 I could discern any thing, on account of the darkness of the place, made more so by the thick steam ; but having some white lights with me, I fired them, and by their glare was able to see and admire the curious domes of snow over-head : these are caused...  Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal - Page 10381843Full view - About this book
 | Agriculture - 1822 - 526 pages
...to descend through it to the Jumna by an exceedingly steep and narrow dark hole made by the steam, and witnessed a very extraordinary scene, for which...pace wide), it was some time before I could discern any thing, on account of the darkness of the place, made more so by the thick steam ; but having some... | |
 | Science - 1822 - 536 pages
...dark hole made by the steam, and witnessed a very extraordinary scene, for which I was indebted ta the earliness of the season, and unusual quantity...pace wide), it was some time before I could discern any thing, on account of the darkness of the place, made more so by the thick steam ; but having some... | |
 | Asia - 1823 - 678 pages
...to descend through it to the Jumna by an exceedingly steep and narrow dark hole made by the steam, and witnessed a very extraordinary scene, for which...pace wide), it was some time before I could discern any thing, on account of the darkness of the place, made more so by the thick steam ; but having some... | |
 | Asia - 1823 - 720 pages
...to descend through it to the Jumna by an exceedingly steep and narrow dark hole made by the steam, and witnessed a very extraordinary scene, for which...(here only a large pace wide), it was some time before Ï could discern any thing, on account of the> ' darkness of the place, made more so by the thick steam... | |
 | Science - 1823 - 458 pages
...to descend through it to the Jumna, by an exceedingly steep and narrow dark hole made by the steam, and witnessed a very extraordinary scene, for which...I was indebted to the earliness of the season, and the unusual quantity of snow which has fallen this year. When I got footing at the stream, (here only... | |
 | Josiah Conder - Africa - 1828 - 412 pages
...extraordinary scene. " When I got footing at the stream," he says, " here only a large pace (three feet) wide, it was some time before I could discern anything, on account of the darkness of the place,—made more so by the thick steam; but, having some white lights with me, I fired them, and,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 856 pages
...to descend through it to the Jumna, by an exceedingly steep and narrow dark hole made by the steam, χ Q 2 ĥ * x {OiG +2 S Z _F the unusual quantity of snow which has fallen this year. When I got footing at the stream (here only... | |
 | 1843 - 694 pages
...yards wide, and is bounded to the right and left by several precipices of granite : it is 40 feet 5 '/ inches thick, and has fallen from the heights above....darkness of the place, made more so by the thick steam : but having some white lights with me I fired them, and by their glare was able to see and admire... | |
 | India - 1875 - 520 pages
...to descend through it to the Jumna by an exceedingly stoop and narrow dark hole made by the steam, and witnessed a very extraordinary scene, for which...darkness of the place, made more so by the thick steam ; but having some white lights with me, I fired them, and by their glare was able to see and admire... | |
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