Chips and Chapters, a Book for Amateur and Young GeologistsW. Blackwood and sons, 1869 - 303 páginas |
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... sheep , horse , pig , dog , fox , man , & c . — a large portion of which have been , with intelligent care , pre- served in the neighbouring museum of Montrose . and planks and rubbish - the crannoge or lake - 140 CHIPS AND CHAPTERS .
... sheep , horse , pig , dog , fox , man , & c . — a large portion of which have been , with intelligent care , pre- served in the neighbouring museum of Montrose . and planks and rubbish - the crannoge or lake - 140 CHIPS AND CHAPTERS .
Página 141
David Page. and planks and rubbish - the crannoge or lake - dwelling of former days - reared by primitive men for their protection and defence , and made up of piles , planks , branches , stones , and other material , to give it ...
David Page. and planks and rubbish - the crannoge or lake - dwelling of former days - reared by primitive men for their protection and defence , and made up of piles , planks , branches , stones , and other material , to give it ...
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... crannoge , scoop out the oak - trunk with fire and their stone adzes , spear the ox and the deer in the woods , and begin to enjoy the amenities of a dawning civilisation . Time rolls away ; our lake grows shallower and shallower , 142 ...
... crannoge , scoop out the oak - trunk with fire and their stone adzes , spear the ox and the deer in the woods , and begin to enjoy the amenities of a dawning civilisation . Time rolls away ; our lake grows shallower and shallower , 142 ...
Página 144
... crannoge " of the still carlier and pre - Celtic period . Skulls of oxen , antlers of gigantic red - deer , Roman coins and bronzes , stone hatchets and tree - canoes , have all been taken from this single area , marking a succession of ...
... crannoge " of the still carlier and pre - Celtic period . Skulls of oxen , antlers of gigantic red - deer , Roman coins and bronzes , stone hatchets and tree - canoes , have all been taken from this single area , marking a succession of ...
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Página 135 - THERE rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen ! There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands ; They melt like mist, the solid lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go.
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