 ... that we had hardly strength sufficient to make the effort, and it required no inconsiderable one, to clear the deep chasms, which we could scarcely view without shuddering. I never saw such a horrid-looking place ; it seemed the wreck of some towering...  Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal - Page 3731842Full view - About this book
 | Science - 1824 - 462 pages
...the deep chasms, which we could scarcely view without shuddering. I never saw such a horridlooking place. It seemed the wreck of some towering peak,...got up the theodolite and a couple of barometers. At four p. M. the mercury stood at 16.170 inches, and the thermometer was 29°, which, compared with corresponding... | |
 | Science - 1824 - 444 pages
...the deep chasms, which we could scarcely view without shuddering. I never saw such a horridlooking place. It seemed the wreck of some towering peak,...got up the theodolite and a couple of barometers. At four PM the mercury stood at 16.170 inches, and the thermometer was i?9°, which, compared with corresponding... | |
 | Science - 1826 - 448 pages
...by severe frost. After much delay we got up the theodolite and a couple of barometers. At four p. M. the mercury stood at 16.170 inches, and the thermometer...which, compared with corresponding observations, made by Captain Ross at Soobathoo, gives the height 16,921 feet. We observed all the surrounding peaks,... | |
 | Alexander Gerard - Himalaya Mountains - 1841 - 366 pages
...the deep chasms, which we could scarcely view without shuddering. I never saw such a horrid-looking place ; it seemed the wreck of some towering peak,...all the surrounding peaks, and then proceeded to the village of Nako at a quick pace ; the road for the first mile was a steep rocky descent, afterwards... | |
 | Alexander Gerard - Himalaya Mountains - 1841 - 360 pages
...the deep chasms, which we could scarcely view without shuddering. I never saw such a horrid-looking place ; it seemed the wreck of some towering peak,...thermometer was 29", which, compared with corresponding observation? made at Soobathoo, gives the height 16,921 feet. We observed all the surrounding peaks,... | |
 | Andrew Wilson - Asia - 1875 - 552 pages
...from intense cold, though there was very little wind. They never before " saw such a horrid-looking place ; it seemed the wreck of some towering peak, burst asunder by severe frost." The ascent completely debilitated them, and caused severe headache and pain in the ears, the thermometer-... | |
 | Andrew Wilson - Asia - 1875 - 518 pages
...from intense cold, though there was very little wind. They never before " saw such a horrid-looking place ; it seemed the wreck of some towering peak, burst asunder by severe frost." The ascent completely debilitated them, and caused severe headache and pain in the ears, the thermometer... | |
 | Alexander Gerard - Bashahr (Princely State) - 1993 - 364 pages
...the deep chasms, which we could scarcely view without shuddering. I never saw such a horrid-looking place ; it seemed the wreck of some towering peak,...all the surrounding peaks, and then proceeded to the village of Nako at a quick pace ; the road for the first mile was a steep rocky descent, afterwards... | |
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