 British provinces that there are few old residents of the interior of those districts who are not able to testify to its truth as a matter of personal observation. My own recollection suggests to me many instances of this sort ; and I remember one case...  Biennial Report - Page 123by California. State Board of Horticulture - 1888Full view - About this book
 | Royal Agricultural Society of England - Agriculture - 1867 - 812 pages
...published work on ' Man and Nature,' states : — " I remember one case where a small mountain-spring, which disappeared soon after the clearing of the ground where it rose, was recovered, about ten or twelve years after, by simply allowing the bushes and young trees to grow up on a rocky knoll... | |
 | George Perkins Marsh - Conservation of natural resources - 1864 - 592 pages
...matter of personal observation. My own recollection suggests to me many instances of this sort, and I remember one case where a small mountain spring,...clearing of the ground where it rose, was recovered about ten or twelve years ago, by simply allowing the bushes and young trees to grow np on a rocky knoll,... | |
 | Congregationalism - 1865 - 652 pages
...spring which disappeared soon after clearing the ground where it rose, was recovered about ten or twelve years ago by simply allowing the bushes and young trees to grow up on a rocky knoll not more than half an acre in extent immediately above it, and has since continued... | |
 | David Thomas Ansted - Physical geography - 1867 - 522 pages
...number and volume as the woods were removed. Mr. Marsh states, "I remember one case where a sni'ill mountain spring, which disappeared soon after the...clearing of the ground where it rose, was recovered about ten or twelve years ago, by simply allowing the bushes and young trees to grow up on a rocky knoll,... | |
 | John Murray - 1867 - 832 pages
...published work on ' ?Vlan and Nature,' states : — " I remember one case where a small mountain-spring, which disappeared soon after the clearing of the ground where it rose, was recovered, about ten or twelve years after, by simply allowing the bushes and young trees to grow up on a rocky knoll... | |
 | California. Legislature - California - 1868 - 514 pages
...recent valuable treatise on physical geography,* " suggests to me many instances of this sort, and I remember one case where a small mountain spring, which disappeared soon after clearing the ground where it rose, was recovered about ten or twelve years ago by simply allowing the... | |
 | David Thomas Ansted - Physical geography - 1871 - 582 pages
...flowing from woods, diminishing both in number and volume as the woods were removed. Mr. Marsh states, "I remember one case where a small mountain spring, which disappeared soon after the clearing of tie ground where it rose, was recovered about ten or twelve years ago, by simply allowing the bushes... | |
 | George Perkins Marsh - Conservation of natural resources - 1874 - 702 pages
...matter of personal observation. My own recollection suggests to me many instances of this sort, and I remember one case where a small mountain spring,...simply allowing the bushes and young trees to grow up on a rocky knoll, not more Atlantic and the Gnlf of Mexico exceeds the mean of the whole United... | |
 | John Croumbie Brown - Climatology - 1877 - 330 pages
...matter of personal observation. My own recollection suggests to me many instances of this sort, and I remember one case where a small mountain spring,...ago, by simply allowing the bushes and young trees to giovv up on a rocky knoll, not more than half an acre in extent, immediately above the spring. The... | |
 | Maine. Board of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1865 - 442 pages
...matter of personal observation. My own recollection suggests to me many instances of this sort, and I remember one case where a small mountain spring,...clearing of the ground where it rose, was recovered about ten or twelve years ago, by simply allowing the bushes and young trees to grow up on a rocky knoll,... | |
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