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...nties to help alleviate illness that had plagued her since childhood. She was a single woman in her early forties when she made her treck through the Rocky Mountains. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains details this fascinating account of her travels through a series of letters written to her sister, Henrietta. These letters are filled with beautiful, vivid descriptions o...

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...This is about a three-hundred mile trip across the Rocky Mountains on horseback with Howard Eaton. It is about fishing, and cool nights around a camp-fire, and long days on the trail. It is about a party of all sorts, from everywhere, of men and women, old and young, experien...

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...he foundations of the broader fame which he acquired as the friend and invaluable counselor of Fremont, the Pathfinder, in his expeditions across the Rocky Mountains. (Summary from the Introduction)...

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...s of a northern empire the size of Europe. But it was fur these explorers were seeking when they pushed their canoes up the Saskatchewan, crossed the Rocky Mountains, went down the Columbia. Fur, not glory, was the quest when the dog bells went ringing over the wintry wastes from Saskatchewan to Athabaska, across the Barren Lands, and north to the Arctic. Beaver, not empir...

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...ugh essentially set in Australia, the author, Tony Kelly also describes his travels in Europe and Canada which included a journey by horseback in the Rocky Mountains in the late 1950s. The book provides a social history of farming life in South Australia during the 1940s and 50s and captures the excitement of agricultural development in Western Australia during the 1960s. ...

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... And I, stiff with watching, suspect some evil. Some foul play is in the mountains, stalking in the shadows of the dawn. Would God the releasing t... ... summoning you at his need. Stoop, daughters of ether, ye clouds of the mountains ! Rise, sons of the sea, most ancient re- tainers, Flow toward... ...are streaming, we are foaming From the sky and from the earth, Down the mountains, Through the fountains, We are streaming, steaming forth; We, ... ...ring you Salt. Ch of Men. From Sicily and the Cum~an Cave, And from the mountains where Apollo's shafts Whitened the hillsides once, We bring yo... ...iting, - And not a soul to speak to; I could roar,- Sound it against the mountains, - that these peaks Should bandy my intentions back and forth;... ...f silence, ye will return to him. Bid him adieu without bitterness, thou rocky castle! For his punishment shall be within him- self day by day. [E... ...red on, Coiling about the world, till it was caught And locked into your rocky fastnesses Where it lives ever; and your mountain ribs Ache with t...

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...foothills of the Himalayas. There in the distance, the stupendous backdrop of the world’s highest mountains stretched, range upon range, towards the... ..., tossing her head to emphasis her words. The travellers made their way carefully down the steep mountainside to the valley below and just before t... ...eaks towering above the city, on which stood the British fort. Its granite walls hewn out of the rocky massif, the fort dominated the valley below. ... ...ructive if things went wrong and Rosita suddenly feared for her lovely girl who had to walk this rocky road of marriage with such a man as Gavin Fre... ...drey Blankenhagen 90 your own country, but you will need courage and determination, for I see a rocky road ahead.’ ‘So, I will return to England s... ... of the temple. ‘But must you go on that long journey so soon and I am so afraid the cold of the mountains will be hazardous for you. Why not rest f... ...ly in the early morning so as not to disturb her sleeping companions. The sun was rising over the mountains, setting the snowy peaks and the clouds ... ...a guard also missing Stop Villagers report two riders answering their description seen making for mountains Stop Search party following Stop Prince ...

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...very and a sullied self-image was easily forgotten. There were imitation mountains and waterfalls all around. He swam to the opposite side of the po... ...lent. In answer to your question, maybe the boredom of flying around this rocky planet causes us to need to bite into something deeper. Anyhow, I ca...

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...imate: arid to semiarid; cold winters and hot summers Terrain: mostly rugged mountains; plains in north and southwest Land use: 12% arable land; NEGL%... ...cludes NEGL% irrigated Environment: damaging earthquakes occur in Hindu Kush mountains; soil degradation, desertification, overgrazing, deforestation,... ...ers ; hot, clear, dry summers; interior is cooler and wetter Terrain: mostly mountains and hills; small plains along coast Land use: 21% arable land; ... ...nd especially common in summer Terrain: mostly high plateau and desert; some mountains; narrow, discontinuous coastal plain Land use: 3% arable land; ... ...perate; warm, dry, summer precipitation very erratic Terrain: steep, rugged, rocky, volcanic Land use: 9% arable land; NEGL% per- manent crops; 6% mea... ...half of days in year; occasional snow all year, does not accumulate Terrain: rocky, hilly, mountainous with some boggy, undulating plains Land use: 0%... ... mild winters, cool summers; usually overcast; foggy, windy Terrain: rugged, rocky, some low peaks; cliffs along most of coast Land use: 2% arable lan... ...rain: flat to gradually sloping icecap covers all but narrow, barren, steep, rocky coast Land use: 0% arable land; 0% permanent crops; 1% meadows and ... ...terranean with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers Terrain: mostly low, rocky, flat to dis- sected plains; many coastal cliffs Land use: 38% arab...

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...r adorn, But the wind through the trees sighs, laden with woe. She looks o’er the mountains, heart filled with emotion, And watches the Teifi to t... ... carpeted the ground. Behind her rose a vast cliff, a waterfall spilling down its rocky face to combine with a deep pool below. Dancing With Fate ... ...ssoms of every hue grew in mossy clefts and on the edge of the pool. Bordering the mountains, a vast forest of oak and elm swept its branches skywar... ...ith some caution. Myrddin loved and respected all the creatures of the forests and mountains; he knew their ways and feared none of them. Likewise, ... ...ait. He had not walked far when he heard the sound of rushing water. Rounding the rocky promontory, he came upon a vast wall of water spilling down... ...e. She turned and gazed at the water tumbling Dancing With Fate 13 down the mountainside in a frenzy of white froth, the spray catching the r... ...n. Soon Arianhod, the goddess of the moon, rose full and majestic, from behind the mountains. For a while, they sat before the fire in companionabl...

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...oryteller W ith the rising of the second crescent moon over the Kraggy Mountains, the Bloons realised that it was almost time for the Story to be... ...als molded 10,000 years ago from a tear of one of the last dragons in the mountains of Tibet. Bozo took the ball in his hands and cried with happines... ...th f re to ask….’ But Bozo had grabbed the crystal ball and already craggy mountains were coming into view within it. The rocky slopes were bright re... ...al ball and already craggy mountains were coming into view within it. The rocky slopes were bright red and covered in a thin green forest that died ... ...hat died out some way before the top. They could see dark f ssures in the mountains that they supposed were caves. At the top there was a particular... ...them half the time, and occasionally they even crashed together and made mountains. ‘But then they invented maps and the countries had to stay put o... ...ot to cry. Only when the f ame was blown out and they trekked on over the rocky ground did he allow a tear to fall. He stubbed his toe against a sto... ...back of a jeep like a parcel, thrown on to the back of a camel to cross a rocky pass, and now he was being subjected to a forced march of ten miles....

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... years. At night he makes love with Calypso and by day he goes off to the rocky shoreline, longing for his wife. There is no contradiction here: ... ...s the true work of art? Is this the true beauty that can reach the tops of mountains and from there voyage from one universe to the next? When a ... ...is powerlessness by using cunning and deceit. This time he is faced with a rocky coastline that keeps him from being able to come to shore. In this ... ...y changes whatsoever. He gets there after having been thrown against the rocky shoreline and having risked being smashed to pieces and then decidi... ...her press conference, the comfort of her mansion. She must hide out in the mountains, in a secret place. And this place ends up being not so secret... ...nd try to reach land with the help of the veil Ino offers him. A terrible rocky cliff with sharp crags rises up before him and he realizes there is ... ...d then the violent undertow grabs him and takes him back out to sea. The rocky coastline is impenetrable and Ulysses is once again overcome by a t... ...cond and his ship is thrown off course. They had just had a glimpse of the mountains of Ithaca, and after this happens the mountains disappear from ...

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...o be towed to sea: all night a gentle sea rocked us, the dipper above our rocky shore. In the morning, while the bay lay limpid, before I could fini... ...nd others...thrown on the beach...we have VOICES FROM THE PAST 136 rocky shores...he was injured in the big storm...you see, we found him, my ... ...d we have talked far into the night: “He liked a gold cup...he liked the mountains...he liked the cove...yes, he went farther out to sea than anyon... ...those who have died. Dreaming, I counted our island, our town, our trees, mountains and sea. I added my home. However childish to enumerate like thi...

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...e right, we were half an hour outside Hillsboro. Hillsboro is still in the mountains, but it’s the closest town to home. I wished we could stop t... ...the trail hadn’t improved any and working our way down to lake level on those rocky switchbacks was tough enough in the sunlight… and the temperatu... ...oing east, the hills would continue to get bigger ‘til they turned into small mountains. After that, the hills would turn into real mountains, and... ...ed I’d remember. The further west you go from the Bighorn River, the more mountains you run into. Hills, really, but if you keep on heading west... ...run into. Hills, really, but if you keep on heading west, they’ll become the mountains you’d just as soon avoid, particularly in winter. It’d been ... ...small hills that we’d been riding through were about to give way to some real mountains. Anybody riding to or from Bozeman would have to use the pa...

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...o be towed to sea: all night a gentle sea rocked us, the dipper above our rocky shore. In the morning, while the bay lay limpid, before I could fini... ...nd others...thrown on the beach...we have VOICES FROM THE PAST 140 rocky shores...he was injured in the big storm...you see, we found him, my ... ...d we have talked far into the night: “He liked a gold cup...he liked the mountains...he liked the cove...yes, he went farther out to sea than anyon... ...those who have died. Dreaming, I counted our island, our town, our trees, mountains and sea. I added my home. However childish to enumerate like thi... ...eaks...may profound thoughts come. I spoke to them on a little hill, a rocky place. It wasn’t windy or hot and we were not troubled by flies and ... ... hand tighten on my shoulder. Kislev 12 We brought John to the ancient rocky crypts, a dozen of us. Some of us wound scarves around our faces. Mo... ...t me. Hate undermines me. Broken covenants...Golgotha, place of skulls...rocky Judea... Caesar Augustus, your crimes are everywhere...imperator...k... ...ient trees, uprooted trees, torn to pieces by the fury...the fragments of mountains must spill into valleys...immensity must burst the barrier of riv... ... forms...fear...puny man... I hear the resounding air, the lamentations. Mountains are to be torn open for their minerals...all animals will languis...

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...-- Splendid equipment of the expedition -- Among the Brazilians -- Lost on the mountains of Terre del Fuego -- Habits of the Fuegans -- An extraordina... ...ards the tropics? And may we not also infer from the united evidences of lofty mountains, deep valleys, high tablelands, islands of the deep, active v... ...have been given of the finding of the hulls of ships and iron anchors upon the mountains of Switzerland, very far from land, though that the sea could... ...ical wonders. The Arctic Region abounds with reflected images; of icebergs, of mountains, of continents, of vessels. All these things have become fami... ... "That he that hath faith, as a grain of mustard-seed, shall be able to remove mountains," he summoned all the Christians, Nestorians, and Jacobites, ... ...hat could be brought against it. To this end they set to work to fortify their rocky isle, so as to make if absolutely impregnable to attack. Among th... ...ds to an altitude of twelve hundred feet, and its shores nearly everywhere are rocky and precipitous. But more remarkable than this is the astonishing...

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...r body to follow the outlines of the dead trunk, and barely breathed. Blued mountains ringed the Basc-Crossroads hunting grounds, but her gaze was e... ...erous there, the path uphill well hidden. In contrast, the pass through the mountains separating Crossroads from Rudder rolled gently over a low sho... ...e that RiverRun, the Yata woman, and the other yatanii are somewhere in the mountains beyond Crossroads. The searchers have been combing the hillsid... ...Hilly terrain blocked her view. Stepping lightly, she scrambled to a small, rocky summit and peered over the edge. Two men, both Masari, hauled twi... ...aise her head for a longer look, she saw whitewashed houses carved into the mountainside. They glinted with a marble sheen in the rising sun, as bli... ...ed off her nightshirt and wrapped it around the boulders she dragged up the mountainside. The Great Wagon dipped toward the west, the Sheep tilted t... ... across the merciless salt pan, turned into lake by the monsoons, the high, rocky cliffs of Skedge continued to stand even as the rain etched them s...

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...as a plea for, well-being from the prayed-to entity. Plants, trees, rocks, mountains, birds, beasts, the water, the cloud, the sky, the darkness, and ... ...test. The contest erupts into violence and the Evil Twin crashes against a mountainside so hard that his face is rendered permanently lopsided. The Ev... ...e orendas manifested them- selves most awesomely to humans. Certain lakes, mountains, waterfalls, and other locales, including the sacred burial groun... ...pebble stood for an entity or creature in nature, such as animals, plants, mountains, water- ways and rocks. Pebbles also stood for particular human p... ...pebble stood for an entity or creature in nature, such as animals, plants, mountains, water-ways and rocks. Pebbles also stood for particular human pe... ...s and animals, and of the actual land in the form of its physical features—rocky out- crops, watercourses, sand plains and so on. A form of totemism g... ...f tree from which the Aborigines of the tribe there obtain spear shafts. A rocky outcrop to the east of the peak is the sons of Jarapiri. Although Jar... ...all the totemic creatures and animals it fea- tures. For example, Ngama, a rocky outcrop which is known as the home of Malatji the dingo. Near Ngama i...

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...ltar, Straits Settlements, Mississippi River, Three Rivers, Laughing Brook, Rocky Mountains, Blue Hills, Pike's Peak, Mount of Olives, Great Desert,... ...Straits Settlements, Mississippi River, Three Rivers, Laughing Brook, Rocky Mountains, Blue Hills, Pike's Peak, Mount of Olives, Great Desert, Death...

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...ttained, and therefore is not lost. FS: Great works are done only after mountains of transpiration of the mind! The magnificent pearl is the resul... ...he goat in order to protect him from any danger. The goat wandered into a rocky place. He saw some tender leaves on a branch and stretched out his ne...