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... late run very close between them ; and the last accounts had shown Ben Muich Dhui only some twenty feet or so ahead . I freely confess to a preference for Ben Muich Dhui , which the recent decision against him has not mitigated - indeed ...
... late run very close between them ; and the last accounts had shown Ben Muich Dhui only some twenty feet or so ahead . I freely confess to a preference for Ben Muich Dhui , which the recent decision against him has not mitigated - indeed ...
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... late season , and every portion of the mountains that did not consist of perpendicular rock appeared to be covered with snow . The peak detached from Ben Muich Dhui shot forth from the snow as like the Aiguilles of Mont Blanc as one ...
... late season , and every portion of the mountains that did not consist of perpendicular rock appeared to be covered with snow . The peak detached from Ben Muich Dhui shot forth from the snow as like the Aiguilles of Mont Blanc as one ...
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... late rains ; and what was most remarkable , an arch of snow covered the narrow glen from which it tumbled over the rocks . We ap- proached so near to the cataract as to know that there was no other lake or stream ; and then we had to ...
... late rains ; and what was most remarkable , an arch of snow covered the narrow glen from which it tumbled over the rocks . We ap- proached so near to the cataract as to know that there was no other lake or stream ; and then we had to ...
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... the interstices . But among them were new scaurs , still like fresh wounds , with the stones * Dr Skene Keith's ' Survey of Aberdeenshire , ' p . 644 . showing the sharpness of late fracture , and no herbage THE FLOODS OF '29 . 69.
... the interstices . But among them were new scaurs , still like fresh wounds , with the stones * Dr Skene Keith's ' Survey of Aberdeenshire , ' p . 644 . showing the sharpness of late fracture , and no herbage THE FLOODS OF '29 . 69.
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John Hill Burton. showing the sharpness of late fracture , and no herbage covering the blood - red sand . It was clear , from the venerable appearance of the older scaurs , that only at long intervals do the ele- ments produce this ...
John Hill Burton. showing the sharpness of late fracture , and no herbage covering the blood - red sand . It was clear , from the venerable appearance of the older scaurs , that only at long intervals do the ele- ments produce this ...
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