 | Asia - 1826 - 272 pages
...the top of this chain, there is a good deal of snow. The last half-mile to the village of Rdkchdm, situate in the western corner of the glen (and 10,500...Just above the village, huge piles of black rock* rise abruptly, in numerous black spires, to about 9,000 feet higher, or nearly 20,000 feet above the... | |
 | Science - 1826 - 460 pages
...The last half mile to the village of Rakchdm, situate in the western corner of the glen (and 1 0,500 feet above the sea,) is a rugged' descent upon enormous...them. Just above the village, huge piles of black rock * rise abruptly, Composed of black mica (fine-grained) with a little oxide of iron. of the Valley of... | |
 | Asia - 1826 - 842 pages
...the top of this chain there is a good deal of snow. The last half-mile to the village of RáJcchám, situate in the western corner of the glen (and 10,500...and the rest is occupied by sand-beds, which form mnay small islands, with the river winding among them. Just above the village, huge piles of black... | |
 | Science - 1826 - 418 pages
...the top of this chain, there is a good deal of snow. The last half mile to the village of Rakcham, situate in the western corner of the glen (and 10,500...them. Just above the village, huge piles of black rock * rise abruptly, * Composed of black mica (fine-grained) with a little oxide of iron. in numerous black... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - Great Britain - 1837 - 390 pages
...(11,400 feet high) is situate in the western corner of the glen, here three furlongs wide, half of which is laid out in thriving crops of wheat and barley, and the rest occupied by sand-beds or small islands, with the Baspa river winding among them. Just above the village,... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - East Indies - 1837 - 392 pages
...(11,400 feet high) is situate in the western corner of the glen, here three furlongs wide, half of which is laid out in thriving crops of wheat and barley, and the rest occupied by sand-beds or small islands, with the Baspa river winding among them. Just above the village,... | |
 | Sir William Lloyd - Himalaya Mountains - 1810 - 708 pages
...dell near Rakcham has a pleasing appearance, and expands to three furlongs in width, half of which is laid out in thriving crops of wheat and barley,...occupied by sand-beds, which form many small islands 50 • in the river. The village of Rakcham is about 10,500 feet high; the barometer (Dollond's), which... | |
 | Sir William Lloyd, Alexander Gerard - Himalaya Mountains - 1846 - 718 pages
...dell near Rakcham has a pleasing appearance, and expands to three furlongs in width, half of which is laid out in thriving crops of wheat and barley,...occupied by sand-beds, which form many small islands in the river. The village of Rakcham is about 10,500 feet high ; the barometer (Dollond's), which you... | |
 | India - 1875 - 520 pages
...Near the top of this chain there is a good deal of snow. The last half mile to the village of Rakcham, situate in the western corner of the glen (and 10,500...20,000 feet above the level of the sea. Approaching CAetkul, the dell becomes more contracted ; the right bank becoming very precipitous, and almost mural... | |
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Rakcham, situate in the western corner of the glen (and 10,500 feet above the sea), is a rugged descent upon enormous masses of granite. The dell has here a pleasing appearance, and it expands to three furlongs in breadth : half of it is laid out in thriving... 