...higher valleys and gorges, which descend amongst the mountains perpetually snow-clad. But what gives to a glacier its most peculiar and characteristic feature...its mass. It is the prolongation or outlet of the winter-world above ; its gelid mass is protruded into the midst of warm and pine-clad slopes and green...

...higher valleys and gorges which descend amongst the mountains perpetually snow-clad ; but what gives to a glacier its most peculiar and characteristic feature...not belong exclusively or necessarily to the snowy regions already mentioned. The snow disappears from its surface in summer as regularly as from that...

...higher valleys and gorges, which descend amongst the mountains perpetually snowclütl. But what gives to a glacier its most peculiar and characteristic feature is, that it does riot belong exclusively, or necessarily, to the snowy regions already mentioned. The snow disappears...

...higher valleys and gorges, which descend among the mountains perpetually snowclad. But what gives to a glacier its most peculiar and characteristic feature...Its gelid mass is protruded into the midst of warm, pine-clad slopes and greensward, and sometimes reaches even to the borders of cultivation. The very...

...Its origin, or fountain, is in the ramification of the higher valleys and gorges, which descend among the mountains, perpetually snow-clad. But what gives...exclusively, or necessarily, to the snowy region. The snow disappears from its surface in summer, as regularly as from that of the rocks that sustain...

...higher valleys and gorges, which descend amongst the mountains perpetually snow-clad; but what gives to a glacier its most peculiar and characteristic feature...not belong exclusively or necessarily to the snowy regions already mentioned. The snow disappears from its surface in summer as regularly as from that...

...characteristic feature is, that it does not belong exclusively or necessarily to the snowy regions. The snow disappears from its surface in summer as...its mass. It is the prolongation or outlet of the winter-world above ; its gelid mass is protruded into warm and pine-clad slope* and greensward, and...

...higher valleys or gorges which descend among the mountains perpetually snowclad ; but what gives to a glacier its most peculiar and characteristic feature...not belong exclusively or necessarily to the snowy regions. The snow disappears from its surface in summer as regularly as from that of the rocks which...

...higher valleys and gorges, which descend amongst the mountains perpetually snow-clad. But what gives to a glacier its most peculiar and characteristic feature...its mass. It is the prolongation or outlet of the winter-world above ; its gelid mass is protruded into the midst of warm and pine-clad slopes and green-sward,...

...higher valleys and gorges, which descend amongst the mountains perpetually snow-clad. But what gives to a glacier its most peculiar and characteristic feature...disappears from its surface in summer as regularly as from the rocks which sustain its mass. It is the prolongation or outlet of the winter world above ; its...