 BAIKAL, a lake situated in the goT^rnment of Irkutsk in Siberia, and, next to the Caspian Sea, the largest expanse of water within the limits of the Russian empire. No where, perhaps, could a person, who should traverse the globe, meet with an object...  The hill of caves, with other poems - Page 77by William Read - 1818Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - Geography - 1823 - 512 pages
...naptha ; one of them is so hot, that birds are boiled in it in the space of 12 minutes In few places could a person, who should traverse the globe, meet...Baikal, whether we consider the rude sublimity of its scenery, or the singular phenomena, which both the lake itself and the surrounding country present... | |
 | Edinburgh encyclopaedia - 1830 - 830 pages
...Voyage of Discovery to the N. £. of Siberia, chap. vii. ( ;") BAIKAL, a lake situated in the goT^rnment of Irkutsk in Siberia, and, next to the Caspian Sea,...Baikal, whether we consider the rude sublimity of its scenery, or the singular phenomena which both the lake itself and the surrounding country present... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1834 - 1028 pages
...to the ( 'nspian Sea, the largest expanse of water within the limits of the Russian empire. Nowhere perhaps, could a person, who should traverse the globe,...interesting than the Baikal, whether we consider the rüde sublimity of its scenery, or the singular phenomena which both the lake itself ¡ind the surrounding... | |
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