Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club1898 |
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... mountains in past time . Yet to those who have examined them , the scoring of the rocks in North Wales and in Scotland by the blocks of stone embed- ded in the under surface of glaciers , and the transport of large masses of stone to ...
... mountains in past time . Yet to those who have examined them , the scoring of the rocks in North Wales and in Scotland by the blocks of stone embed- ded in the under surface of glaciers , and the transport of large masses of stone to ...
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... mountain in Great Britain . In the exceptional situation of this mountain at the lower part of the three valleys of Glen Spean , Glen Roy , and Glen Gluoy , may be found the clue to explain the occurrence of these ancient shores which ...
... mountain in Great Britain . In the exceptional situation of this mountain at the lower part of the three valleys of Glen Spean , Glen Roy , and Glen Gluoy , may be found the clue to explain the occurrence of these ancient shores which ...
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... mountains and the gigantic scale of the former system of lakes was most impressive , and he , as an explorer and examiner , could not hesitate to follow Mr. La Touche in his theory of the causes of the parallelism of the various roads ...
... mountains and the gigantic scale of the former system of lakes was most impressive , and he , as an explorer and examiner , could not hesitate to follow Mr. La Touche in his theory of the causes of the parallelism of the various roads ...
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... Mountains ; the Sugar Loaf , 1,954 feet high , in Monmouthshire , also the Blorenge and Scyrrid ; and the Malvern Range very distinctly in Worcestershire . In Herefordshire the northern extremity of the Black Mountains ,
... Mountains ; the Sugar Loaf , 1,954 feet high , in Monmouthshire , also the Blorenge and Scyrrid ; and the Malvern Range very distinctly in Worcestershire . In Herefordshire the northern extremity of the Black Mountains ,
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In Herefordshire the northern extremity of the Black Mountains , near Hay , is seen and their entire range down to ... Mountain , in the parish of Lingen , interesting from the fact that it is cultivated up to its summit , on which is an ...
In Herefordshire the northern extremity of the Black Mountains , near Hay , is seen and their entire range down to ... Mountain , in the parish of Lingen , interesting from the fact that it is cultivated up to its summit , on which is an ...
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