 | John Britton - 1812 - 1070 pàgines
...beneath it. We descended with some difficulty to the bottom of the fall. Here the effect is very august. A sheet of water is seen pouring down a rugged declivity, nearly perpendicular, of two hundred feet; the view of it complete and full through the adjoining woods, which, though they thickly mantle its... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1812 - 1052 pàgines
...beneath it. We descended with some difficulty to the bottom of the fall. Here the effect is very august. A sheet of water is seen pouring down a rugged declivity, nearly perpendicular, of two hundred feet; the view of it complete and fall through the adjoining woods which, though they thickly mantle its... | |
 | Joseph Cradock - 1828 - 430 pàgines
...broken in its descent. Mr. Warner enumerates the three falls : the first about 20 feet, the second SO, and the third 20, making altogether about 70 feet....down a rugged declivity, nearly perpendicular, of ttco hundred feet." This is agreed to by Mr. Wyndham ; but Mr. Bingley only estimates the fall at 150... | |
 | 1830 - 482 pàgines
...beneath it. We descended with some difficulty to the bottom of the fall. Here the effect is very grand. A sheet of water is seen pouring down a rugged declivity, nearly perpendicular, of two hundred feet; the view of it is complete and full, through the adjoining woods, which, though they thickly mantle... | |
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Caen; in order to approach which, we passed over a rude alpine bridge, formed of the trunk of an oak thrown from rock to rock, and hanging frightfully over a black torrent that roared many feet beneath it. We descended with some difficulty to the bottom... 