The Natural and Civil History of Vermont, المجلد 1Samuel Mills, 1809 |
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... body of large rocks , by the de- scent , or circular motion of the water . At Rockingham , there is a remarkable fall in Con- necticut river , where the water passes over a bar of solid rock ; and which it must have been constantly ...
... body of large rocks , by the de- scent , or circular motion of the water . At Rockingham , there is a remarkable fall in Con- necticut river , where the water passes over a bar of solid rock ; and which it must have been constantly ...
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... body of a rock , How long a period nature has been employ- ed in carrying on these operations , we can scarcely hope to determine . All the circum- stances relating to the channels of rivers , and the intervales which they have formed ...
... body of a rock , How long a period nature has been employ- ed in carrying on these operations , we can scarcely hope to determine . All the circum- stances relating to the channels of rivers , and the intervales which they have formed ...
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... body of rock , ever since the channels of the rivers were first formed . If we knew from observation , how much such rocks were worn away in one cen- tury , by the waters , we could form a pretty just conclusion how long the waters have ...
... body of rock , ever since the channels of the rivers were first formed . If we knew from observation , how much such rocks were worn away in one cen- tury , by the waters , we could form a pretty just conclusion how long the waters have ...
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... bodies of trees , are fre- quently found at the depth of fifteen or twenty feet in the earth ; this is the case not only a- long the shores , but in the low lands at the dis- tance of two or three miles from them . The soil in many ...
... bodies of trees , are fre- quently found at the depth of fifteen or twenty feet in the earth ; this is the case not only a- long the shores , but in the low lands at the dis- tance of two or three miles from them . The soil in many ...
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... thus to bend and break , the extensive and solid body of ice , which must have assumed the spherical form , which the waters had when they were first frozen . 1 CHAPTER IV . CLIMATE . An account of the Temperature 52 NATURAL AND CIVIL.
... thus to bend and break , the extensive and solid body of ice , which must have assumed the spherical form , which the waters had when they were first frozen . 1 CHAPTER IV . CLIMATE . An account of the Temperature 52 NATURAL AND CIVIL.
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الصفحة 152 - Chatsworth, with the print of the toad upon it, and tradition of the manner in which it was found. In the Memoirs of the Academy of Sciences, there is an account of a toad found alive and healthy in the heart of a very thick elm, without the smallest entrance or egress.
الصفحة 140 - Swallow was iu a torpid state, but being held in their hands, it revived in about half an hour. The place where this Swallow was dug up was every day covered with the salt water, which at every high tide, was four or five feet deep. The time when this Swallow was found was the latter part of the month of February...
الصفحة 24 - Champlain, thence through the middle of the deepest channel of Lake Champlain, to the eastward of the Islands called the Four Brothers, and the westward of the Islands called the...
الصفحة 317 - Canada; and immediately, in token of friendship, we hung up the kettle, and took up the hatchet, and with one consent, assisted Colonel Nicholson, in making preparations on this side the lake : but at length, we were told our great queen, by some important affairs, was prevented in her design at present, which made us sorrowful, lest the French, who had hitherto dreaded us, should now think us unable to make war against them.
الصفحة 22 - Declare the Western Banks of the River Connecticut, from where it enters the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, as far North as the forty-fifth Degree of Northern Latitude, to be the Boundary Line between the said two Provinces of New Hampshire and New York.
الصفحة 317 - We were mightily rejoiced when we heard our great queen had resolved to send an army to reduce Canada, and immediately, in token of friendship, we hung up the kettle, and took up the hatchet, and with one consent assisted Colonel Nicholson in making preparations on this side the lake; but at length we were told our great queen, by some important affairs, was prevented in her design at present, which made us sorrowful, lest the French, who had hitherto dreaded ut<, should now think us unable to make...
الصفحة 202 - In conversation they are sprightly ; but solemn and serious in their messages relating to public affairs. Their speakers deliver themselves with surprising force and great propriety of gesture. The fierceness of their countenances, the flowing blanket, elevated tone, naked arm, and erect stature, with a half circle of auditors seated on the ground, and in the open air, cannot but impress upon the mind a lively idea of the ancient orators of Greece and Rome.
الصفحة 392 - Here we were fully in expectation that the disturbance would have concluded; and our little army began to move; but in a short time we saw the front division driven back, and discovered that we were entirely encircled by the savages. We expected every moment that the guard, which the French, by the articles of capitulation, had agreed to allow us would have arrived, and put an end to our apprehensions; but none appeared.
الصفحة 24 - Champlain; then through the middle of deepest channel of Lake Champlain to the eastward of the islands called the Four Brothers, and the westward of the islands called the Grand Isle and Long Isle, or the Two Heroes, and to the westward of the Isle La Motte to the line in the 45th degree of north latitude; established by treaty for the boundary line between the United States and the British Dominions.
الصفحة 21 - River, at three miles distance, on the north side thereof, beginning at the Atlantic Ocean and ending at a point due north of Pautucket Falls, and a straight line drawn from thence, due west, till it meets with His Majesty's other Governments.