 | Alexander von Humboldt - 1849 - 332 páginas
...heart of the wanderer. The hot dusty particles which fill the air increase its suffocating heat, (35) and the east wind, blowing over the long-heated soil,...motionless and fall asleep, deeply buried in the dry mud. Every where the death-threatening drought prevails, and yet, by the play of the refracted rays of light... | |
 | 1850 - 652 páginas
...which fill the air, increase its suffocating heat ; and the east wind blowing over the long heated soil, brings with it no refreshment, but rather a...cold, so here, under the influence of the parching droughts, the crocodile and the boa become motionless, and fall asleep deeply buried in the dry mud.... | |
 | 1850 - 580 páginas
...branches of the fan palm had protected from evaporation, now gradually disappear. As in the icynorth the animals become torpid with cold, so here, under the influence of the parching droughts, the crocodile and the boa become motionless, and fall asleep deeply buried in the dry mud.... | |
 | LIEUT N.F. MAURY, U.S.N. - 1851 - 344 páginas
...yellow, fading branches of the fan-palm had protected from evaporation, now gradually dis" appear. As in the icy North the animals become torpid with...motionless and fall asleep, deeply buried in the dry mud. * palm bush, apparently raised by the influence of the contact of unequally t£ heated and therefore... | |
 | United States Naval Observatory - 1851 - 710 páginas
...yellow, fading branches of the fan-palm had protected from evaporation, now gradually disap" pear. As in the icy north the animals become torpid with...motionless and fall asleep, deeply buried in the dry mud * The distant palm bush, apparently raised by the influence of the contact of une» qually heated and... | |
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - 1853 - 582 páginas
...yellow, fading branches of the fan-palm had protected from evaporation, now gradually dis" appear. As in the icy North the animals become torpid with cold, so here, under the influence of the parch" ing drought, the crocodile and the boa become motionless and fall asleep, deeply buried in the... | |
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - 1855 - 312 páginas
...refreshment, but rather a still more burning glow. The pools which the yellow, fading branches of the fan-palm had protected from evaporation, now gradually disappear....motionless and fall asleep, deeply buried in the dry mud " The distant palm-bush, apparently raised by the influence of the contact of unequally heated and... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1855 - 590 páginas
...over the long-heated soil brings with it no refreshment, but rather a still more burning glow." . ..." As in the icy north the animals become torpid with cold, so here, under tin influence of the parching drought, the crocodile and the boa become motionless and fall asleep,... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1850 - 570 páginas
...but rather a still more burning low. The pools which the yellow, fading branches of the fan-palm ad protected from evaporation, now gradually disappear....death-threatening drought prevails, and yet by the play of refracted rays of light producing the phenomena of the mirage, the thirsty mariner is everywhere pursued... | |
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - 1860 - 542 páginas
...refreshment, but rather a still more burning glow. The pools which the yellow, fading branches of the fanpalm had protected from evaporation, now gradually disappear....motionless and fall asleep, deeply buried in the dry mud The distant palm-bush, apparently raised by the influence of the contact of unequally heated and therefore... | |
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The hot, dusty particles which fill the air increase its suffocating heat, and the east wind, blowing over the long-heated soil, brings with it no refreshment, but rather a still more burning glow. The pools which the yellow, fading branches of the fan-palm... 
