 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 826 páginas
...whence its name. Near the middle of this swamp the trees grow much thicker, both cypress and cedar, and, being always green and loaded with very large tops,...are much exposed to the wind and easily blown down. Neither beast, bird, insect, nor reptile, approach the heart of this horrible desert ; perhaps deterred... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 820 páginas
...swamp the trees grow much thicker, both cypress and cedar, and, being always green and loaded with vpry large tops, are much exposed to the wind and easily blown down. Neither beast, bird, insect, nor reptile, approach the heart of tins horrible, desert ; perhaps deterred... | |
 | Joseph Martin, William Henry Brockenbrough - 1835 - 644 páginas
...Swamp, the trees grow much closer, both the cypress and cedar; and being always green and loaded with large tops, are much exposed to the wind, and easily blown down, in this boggy place, where the soil is too soft to afford sufficient hold to the roots. From these... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1845 - 562 páginas
...swamp, the trees grow much closer, both the cypress and cedar ; and being always green, and loaded with large tops, are much exposed to the wind, and easily blown down in this boggy place, where the soil is too soft to afford sufficient hold to the roots. From these... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1852 - 614 páginas
...swamp, the trees grow much closer, both the cypress and cedar ; and being always green, and loaded with large tops, are much exposed to the wind, and easily blown down in this boggy place, where the soil is too soft to affonl sufficient hold to the roots. From these... | |
 | James D. McCabe - 1871 - 1172 páginas
...swamp, the trees grow much closer, both the cypress and cedar ; and being always green, and loaded with large tops, are much exposed to the wind., and easily blown down in this boggy place, where the soil is too soft to afford sufficient hold to the roots. From these... | |
 | JAS. D. M'CABE, JR. - 1871 - 1164 páginas
...swamp, the trees grow much closer, both the cypress and cedar; and being always green, and loaded with large tops, are much exposed to the wind., and easily blown down in this boggy place, where the soil is too soft to afford sufficient hold to the roots. From these... | |
 | William Tynes Cowan - 2005 - 304 páginas
...which last is commonly mistaken for the juniper. Towards the south end is a large tract of reeds. . . . Near the middle of the Dismal the trees grow much...being always green, and loaded with very large tops, arc easily blown down, the boggy ground affording but a slender hold to the roots. Neither beast, bird,... | |
 | Joseph Martin (of Charlottesville, Va.) - 1839 - 650 páginas
...Swamp, the trees grow much closer, both the cypress and cedar; and being always green and loaded with large tops, are much exposed to the wind, and easily blown down, in this boggy place, where the soil is too soft to afford sufficient hold to the roots. From these... | |
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... which dies a black color, like the gall of an oak, — and hence its name. Near the middle of the Swamp, the trees grow much closer, both the cypress and cedar; and being always green and loaded with large tops, are much exposed to the wind, and easily... 