 | General history - 1815 - 802 pages
...with everlasting snow. Not a tree was to be seen, nor a shrub even big enough to make a toothpick. The only vegetation we met with was a coarse strong-bladed...in tufts, wild burnet, and a plant like moss, which sprung from the rocks. Seals, or sea-bears, were pretty numerous. They were smaller than those at Staten... | |
 | 1815 - 476 pages
...nor a shrub even big enough to make a tooth-pick. The only vegetation observed was a strong bladed grass, growing in tufts, wild burnet, and a plant like moss, which sprung from the rocks. Seals or sea-bears were pretty numerous. Among them was a huge animal, of the... | |
 | James Cook - 1821 - 304 pages
...with everlasting snow. Not a tree was to be seen, nor a shrub even big enough to make a toothpick. The only vegetation we met with, was a coarse strong-bladed...in tufts, wild burnet, and a plant like moss, which sprung from the rocks. Seals, or sea bears, were pretty numerous. They were smaller than those at Staten... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1824 - 532 pages
...with everlasting snow. Not a tree was to be seen, nor a shrub even big enough to make a toothpick. The only vegetation we met with was a coarse strong-bladed...in tufts, wild burnet, and a plant like moss, which sprung from the rocks. Seals, or sea-bears, were pretty numerous. They were gmaller than those at Staten... | |
 | Andrew Kippis - 1826 - 464 pages
...seen, or a shrub found, that was even big enough to make a toothpick. The only vegetation, that was met with, was a coarse strong-bladed grass, growing...and a plant like moss, which sprang from the rocks. The land in which this bay lies, was at first judged by our navigators to be part of a great continent.... | |
 | Andrew Kippis - 1832 - 238 pages
...big enough to make a tooth-pick. The only vegetation, that was iriet with, was a coarse strong-bladea grass, growing in tufts, wild burnet, and a plant like moss, which sprang from the rocks. When our commander landed in the bay, he displayed the English colours ; and, under a discharge of... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1832 - 312 pages
...Spitzbergen ; the valleys were covered with snow ; and the only vegetation observed was Waded grass, wild burnet, and a plant like moss, which sprang from the rocks. Not a stream of fresh water was to be seen on the whole coast. Lon. 30 11 W., lat. 54 Gulf of, in the... | |
 | James Cook - 1842 - 636 pages
...with everlasting snow. Not a tree was to be seen, nor a shrub even big enough to make a toothpick. The only vegetation we met with was a coarse strong-bladed...in tufts, wild burnet, and a plant like moss, which sprung from the rocks. Seals, or sea-bears, were pretty numerous. They were smaller than those at Staten... | |
 | John Purdy - 1844 - 534 pages
...terminated by perpendicular ice-cliffs of considerable height. Pieces were continually breaking off, with a loud explosion, and floating out to sea. " The inner...wild burnet, and a plant like moss, which sprang from tlie rocks. Seals were numerous. Several flocks of large penguins were seen. The oceanic birds were... | |
 | William Darby - 1845 - 1030 pages
...part of the year. The valleys were covered with snow, and the only vegetation observed was a bladed grass, growing in tufts, wild burnet, and. a plant, like moss, which sprung from the rocks. Not a stream uf fresh water was to be seen on .the whole coast. This inland... | |
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The inner parts of the country were not less savage and .horrible. The wild rocks raised their lofty summits till they were lost in the clouds, and the valleys lay covered with everlasting snow. Not a tree was to be seen, nor a shrub even big enough to... 
