The roads and railroads, vehicles, and modes of travelling, of ancient and modern countries; with accounts of bridges, tunnels, and canals, in various parts of the world .. (1839)
London : J.W. Parker · leaf 70
mexceeded; but upon the higher mountains five may becounted, and upon those of a lower elevation only two, oreven only one. The level of the waters and of the base-ment of the mountains was the same, and the only dif-ference was in the height of the circumjacent mountains,exposed, in consequence,… … height shown in fig. 3, or to that of fig. 4, it had threeterraces, or four, according to the height. Of this kind, r K Fig. 3. Fig. 4. for example, is the beautiful basin in which stands LakeOntario, in Upper Canada; the lake is surrounded by an D 3 58 ROADS OP THE EASTERN COUNTRIES. amphitheatre…
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