 | Church missionary society - 1863 - 614 páginas
...long delays, struck the new lake on March 14th, 1864. There it lay, a "great expanse of water— ft boundless sea horizon on the south and south-west,...rose from the bosom of the lake to a height of about 7000 feet above its level." THE SOURCES OF THE NILE. 99 Entrusting themselves to rnde canoes, they... | |
 | Church missionary society - 162 páginas
...in March 1864 — ," there like a sea of quicksilver lay, far beneath, the great expanse of water, a boundless sea horizon on the south and south-west, glittering in the noon-day sun ; while on the west, at fifty or sixty miles distance, blue mountains rose from the bosom of the lake... | |
 | 1865 - 398 páginas
...and long delays, struck the new lake on March 14th, 1864. There it lay, a "great expanse of water — a boundless sea horizon on the south and south-west,...rose from the bosom of the lake to a height of about 700O feet above its level." THE SOURCES OF THE KILE. 99 Entrusting themselves to rude canoes, they... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1866 - 818 páginas
...suddenly upon me ! There, like a sea of quicksilver, lay far beneath the grand expanse of water — a boundless sea horizon on the south and southwest,...height of about seven thousand feet above its level. " It is impossible to describe the triumph of that moment ; here was the reward of all our labor —... | |
 | Anonymous - 1866 - 588 páginas
...suddenly upon mo ! There, like a sea of quicksilver, lay far beneath the grand expanse of water, — a boundless sea horizon on the south and southwest,...rose from the bosom of the lake to a height of about 7000 feet above its level. ' It is impossible to describe the triumph of that moment ; here was the... | |
 | 1866 - 586 páginas
...suddenly upon me ! There, like a sea of quicksilver, lay far beneath the grand expanse of water, — a boundless sea horizon on the south and southwest,...rose from the bosom of the lake to a height of about 7000 feet above its level. - ~^ ' It is impossible to describe the triumph of that moment ; here was... | |
 | 1866 - 506 páginas
...suddenly upon me ! 'here, like a sea of quicksilver, lay far beneath the grand expanse of water,—a boundless sea horizon on the south and south-west,...rose from the bosom of the lake to a height of about 7,000 feet above its level. As regards the southern stretch of the Albert Lake from the point at which... | |
 | 1866 - 404 páginas
...like a sea of quick-silver, lay far beneath the grand expanse of water, — -a boundless sea-horizon on the south and south-west, glittering in the noon-day...rose from the bosom of the lake to a height of about 7,000 feet above its level. It is impossible to describe the triumph of that moment ; — here was... | |
 | 1866 - 848 páginas
...There, like a sea of quicksilver, lay far beneath the grand expanse of water ; a boundless seahorizon on the south and south-west glittering in the noonday...rose from the bosom of the lake to a height of about 7000 feet above its level. It is impossible to describe the triumph of that moment ; here was the reward... | |
 | 1867 - 974 páginas
...There, like a sea of quicksilver, lay far beneath the grand expanse of water, a boundless sea-horizon on the south and south-west, glittering in the noonday...rose from the bosom of the Lake to a height of about 7,000 feet above its level. B » impossible to describe the triumph of that moment Here was the reward... | |
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I hurried to the summit. The glory of our prize burst suddenly upon me ! There, like a sea of quicksilver, lay far beneath the grand expanse of water — a boundless sea horizon on the south and south-west, glittering in the noonday sun ; and on the west,... 
