Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 334
ars in roundnumbers, or it may havebeen twice as many,that a strange thingthing took place in theheart of the GreatMountains. It was inthe middle of the Plio-cene epoch, a long, dulltime that seemed as ifit would never come toan end. There wasthen on the east side of the Great Divide a deep,… … 804 A Book of Natural History buried — the crust of the earth was broken, and agreat outflow of melted larva surged up from below.This was no ordinary eruption, but a mighty outbreakof the earths imprisoned forces. The steady streamof lava filled the whole mountain basin and ran outover its sides,…
Children's literature
Internet Archive · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from Travels in the East; including a visit to Egypt and the Holy Land. [Translated from the German.] ... With ... illustrations by Pausinger, etc (1884)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/bl-bl_003184167_0-205-1.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial4421dodg-915-1316.webp)
