan faces the Riff country, range after range of mountains, inhabited by that indomitable tribe, whose "highlands" are closed to Europeans. In the Tail of the Peacock Across the valley was a range of mountains, a branch of the central chain dividing it from that of the Golo. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. On the right was an extensive plain, generally barren, but showing occasional green patches; and on the left a rugged range of mountains, not very high, but strongly marked by volcanic signs. The Land of Thor In passing over a range of mountains called the Dry Ridge, the view was peculiarly magnificent. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe "Very little, except that it slopes down rapidly to a much lower range of mountains, mostly forested, then to hills, forested also, and after that we have the great plains again." The Great Sioux Trail A Story of Mountain and Plain It is held in a sun-baked open space outside the Gate of the Thursday Market, just beyond the city walls, within view of the plains and a distant low range of mountains. In the Tail of the Peacock This variety is not encountered in the southern ranges of mountains in the Alps, Pyrenees, and Carpathians. Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt At the end of ten days’ journey beyond Tubac, going in a north-western direction, we shall arrive at the foot of a range of mountains. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora The weather had, for some time, been hazy; but, on its clearing up, Captain Ross states that a range of mountains about twenty-four miles distant, were seen to occupy the centre of the inlet. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe They must be in some valley in the vast range of mountains that ran in an unbroken chain from the Arctic to the Antarctic, more than ten thousand miles. The Great Sioux Trail A Story of Mountain and Plain Enid was gazing over the ranges of mountains that seemed to go on and on. The Merriweather Girls in Quest of Treasure Here we are in proximity to and in full view of the Himalayan range of mountains, the loftiest on the globe. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands In this however does not consist entirely the mineral wealth of this prolific island, and in the range of mountains which run through its centre is found gold and silver, iron ore and copper. Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas The country, for many miles west of Halifax, is a continued range of mountains, rising one over the other, as far as the eye can reach. A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was Captured At Sea By The British, In May, Eighteen Hundred And Thirteen, And Was Confined First, At Melville Island, Halifax, Then At Chatham, In England ... And Last, At Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed With Observations, Anecdotes And Remarks, Tending To Illustrate The Moral And Political Characters Of Three Nations. To Which Is Added, A Correct Engraving Of Dartmoor Prison, Representing The Massacre Of American Prisoners, Written By Himself. At sundown slowly climbing a range of mountains. Through Siberia and Manchuria By Rail They are large plains, roughly circular in shape, and surrounded by mountains; in a few cases the ring is in some parts a double range of mountains. To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story We have passed volcanoes actually smoking; for a long range of mountains, rising sometimes to a height of twelve thousand feet, constitutes the back-bone of Java. A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions Away in the interior a range of mountains broke the monotony of the landscape. Doctor Jones' Picnic From the coast the ground rises steadily to a ridge formed by a central range of mountains, which culminate in the imposing, cloud-wreathed Peak of Bali, two miles high. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China The ranges of mountains are indicated by small letters; thus a on the index is the site of the so-called Caucasus mountains, and similarly the Apennines are denoted by c. The Story of the Heavens M'Allister here interjected: "Professor, would you kindly tell us something about that fine range of mountains over yonder, just to the right hand?" To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story The view across the Nile is fine, as it includes the lofty Libyan range of mountains, in whose flanks were cut the tombs of the Pharaohs. The Critic in the Orient And thick-mantled in deep and everlasting snow though the whole long range of mountains is, the spectacle of all this snow brings no chill upon us. The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty Beloved Nisida, I remember that there are finer and different fruits on the other side of the island, beyond the range of mountains; and I should rejoice to obtain for thee a variety. Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf As the sun rose higher, Eliza saw before her, floating on the air, a range of mountains, with shining masses of ice on their summits. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen For the greater part of its circumference, it is bounded by a continuous range of mountains or highlands, nowhere rising to a great height, and for long distances, consisting of plateaus or tablelands. Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 "This must be the place," said Bud as they began riding down the opposite side of the slope they had climbed to cross the low range of mountains. The Boy Ranchers in Death Valley or Diamond X and the Poison Mystery And our destination had been a sacred city hidden two hundred miles behind the loftiest range of mountains in the world. The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty Take us a range of mountains—bold, rugged, precipitous, and bring the sea to their foot—no ordinary sea, sirs, but Ocean himself, the terrible Atlantic to wit, in all his glory. Jonah and Co. He found himself on one of the circular range of mountains which we see represented in Dr. Madler's large map of the moon. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen The grand old range of mountains with their sky-soaring pinnacles and scenic background of grandeur, together with the surrounding landscape, made it the sight of one's life. Dangers of the Trail in 1865 A Narrative of Actual Events But it is not true that the Cairngorm range of mountains is a distant place to tourists. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 Traveled over an extremely rugged, high and uneven range of mountains. Narrative of Richard Lee Mason in the Pioneer West, 1819 It is situated rather flatly between two ranges of mountains and when Polly Street landed there at about six o’clock—a trying hour in itself—it was in the grip of a sand-storm. Across the Mesa The dreary and barren deserts were followed by another lofty range of mountains. Conservation Reader It is bounded by a range of mountains, which separate the Spanish possessions from the country inhabited by the warlike natives of the interior. Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery To the eastern range of mountains they gave the name of Cordillera Oriental. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Indeed, clouds rested over the range of mountains that intersects the island lengthways. The Boy Crusaders A Story of the Days of Louis IX. Further ahead, lay the next range of mountains, higher than the ones through which they were passing. Across the Mesa Nora watched the stars slowly ascend over the eastern range of mountains; and across the fire of his innumerable cigarettes the Barone watched her. The Place of Honeymoons Along the whole of the east ran a range of mountains, more than a hundred miles of them, their lower slopes clothed in heavy bush, and their serrated summits deep in winter snow. The Tale of a Trooper In the range of mountains forming the southern boundary of this valley, the river winds its way through deep ravines. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests The Gorges are where the mighty river has forced a passage through a lofty range of mountains, which barred its progress to the sea. Life and sport in China Second Edition They came off the ledge onto the side of a hill which formed a part of the second range of mountains. Across the Mesa A young man makes whole ranges of mountains out of tiny mole hills which, when he has learned sense, he will spread under his foot without noticing them. Letters of a Dakota Divorcee They were forced to plod through a narrow pass in the Biggarsberg range of mountains, so narrow indeed that a hundred Boers might have effectually barred their way. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 "Now we have got to keep along on this side of that range of mountains in front of us till we get to Lake Baikal," Godfrey said. Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia From Marcova the line would proceed northward chiefly over tundra and across or through one precipitous range of mountains, to the Siberian terminus, East Cape, Bering Straits. From Paris to New York by Land Now, with this trail, we cut directly across those foothills, over a couple of ranges of mountains, across a big mesa and down. Across the Mesa The study of an Icelandic map will show the numerous volcanic ranges of mountains which intersect the island in almost every direction. A Girl's Ride in Iceland The highest part of a mountain, or range of mountains, and the summit of a sea-wave. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. In the great ranges of mountains in the north of Siberia there would be no means of obtaining food, and to cross such a district would be certain death. Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia The moon, big, weird, solemn, rose slowly over yonder parallel range of mountains. Frank of Freedom Hill Some of the dry, steep sides of the first range of mountains were hard climbing, but it was necessary to make the effort in order to discover their avian resources. Birds of the Rockies The valley was perhaps half a mile broad, and wound away upward into a bald range of mountains in the distance. The Fire People It has two ranges of mountains extending east and west, the highest peak being 6,352 feet. Asiatic Breezes Students on The Wing Besides signifying a range of mountains, Malaya has the secondary meaning of “a garden.” A Manual of the Malay language With an Introductory Sketch of the Sanskrit Element in Malay Beyond rose a range of mountains, pink, pale green, and purple where their tips caught the reflection of the setting sun, and of a rich gray-green in shadows. A Chosen Few Short Stories I didn’t know that Griggs had got another range of mountains up his sleeve. The Peril Finders Sometimes it was open, and afforded most enchanting views of the lake and of the ranges of mountains beyond. Rollo in Geneva Far to the northward rose a towering range of mountains, whose snowy peaks pierced the sky and suggested enormous white clouds piled against the horizon. Deerfoot in The Mountains In no place that I can remember have I seen two countries, three towns, a range of mountains, a big river and the sea at one time. A Tramp's Notebook The tangled forest of low growth through which they struggled began to thin out, and they found themselves in an almost open country at the foot of a range of mountains. A Voyage with Captain Dynamite "Look how that range of mountains has moved away." The Candidate A Political Romance And beyond, what a magnificent range of mountains, the tops all covered with glaciers and snow! Rollo in Geneva The range of mountains overhanging Treasure Valley, with the mountain tops shining in the sunset. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature This cañon, which is cut through the range of mountains known erroneously as the Cascades, is about forty miles long, if we count from Lytton and Yale. A Tramp's Notebook At an early date the great pass was constructed through the Mei-hung range of mountains, and this proves to be one of the principal trade-routes in use at the present time. Travels in the Far East And in the background rose the triple range of mountains, cold, mysterious, and blue in the transfiguring moonlight. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia The sand receded in tilted planes lifting gradually to a range of mountains on the right, and dropping gradually to infinity on the left. The Stars, My Brothers Away to the westward the dim summits of a range of mountains showed faintly blue, but of the Breckenbridge there was no sign, and a grey albatross sailing slowly overhead was their only companion. Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories 1898 A vast circle, hill and dale and meadow, all shut in by black, solemn woods; and beyond the woods, far, far away, a range of mountains, whose tops gleamed white in the sunlight. Hildegarde's Holiday a story for girls On the other side of the valley was a towering range of mountains. Travels in the Far East When, however, they migrated to the coast and settled, they found themselves in a narrow strip of coast between a range of mountains and the sea. A History of Sea Power These two great ranges of mountains divide the North American continent into three portions. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America As the day broke, and the sun, rapidly rising above the horizon, shed its beams across the foaming sea, they lighted up the snowy summits of a range of mountains. The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews. Had they wanted stone of better quality, they had only to get it from the Zagros range of mountains, which skirts all Assyria to the East, separating it from Media. Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria The next morning they again bent their course towards the north-east; and as the day began to wane, the lofty peaks of a range of mountains loomed up before them directly in their path. The American Family Robinson or, The Adventures of a Family lost in the Great Desert of the West Here you behold in the distance a range of mountains bounding the Vega, the ancient barrier between Moslem Granada and the land of the Christians. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 I had no notion that Spain possessed so fine a range of mountains as the Sierra Nevada. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 The trail of the sleds led to an easy pass in the opposite range of mountains. The Camp in the Snow, or, Besieged by Danger Beyond the river valleys rose range after range of mountains until the last dim peaks were lost in the clouds. The Root of Evil Away to the west a smooth blue belt girt the horizon, while to the east a long range of mountains rose against the sky. The American Family Robinson or, The Adventures of a Family lost in the Great Desert of the West After two hours of more hard riding I came to another range of mountains, from beyond which opened the view of Damascus, from which the Prophet abstained as too delicious for a believer's gaze. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure The railway out of Melbourne runs through a picturesque country, as it ascends the slope of the dividing range of mountains in the neighborhood of the city. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent Right ahead of me, perched upon the rocky heights and facing a fine range of mountains, was the ancient Cathedral of Monreale. Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta As we sat there admiring the wonderful view of distant mountains, Rebecca clutched my arm, and pointed with one hand toward the low range of mountains about fifty miles away. The Blue Birds' Winter Nest But do we dress out here in sight of the entire range of mountains? The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp “Things stop suddenly before me to-night as before an abyss—” He turned quickly and looked toward the low lying range of mountains. The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills There is also a range of mountains named after him.” The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent But he is also met with in most European countries, where there are extensive ranges of mountains. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys On this journey a long range of mountains with many high peaks was discovered. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Her eyes wandered across the wide vista of valley flanked by a range of mountains. The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp By a singular chance it happened that the two armies missed each other, and passed through separate defiles in the same range of mountains. The Story of the Greeks Coasting along in sight of land, they observed a lofty range of mountains, but the country appeared barren, without water or wood, except here and there, where Spanish settlements had been formed. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold One hundred and fifty miles back from the Pacific, indeed, there lies a range of mountains reaching up to the regions of perpetual snow. Handbook to the new Gold-fields In the background rose ranges of mountains, feathered to their very summits with green foliage. The Heir of Kilfinnan A Tale of the Shore and Ocean Ahead of us we could see a low range of mountains, trending from north to south, and beyond these, another range still higher than the first. The Scalp Hunters This savannah extended for a distance of about ten miles, and terminated among the foothills of a range of mountains of very moderate height stretching right athwart the path of the explorers. In Search of El Dorado Captain Ross sailed up Davis’s Straits into Baffin’s Bay, passing the entrances to Smith’s and Lancaster Sounds, across both of which he was persuaded that a lofty range of mountains extended. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold Lake Meoro seems of goodly size," he says, "and is flanked by ranges of mountains on the east and west. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole Further on arose, appearing at the end of the valley, range beyond range of mountains, the higher capped with snow. A Voyage round the World A book for boys Leaving Bannack, the road ascends a very lofty range of mountains, and passes by much wild and picturesque scenery. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 It is bounded to the westward by the Sambas territory, to the southward by a range of mountains which separate it from the Pontiana river, and to the eastward by the Borneon territory of Sadong. The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy The climate is very healthy for Europeans; the low ranges of mountains running north to south of the Island are sparsely wooded, some being quite bare of trees, and the atmosphere is comparatively dry. The Philippine Islands To conclude, it appeared like a long range of mountains, from which pieces of a great size were frequently falling, which were reduced to dust, before they reached the ground. Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770. Therefore we razed Omlu and built your new city, Ardane, at a place where the ocean, two rivers, and a range of mountains meet. Masters of Space Oostpoort, established near some outcroppings that contained uranium ore, was protected from both the Dawn Gale and the Twilight Gale, for it was in a valley in the midst of a small range of mountains. Wind In the background is the range of mountains, among which Stat is conspicuous from his noble and irregular shape. The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Beyond the tiny city, was a range of mountains, a cliff, gleaming in the starlight, and tunnel-mouths. Beyond the Vanishing Point The coast line is well defined with ranges of mountains zigzagging their cold and snowy peaks, blue tinted or purple during the day, and pink in the setting sun. A Woman who went to Alaska Nor are these immense outlines the whole of what is to be seen in this great range of mountains. A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779 On the north side of the northern range of mountains is a broad slope of land, extending a hundred miles towards the German frontier. Rollo in Switzerland It was then thirty miles from the nearest house, with ranges of mountains between, and was the most northerly house on the Labrador. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell In the great range of mountains which runs some seventeen hundred miles from Cape Town almost to the banks of the Zambesi, the scenery becomes striking in three districts only. Impressions of South Africa The cañon lies upon the southern slope of a range of mountains, and from its mouth one can look far off to the south across the desert plains and mountains of Mexico. The Western United States A Geographical Reader We sailed toward it from the east and it loomed up ahead of us like a range of mountains. Valley of Dreams Mr. George showed Rollo the great central valley of Switzerland, with the ranges of mountains on each side of it. Rollo in Switzerland The valley of the Colorado lay before him, a narrow valley here, with a range of mountains on the opposite side lifting brilliant peaks against the afternoon sky. The Forbidden Trail In 1680 an outlying agricultural community was planted at Stellenbosch, twenty-five miles from Cape Town, but not till the end of the century was the first range of mountains crossed. Impressions of South Africa Similar cliffs appear at the bases of other ranges of mountains in the Great Basin. The Western United States A Geographical Reader But the city was a welcome surprise, recalling Turin in its situation beneath a great range of mountains, in its size and its general disposition. Bulgaria It was bounded on the north by the River Rhine and the frontier, and on the south by the great range of mountains which separated it from the valley. Rollo in Switzerland The valley was narrow, and the remainder of the snowy range of mountains was hidden from sight. In the Forbidden Land The Nevada range of mountains was crossed at night, but we were to explore them on our return. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. Several high ranges of mountains lay between the Willamette Valley of Oregon and the Great Valley of California, so that in the early days there was very little travel between these two territories. The Western United States A Geographical Reader The Mole St. Nicholas, as I remember, is at the end of a peninsula formed by a range of mountains, the key to which is La Ferrière. Plotting in Pirate Seas On the southern side of the southern range of mountains is a steep and narrow slope, extending to the Italian frontier. Rollo in Switzerland Huge masses of snow covered the Tibetan side of the Himahlyas, as well as the lower range of mountains immediately in front of us, running almost parallel to our range. In the Forbidden Land Its clear, cold waters filled a natural basin in the midst of the Nevada range of mountains, which was supplied by the melting snows. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. The Sierra Nevada is the most continuous lofty range of mountains in North America. The Western United States A Geographical Reader The building, or group of buildings, is six stories high, with a sky-line that reflects the range of mountains under which Grasse nestles. Riviera Towns There was the river on one side, and a range of mountains rising sublimely in the interior on the other. Rollo in Switzerland Then, taking Jaqueline up on one hand, on which she sat as if on a chair, he crossed a few ranges of mountains in as many strides. Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia being the adventures of Prince Prigio's son On leaving Mr. Stanford we proceeded to the terminus of the railroad, from which point we crossed the coast range of mountains in a stage, and were for three days in sight of Mt. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. The great range of mountains known as the Safaid-Koh bound the valley on the east and north. For Name and Fame Or Through Afghan Passes Altai in the north yielded the precious metals; the range of mountains which branches westward from the Himalaya on the south yielded them rubies and lapis lazuli. Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity To the west lay a range of mountains, from which the water supply of the city was drawn. The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria We were in the midst of a dark gloomy wood in the neighbourhood of a range of mountains whose blue serrated peaks rose up into the clouds. The Gorilla Hunters At length, after many days of suffering and toil they crossed the last range of mountains and began to descend. The Pioneers Between the Indus, and the foot of the range of mountains through which the Bolan Pass leads to the lofty plateau land above, a great waste of sand stretches. For Name and Fame Or Through Afghan Passes From Juneau there are four different routes to the headwaters of the Yukon, all crossing by separate paths the range of mountains along the coast. Klondike Nuggets and How Two Boys Secured Them Far away along the western horizon rose a range of mountains whose bare peaks cut a jagged line along the sky. The Aztec Treasure-House By just crossing a range of mountains in Persia you cross the metaphorical watershed between our India and Foreign Offices. Southern Arabia We had now in view in the distance ranges of mountains, which appeared to be of vast height; a sign that we were approaching a region very different from that which we had hitherto traversed. The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela After proceeding for some miles they began to climb a range of mountains covered with heath, along beaten paths. Roger Willoughby A Story of the Times of Benbow Having reached the north-eastern end of the island, the rocky range of mountains which extends along the northern shore terminated, and we entered a region covered with a dense and tangled forest. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco One day Arthur had gone in search of some cattle, which had strayed among the range of mountains to the west. The Gilpins and their Fortunes A Story of Early Days in Australia Beyond these rose a range of mountains, running north and south through the island, and broken into the most fantastic shapes. Charley Laurel A Story of Adventure by Sea and Land The scenery was often very beautiful, consisting of magnificent ranges of mountains, their bases rising abruptly out of the river, covered with umbrageous trees and flowering shrubs of various hues. The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela After this they had another range of mountains to pass, which, though wild and rugged in the extreme, were of less elevation than those to the north. The Three Admirals I found that the universal theory concerning me was, that I came from beyond a range of mountains on the nearest continent, beyond which no explorations had ever been made. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 The sun was still low, but his rays yet tinged the topmost branches of the trees and the lofty ranges of mountains in the distance. Manco, the Peruvian Chief An Englishman's Adventures in the Country of the Incas A stream descending from the Drakensberg, that lofty range of mountains which runs across the whole of the south-eastern portion of the Transvaal, separates that province from the north of Zululand. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand He subsequently discovered that it fell into a large lake called Bangueolo, to the south of which are a range of mountains which cut it off completely from the Zambesi. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley Beyond the forest rose rugged cliffs, dark black rocks with lofty ranges of mountains towering above them. On the Banks of the Amazon In the far distance rose some blue hills, spurs of a still more lofty range of mountains. Afar in the Forest To the east behind it rose range above range of mountains, the more distant towering to the sky, and covered with eternal snows. Manco, the Peruvian Chief An Englishman's Adventures in the Country of the Incas The low range of mountains which lay between Four-Pools Plantation and the Luray valley was covered thickly with woods and very sparsely settled. The Four Pools Mystery This great expanse was empty except in one place; over to the right there appeared a huge, irregular, blurred mass that might have been, by its look, a range of mountains. The Girl in the Golden Atom Still almost interminable ranges of mountains appeared to the east. On the Banks of the Amazon I would be just about as well justified in deducing the structure of a range of mountains from a superficial study of three pebbles picked up in a creek near them. Skylark Three These terraces are called Andenes, and from thence the conquerors derived the name Andes, which they bestowed on the whole vast range of mountains. Manco, the Peruvian Chief An Englishman's Adventures in the Country of the Incas "Our city is behind that next range of mountains!" Islands of Space The tableland is bounded both on the east and the west by ranges of mountains, known as the Eastern Sierra Madre and the Western Sierra Madre respectively. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development At the farther end was a low range of mountains. The Young Treasure Hunter or, Fred Stanley's Trip to Alaska To our left, half a mile away perhaps, was a row of buttes and rocks which stood like a miniature range of mountains. Wandl the Invader "Have you ever been near the range of mountains which we can see to the east of us?" The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen No pause was made, however, and the party kept on their way and, in two hours' time, reached the foot of a high range of mountains that had been visible from the coast. At the Point of the Bayonet A Tale of the Mahratta War The night is exceedingly beautiful; our camp lies at the foot of a low range of mountains called the Montesano; the sky seems supported by them. The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer Slinging over their backs the packages of food which had been given them, the three Indians started away along the ridge of the first low range of mountains, to join their tribe. The Young Treasure Hunter or, Fred Stanley's Trip to Alaska The range of mountains continues for some thirty miles beyond this, and terminates in the snow-capped summit of Mounadoa. Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, March 1844 Volume 23, Number 3 They reported that we must go back on the newly made road and cross a more distant range of mountains in order to strike the trail to the valley. Ten American Girls From History He afterwards advanced fifty miles beyond the range of mountains that formed the frontier. At the Point of the Bayonet A Tale of the Mahratta War On the right and left the valley is bounded by ranges of mountains eight hundred or a thousand feet high. The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer Behind them the ranges of mountains held a few filmy white clouds, like laces, about their rugged peaks. The Call of the Blood They landed again near another city, one which was situated close to a range of mountains ideally suited to their purposes. Invaders from the Infinite A little further, the road abruptly turns again, and Tarbes lies before us, distant about four or five miles, supported by another range of mountains, amongst which the Pic d'Orbizan is most conspicuous. Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre In one of the New England States, and occupying a beautiful valley between two low ranges of mountains, was the town of Southton. Pocket Island A Story of Country Life in New England It is my theory," Cameron went on, "that the range of mountains to the north holds gold in large quantities. The Call of the Beaver Patrol or, A Break in the Glacier Beyond the archway there was a large, flat rock, a natural seat from which could be seen a range of mountains that was invisible from the terrace. The Call of the Blood These canyons run back into the mesa seen in the illustration, which in turn forms part of the foothills rising into the range of mountains hemming in the Rio Verde on the east. Aboriginal Remains in Verde Valley, Arizona Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1891-92, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896, pages 179-262 He had generally a foreground of lofty trees, and for a background a range of mountains rising step by step, with a wide plain at their feet. The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art In those hot August days, a camp at Valcartier was prepared in a lovely valley surrounded by the old granite hills of the Laurentians, the oldest range of mountains in the world. The Great War As I Saw It Beyond the Coastal Plain is the range of mountains on which stands Jerusalem, the mountains of Samaria and of Judæa, rising to a height of about 3,000 feet above the level of the sea. With the British Army in The Holy Land To Burke, the man from Illinois, this was6 like discovering a new range of mountains. The Moccasin Ranch A Story of Dakota Near the center of the plateau country, in the northeastern corner of Arizona, a range of mountains crosses diagonally from northwest to southeast, extending into New Mexico. The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198 In the result, Elsie found she had prepared a clear and fairly accurate chart of the bay and its headlands, while the position of the distant range of mountains was marked with tolerable precision. The Captain of the Kansas On both shores rise round-crested wooded hills—the foothills of the parallel ranges of mountains by which the wide valley is shut in. The Christmas Kalends of Provence And Some Other Provençal Festivals We have seen that the general formation of this range of mountains is like the backbone of a fish. With the British Army in The Holy Land If we get past that town without accident, we shall then have to cross the Pass of Obispo, over the great range of mountains, and come down near Naulinco. By Right of Conquest Or, With Cortez in Mexico When morning dawned, they were on the top of a range of mountains, like those that had been in sight all the day before. The New Penelope and Other Stories and Poems Cleary joined him later, and the two friends watched the strange tropical shore with its palm-groves and occasional villages, and a range of mountains beyond. Captain Jinks, Hero I do not think the sea can lie very far on the other side of this range of mountains, but at any rate, we must wait no longer. Under Drake's Flag A Tale of the Spanish Main Scipio lost no time in avenging himself by burning all the towns and villages on the plain, and occupying the passes on a range of mountains where Hannibal had hoped to take up his position. The Red Book of Heroes The name of the great range of mountains which runs across the north of the continent, the Himalayas, means in Sanskrit, the oldest language used in India, the "home of snow." Stories That Words Tell Us It still runs between high ranges of mountains, though its actual boundaries are banks of mud mixed with clay, which are clothed with stunted pines. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 Behold on high Yon range of mountains mingled with the sky! The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. 1 With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan To the right, the range of mountains was prolonged indefinitely like a great system of natural fortifications, of which we skirted the glacis. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth This imposing range of mountains, which then formed the dividing line between Boer and British territory, slopes down gently into the Free State, but on the Natal side is very steep and precipitous. Three Years' War Behind there was a high range of mountains. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 They are beyond the ranges of mountains, in the more central parts of South America. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 2, February, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Sila: a range of mountains in the extreme south of Italy. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor Barefooted, with ankles swollen and clothes torn to shreds, they had crossed the last range of mountains within two weeks of leaving the inland river. Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark The "Varinaes" kind, Dr. Brushfield suggests, was obtained from Varina, near the foot of the range of mountains forming the west boundary of Venezuela, and watered by a branch of the Orinoco River. The Social History of Smoking A turn in the direction of the valley brought us within sight of the high range of mountains forming the frontier between Hungary and Roumania. Round About the Carpathians The sky was absolutely clear, but there was no moon, and the river, the flats, the two ranges of mountains that keep the Nile, were possessed by a gentle darkness. Bella Donna A Novel The sun was already sinking behind the range of mountains when he finally aroused himself, and sat up. The Strange Case of Cavendish "No," said the latter, "you can't float down that river because it flows the other way, and that range of mountains is two hundred miles out." The Last Spike And Other Railroad Stories On the east is the broad valley of Gila river rising in a great plain to a distant range of mountains. Casa Grande Ruin Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1891-92, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896, pages 289-318 On every side I saw myself surrounded by the lofty Carpathians, or the lesser spurs of that grand range of mountains; the higher peaks to the south and south-east were already capped with snow. Round About the Carpathians I saw nothing except a range of mountains before me, whose summits, which resembled truncated cones, must have been extinct volcanoes. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 3 Absolutely barren; a desolate waste as far as the eye can see, except that range of mountains away to the south, fifty miles or more off. The Strange Case of Cavendish At one time during the observed portion of its flight, the UFO had passed in front of a range of mountains that were visible to the observers. The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects The ranges of mountains which intersect the greater part of the province are a portion of the DinaricPg 34 Alps. Herzegovina Or, Omer Pacha and the Christian Rebels They own almost all the valuable land in this range of mountains for fifty miles, and the fellaheen live as "tenants at will" on their estates. The Women of the Arabs From thence the course lay across a wild range of mountains, one of them having on its top a sheet of fresh water called Loch Salt. The Lieutenant and Commander Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels The captain gave the name of La Clementina to this range of mountains. The First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea Being The Narrative of Portuguese and Spanish Discoveries in the Australasian Regions, between the Years 1492-1606, with Descriptions of their Old Charts. Opposite, one range of mountains showed behind the other, and the highest lifted their snowy peaks into the blue sky. I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross Beyond it was a range of mountains further in Bosnia; further on, another outline, and then another, and another. Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844. They were in the Taupo range of mountains, and their supply of food had run very short. The Romance of a Pro-Consul Being The Personal Life And Memoirs Of The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, K.C.B. The term, however, is now applied to the whole range of mountains which fringe the western coast of India, just as the more gigantic Cordilleras of the Andes guard the shores of the Pacific. The Lieutenant and Commander Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels To me the universal history of art has the look of a map in which several streams descend from the same range of mountains to the same sea. Art Miles to the south of the isolated peaks lay a long range of mountains, dull black against the blue sky, but with the white of snow caps showing even at this distance. The Enchanted Canyon We reached the place on the third day, and found they had erected a bamboo chapel on a beautiful stream at the base of a range of mountains. Lives of the Three Mrs. Judsons They derive their number and an extraordinary portion of activity from the loftiness of the ranges of mountains that occupy the interior country, and intercept and collect the floating vapours. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants The road runs along the side of the high hills, with a parallel range of mountains to the east and the low foothills and flat farming lands sloping gradually west to the Pacific Ocean. The Pride of Palomar Lake Moero seems of goodly size, and is flanked by ranges of mountains on the east and west. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 Beyond the falls the hills are scattered and low to the first range of mountains. History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6. "What's this here that looks like a range of mountains ?" he asked. The Ridin' Kid from Powder River The Achinese manners prevail among the two former; but the last resemble the Battas, from whom they are divided by a range of mountains. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants From right to left the position ran along a lofty and rugged range of mountains, clothed with dense pine-forests. Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief Sometimes, as in Central Africa, the slope to the west is very sudden, and another range of mountains forms the western buttress of the great central plateau. World's War Events Volume 3 Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919. The advance party also saw, in the distance, the green valley of the Sacramento and the coast range of mountains. The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself Now this window commanded a direct view of the range of mountains, which, as I told before, overhung the Treasure Valley, and more especially of the peak from which fell the Golden River. Famous Stories Every Child Should Know Its course thus far has been nearly parallel with the coast of the Mediterranean, and has lain between two ranges of mountains, the more western of which has shut it out from the sea. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. They took us to a town on the edge of a range of mountains, to which the ascent is over difficult crags. Great Epochs in American History, Volume I. Voyages Of Discovery And Early Explorations: 1000 A.D.-1682 We started at dawn and soon found that the valley we had encamped in was the true pass across the range of mountains. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1 Behind, the landscape rose gradually until it terminated in a range of mountains that protected the house from the north. The Emigrants Of Ahadarra The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two Before them, in the back ground, rose a magnificent range of mountains, whose snowy peaks were occasionally seen far above the dusky clouds which drifted rapidly across their bosoms. Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two Here two parallel ranges of mountains intervene between the coast and the desert, prolific parents of a numerous progeny of small streams. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. A range of mountains was visible to the S.E., about fifty or sixty miles off. Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America in the years 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814 or the First American Settlement on the Pacific They would not go out of the way to corrupt a legislature any more than they would go out of the way to find a range of mountains. Humanly Speaking Beyond were ranges of mountains silvery in the moonlight. The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty But here it looks beautiful in the extreme, surrounded as it is by a range of mountains that have no parallel in the United States for beauty. Three Years in Europe Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met A range of mountains, co-extensive with the peninsula,—forming its backbone,—rises between the bay of Sierra Leone and the Atlantic Ocean, from two to three thousand feet in altitude. History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens This name, ludicrously enough, has been bestowed on the range of mountains separating Oregon and California, and also on a county in the latter State. Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon This range of mountains we supposed to be those which are seen from Port Jackson, and called the Blue Mountains: they limit the sight to the west-north-west. An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island Ned and Obed now crossed a low but rugged range of mountains, and came into good country where they were compelled to spend a large part of their time, escaping observation. The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty But the North Esk descends from a range of mountains, by a cataract immediately into the river Tamar, and is consequently altogether inaccessible to navigation. Statistical, Historical and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land With a Particular Enumeration of the Advantages Which These Colonies Offer for Emigration, and Their Superiority in Many Respects Over Those Possessed by the United States of America Before them lay the valley of one of the branches of the Yukon, with twenty beautiful lakes and a range of mountains in sight. Stories of American Life and Adventure |
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