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" ... inhabitant tending his goats. It was not till after ascending several thousand feet, that the peculiar character of the Caucasian mountains was developed; for, however precipitous or rocky the ascent may be, each invariably terminated in a fertile... "
An Account of the Interior of Ceylon, and of Its Inhabitants: With Travels ... - Page 38
by John Davy - 1821 - 530 pages
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The Dublin Review, Volumes 2-3

Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1837 - 596 pages
...precipitous or rocky an ascent may be, each usually terminates in a fertile plateau, even at a height of between four and five thousand feet above the level of the sea, A people accustomed to such mountains can never be expelled from them. Driven from the coast,...
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Travels in Circassia, Krim Tartary, &c, Volume 2

Edmund Spencer (capt.) - 1837 - 456 pages
...precipitous or rocky the ascent may be, each invariably terminated in a fertile plateau, even at a height of between four and five thousand feet above the level of the sea. This is, perhaps, independent of their well-known bravery and patriotism, the principal cause...
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The Dublin review, Volume 3

1837 - 586 pages
...precipitous or rocky an ascent may be, each usually terminates in a fertile plateau, even at a height of between four and five thousand feet above the level of the sea. A people accustomed to such mountains can never be expelled from them. Driven from the coast,...
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The Monthly Review

Books - 1837 - 656 pages
...precipitous or rocky the ascent may be, each invariably terminated in a fertile plateau, even at a height of between four and five thousand feet above the level of the sea. This is, perhaps, independent of their well-known bravery and patriotism, the principal cause...
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The Delaware Register and Farmers' Magazine, Volume 2

William Huffington - Delaware - 1839 - 500 pages
...precipitous or rocky the ascent may be, each invariably terminated in a fertile plateau, even at a height of between four and five thousand feet above the level of the sea. This is, perhaps, independent of their well-known bravery and patriotism, the principal cause...
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The Saturday Magazine, Volume 16

Periodicals - 1840 - 272 pages
...whole extent; and at a distance of fifty miles from this capital, at an elevation, I should suppose, of between four and five thousand feet above the level of the Carribean sea, reached the neighbourhood of the tree sought for, having passed the night at a sugar...
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The Saturday Magazine, Volume 16

Periodicals - 1840 - 274 pages
...whole extent ; and at a distance of fifty miles from this capital, at an elevation, I should suppose, of between four and five thousand feet above the level of the Carribean sea, reached the neighbourhood of the tree sought for, having passed the night at a sugar...
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An Historical, Political, and Statistical Account of Ceylon and ..., Volume 2

Charles Pridham - Sri Lanka - 1849 - 438 pages
...cent., and the only exceptional case is that of soil at an elevation of from four to five thousand feet above the level of the sea, where the temperature is comparatively low, and the ground very damp. Thus among the mountains of Upper Ouva, the soil is black, and contains between seven and ten per cent,...
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An Historical, Political, and Statistical Account of Ceylon and ..., Volume 2

Charles Pridham - Sri Lanka - 1849 - 418 pages
...cent., and the only exceptional case is that of soil at an elevation of from four to five thousand feet above the level of the sea, where the temperature is comparatively low, and the ground very damp. Thus among the mountains of Upper Ouva, the soil is black, and contains between seven and ten per cent,...
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Our Whole Country: Or, The Past and Present of the United States ..., Volume 2

John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - United States - 1861 - 792 pages
...miles distant, is discernable, embracing the celebrated Whiteside and Table Mountains, which rise to an elevation of between four and five thousand feet above the level of the ocean. Mr. Calhoun, during the intervals of his public life, spent much of hij time in agricultural...
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