 ... the little water that finds its way into their old channels is evaporated by the droughts of summer, or absorbed by the parched earth before it reaches the lowlands ; the beds of the brooks have widened into broad expanses of pebbles and gravel, over...  Forest trees, for shelter, ornament and profit - Page 12by Arthur Bryant - 1871 - 247 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1864 - 442 pages
...widened into broad expanses of pebbles and gravel, over which, though in the hot season passed dry-shod, in winter sea-like torrents thunder; the entrances...deposits of the rivers at whose mouths they lie ; the elevation of the beds of estuaries, and the consequently diminished velocity of the streams which flow... | |
 | George Perkins Marsh - Conservation of natural resources - 1864 - 592 pages
...widened into broad expanses of pebbles and gravel, over which, though in the hot season passed dryshod, in winter sealike torrents thunder; the entrances...deposits of the rivers at whose mouths they lie ; the elevation of the beds of estuaries, and the consequently diminished velocity of the streams which flow... | |
 | John Wells Foster - History - 1869 - 480 pages
...before it reaches the lowlands ; the beds of the brooks have widened into broad expanses of pebbles and gravel, over which, though in the hot season passed...deposits of the rivers at whose mouths they lie." The architectural ruins and other monuments attest that these regions, now almost withdrawn from human... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1864 - 408 pages
...widened into broad expanses of pebbles and gravel, over which, though in the hot season passed dry-shod, in winter sea-like torrents thunder; the entrances...deposits of the rivers at whose mouths they lie ; the elevation of the beds of estuaries, and the consequently diminished velocity of the streams which flow... | |
 | George Perkins Marsh - Conservation of natural resources - 1874 - 702 pages
...widened into broad expanses of pebbles and gravel, over which, though in the hot season passed dryshod, in winter sealike torrents thunder ; the entrances...deposits of the rivers at whose mouths they lie ; the elevation of the beds of estuaries, and the consequently diminished velocity and increased lateral... | |
 | Minnesota State Forestry Association, Leonard Bacon Hodges - Forests and forestry - 1880 - 188 pages
...history and song, have shrunk to humble brooklets; the willows that ornamented and protected their banks are gone, and the rivulets have ceased to exist as...deposits of the rivers, at whose mouths they lie." All this might have been prevented if the Roman grangers had passed a few bille for the encouragement... | |
 | George Perkins Marsh - Human geography - 1882 - 720 pages
...widened into broad expanses of pebbles and gravel, over which, though in the hot season passed dryshod, in winter sealike torrents thunder ; the entrances...deposits of the rivers at whose mouths they lie ; the elevation of the beds of estuaries, and the consequently diminished velocity and increased lateral... | |
 | Ontario. Bureau of Forestry - Forests and forestry - 1882 - 1002 pages
...into broad expanses of pebble and gravel, over which, though in the summer season passed dry-shod, in winter sealike torrents thunder ; the entrances...navigable streams are obstructed by sandbars ;-and harbours, once marts of an extensive commerce, are shoaled by the deposits of the rivers at whose mouths... | |
 | George Perkins Marsh - Natural resources - 1885 - 666 pages
...before it reaches the lowlands ; the beds of the brooks have widened into broad expanses of pebbles and gravel, over which, though in the hot season passed...deposits of the rivers at whose mouths they lie ; the elevation of the beds of estuaries, and the consequently diminished velocity and increased lateral... | |
 | Eau Claire Manor - Nursing homes - 1886 - 620 pages
...'in Winter sea-like torrents thunder. The entrances of narrow streams are obstructed by sand bars; and harbors, once marts of an extensive commerce, are shoaled by the deposit of rivers at whose mouths they lie. The elevation of the beds of estuarie-. and the consequently... | |
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