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... pass " to fol- low the army in the capacity she had chosen . With this help Major Powell con- tinued in active service to the close of the war . In his student days Powell had made a specialty of what was then called " natural history ...
... pass " to fol- low the army in the capacity she had chosen . With this help Major Powell con- tinued in active service to the close of the war . In his student days Powell had made a specialty of what was then called " natural history ...
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... pass down through gorges , tumbling in cas- cades and cataracts , until they reach the hot , arid plains of the Lower Colorado , where the waters that were so clear above empty as turbid floods into the Gulf of California . The mouth of ...
... pass down through gorges , tumbling in cas- cades and cataracts , until they reach the hot , arid plains of the Lower Colorado , where the waters that were so clear above empty as turbid floods into the Gulf of California . The mouth of ...
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... pass from the plain below to the terrace above . By these gigantic stairways , you may ascend to high plateaus , covered with forests of pine and fir . The region is further diversified by short ranges of eruptive mountains . A vast sys ...
... pass from the plain below to the terrace above . By these gigantic stairways , you may ascend to high plateaus , covered with forests of pine and fir . The region is further diversified by short ranges of eruptive mountains . A vast sys ...
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... pass the mouth of Black's Fork , a dirty little stream that seems somewhat swollen . Just below its mouth , we land and camp . May 26. - To - day , we pass several curi- ously - shaped buttes , standing between the west bank of the ...
... pass the mouth of Black's Fork , a dirty little stream that seems somewhat swollen . Just below its mouth , we land and camp . May 26. - To - day , we pass several curi- ously - shaped buttes , standing between the west bank of the ...
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... pass down to the foot of the Uinta Mountains , and , in a cold storm , go into camp . The river is running to the south ; the mountains have an easterly and westerly trend directly athwart its course , yet it glides on in a quiet way as ...
... pass down to the foot of the Uinta Mountains , and , in a cold storm , go into camp . The river is running to the south ; the mountains have an easterly and westerly trend directly athwart its course , yet it glides on in a quiet way as ...
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