 ... general nakedness. The primary mountains present none of that wild, rocky, diversified, pleasing aspect which they do in the United States, but, on the contrary, are usually of a rounded form, covered by a dull, lifeless-colored soil, and generally...  Journal of a military reconnaissance, from Santa Fé, New Mexico, to the ... - Seite 121von James Hervey Simpson - 1852 - 140 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers, United States. War Department - 1850 - 410 Seiten
...covered by a dull, lifeless-colored soil, and generally destitute of any other sylva than pine and cedar, most frequently of a sparse and dwarfish character....dull buff color, sometimes white, sometimes red, and some[64] toes these alternating, and, beiiag almost universally bare of vegetation, escept that of... | |
 | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - 1850 - 412 Seiten
...camp, August 31, for general character of the country traversed cut of the Sierra de Tumecha. times these alternating, and, being almost universally bare...dwarfish, sickening-colored aspect, cannot be regarded as a general thing—at least, not until familiarity reconciles you to the sight—without a sensation... | |
 | James Hervey Simpson - 1852 - 360 Seiten
...— rocks confusedly piled upon rocks, deep glens, an occasional cascade, green, fertile valleys — the usual accompaniments of such characteristics with...thirteenth camp, August 31, for general character of the country traversed east of the Sierra de Tunecha. as a general thing — at least, not until familiarity... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - 1861 - 748 Seiten
...covered by a dull, lifeless-colored soil, and generally destitute of any other sylva than pine and cedar, most frequently of a sparse and dwarfish character....that of a sparse, dwarfish, sickening-colored aspect, can not be regarded as a general thing — at least, not until familiarity reconciles you to the sight... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - 1865 - 778 Seiten
...covered by a dull, lifeless-colored soil, and generally destitute of any other sylva than pine and cedar, most frequently of a sparse and dwarfish character....that of a sparse, dwarfish, sickening-colored aspect, can not be regarded as a general thing—at least, not until familiarity reconciles you to the sight—without... | |
 | American Geographical Society of New York - 1915 - 1204 Seiten
...were disagreeably impressed by the flora of the Navajo country. As stated by Simpson, the "rocks are almost universally bare of vegetation except that of a sparse, dwarfish, sickening-colored aspect"; and "cannot be regarded without a sensation of loathing." A more intimate acquaintance with the reservation... | |
 | 1916 - 768 Seiten
...pine and cedar, most frequently of a sparse and dwarfish character. * * * The sedimentary rocks are almost universally bare of vegetation, except that of a sparse, dwarfish, sickening-colored aspect, and can not be regarded as a general thing * * * without a sensation of loathing. Sitgreaves 2 states... | |
 | Herbert Ernest Gregory - 1916 - 266 Seiten
...pine and cedar, most frequently of a sparse and dwarfish character. * * * The sedi mentary rocks are almost universally bare of vegetation, except that of a sparse, dwarfish, sickening-colored aspect, and can not be regarded as a gen eral thing * * * without a sensation of loathing. Sitgreaves2 states:... | |
 | James Hervey Simpson - 2003 - 402 Seiten
...covered by a dull, lifeless-colored soil, and generally destitute of any other sylva than pine and cedar, most frequently of a sparse and dwarfish character....dwarfish, sickening-colored aspect, cannot be regarded as a general thing— at least, not until familiarity reconciles you to the sight— without a sensation... | |
 | 1850 - 940 Seiten
...covered by a dull, lifeless-colored soil, and generally destitute of any other sylva than pine and cedar, most frequently of a sparse and dwarfish character....dull buff color, sometimes white, sometimes red, and some» — . • г • — 5 4 . • . ^_» times these alternating, and, being almost universally... | |
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