Overland Monthly: Devoted to the Development of the Country, Volume 15A. Roman and Company, 1965 |
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Page 20
... sand and gravel , and , at the bottom of the valley , sand - washes , as they are called , like the beds of ancient rivers , generally quite thickly covered with trees and bushes , varieties of cactus , and other desert growth . These ...
... sand and gravel , and , at the bottom of the valley , sand - washes , as they are called , like the beds of ancient rivers , generally quite thickly covered with trees and bushes , varieties of cactus , and other desert growth . These ...
Page 73
... sand of such richness could perhaps be more advantageously worked by smelting . He first made a series of tests in crucibles , mixed the sand with charcoal in order to reduce the oxide of iron naturally contained in it , and exposed it ...
... sand of such richness could perhaps be more advantageously worked by smelting . He first made a series of tests in crucibles , mixed the sand with charcoal in order to reduce the oxide of iron naturally contained in it , and exposed it ...
Page 375
... sand , rising boldly from the sparkling ocean as we go south , and facing the sun in its descent from the meridian . There are some brown hills on the island - one forming the main ridge and the highest ; but their dry and dusty ...
... sand , rising boldly from the sparkling ocean as we go south , and facing the sun in its descent from the meridian . There are some brown hills on the island - one forming the main ridge and the highest ; but their dry and dusty ...
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A Barbaric Yawp | 34 |
A Fantasy of Roses | 75 |
After Two Hundred Years | 87 |
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