 | Joseph Beete Jukes - 1842 - 372 pàgines
...SKETCH OF THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF NEWFOUNDLAND. THE general character of the island of Newfoundland is that of a rugged, and, for the most part, a barren...mountains, and the latter rarely expanding into plains. The hills are of various characters, forming sometimes long flat-topped ridges, and being occasionally... | |
 | Joseph Beete Jukes - 1842 - 374 pàgines
...SKETCH OF THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF NEWFOUNDLAND. THE general character of the island of Newfoundland is that of a rugged, and, for the most part, a barren...mountains, and the latter rarely expanding into plains. The hills are of various characters, forming sometimes long flat-topped ridges, and being occasionally... | |
 | United States. Department of the Treasury - 1853 - 932 pàgines
...forming districts, to which the names of " woods," " marshes," and " barrens," are respectively assigned. From the sea, Newfoundland has a wild and sterile...mountains, and the latter rarely expanding into plains. The woods occupy indifferently the sides, and even the summits, of the hills, the valleys, and the... | |
 | United States. Department of the Treasury - 1854 - 714 pàgines
...nineteen miles, measured on a curve through the centre of the island. ' From the sea, Newfoundland bas a wild and sterile appearance, which is anything but...other, the former never rising into mountains, and the bitter rarely expanding into plains. The bills are of various characters, forming sometimes long flattopped... | |
 | 1854 - 580 pàgines
...ILt perimeter is not less than 1,000 miles. From the sea it has a wild and sterile appearance, and its general character is that of a rugged and for...never rising Into mountains, and the latter rarely expandiug into plains. Of various character, the hills sometimes form long, flat-topped ridges, and... | |
 | Popular encyclopedia - 1875 - 522 pàgines
...rocks, scattered over the country, increase the general roughness of its appearance and character. Hills and valleys continually succeed each other, the former never rising into mountains (the highest not exceeding 1500 feet), and the latter rarely expanding into plains. The seacliffs are,... | |
 | Popular encyclopedia - 1879 - 544 pàgines
...rocks, scattered over the country, increase the general roughness of its appearance and character. Hills and valleys continually succeed each other, the former never rising into mountains (the highest not exceeding 1500 feet), and the latter rarely expanding into plains. The seacliffs are,... | |
 | 1851 - 958 pàgines
...curve through the centre of the island, rom the sea, Newfoundland has a wild and sterile appearance, :h is anything but inviting. Its general character is that of a rugged, , for the most part, a barren country. Hills and valleys continually :eed each other, the former never... | |
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From the sea, Newfoundland has a wild and sterile appearance, which is anything but inviting. Its general character is that of a rugged, and, for the most part, a barren country. Hills and valleys continually succeed each other, the former never rising... 