 | 1861 - 734 páginas
...letter as the escape, and then flows away on the zigzag part. The promonto" TETE, Noi: 26, 1860. ries formed thereby are flat at the top, and of the same...trees, and by a few steps see the river some 300 or 4(X) feet below, jammed in a space of some twenty or thirty yards, and of a deep green colour. As a... | |
 | John Waddington - 1880 - 686 páginas
...prolonged in a wonderful zigzag manner. The promontories, formed by the wavy form of the crack, are of the same level as the bed of the river above the falls — sides perpendicular, tops flat, and covered with trees, which is only 400 paces at broadest part,... | |
 | Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) - 1861 - 546 páginas
...the zigzag part. The promontories formed thereby are flat at the top, and of the same level as th« bed of the river above the Falls. The base of the...the trees, and by a few steps see the river some 300 ft. or 400 ft. below, jammed in a space of some 20 or 30 yards, and of a deep green color. As a whole,... | |
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Now come to the other, or south-eastern, side of the crack, and the fissure, which from the upper bed looks like the letter L, is prolonged in a most remarkable zigzag manner. The water, after leaping sheer down 310 feet, is collected from both ends to... 