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Page 409
... wall face , with a murmur like a vesper hymn . Desert varnish , a lustrous patina of iron and manganese oxides , streaks and stains the walls . The floor is carpeted with moss and large patches of quick- sand ; the author sank to his ...
... wall face , with a murmur like a vesper hymn . Desert varnish , a lustrous patina of iron and manganese oxides , streaks and stains the walls . The floor is carpeted with moss and large patches of quick- sand ; the author sank to his ...
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... wall several hundred yards long . Both sides are deeply undercut by wide alcoves , and a window has broken through ... wall , its streaked sides soaring hundreds of feet above us . On our right rose the curved ceiling of a gigantic ...
... wall several hundred yards long . Both sides are deeply undercut by wide alcoves , and a window has broken through ... wall , its streaked sides soaring hundreds of feet above us . On our right rose the curved ceiling of a gigantic ...
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... wall of snow barring their way . This wall , as Beaven's breath - taking adven- ture had shown , was corniced heavily on the right . On the left it ran out over a vertical rock face with no resting place , not even for the eye , until ...
... wall of snow barring their way . This wall , as Beaven's breath - taking adven- ture had shown , was corniced heavily on the right . On the left it ran out over a vertical rock face with no resting place , not even for the eye , until ...
Contents
Iceland to Antarctica A National Geographic Cartographer Goes | vi |
The Incredible Kangaroo Australias Famous Marsupial Sits on Its Tail | xxv |
Utahs River of Arches A Pack Trip Through Littleknown Canyons | xxx |
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