 | F.V Hayden - 1872 - 560 страници
...Aggregate time of flowings, 3 hours and 15 minutes. Average length of flowings, 15 minutes and 37J seconds." On the 28th of July we arrived at the lake,...it presents a unique picture. We had brought up the frame- work of a boat 12 feet long and 3J feet wide, which we covered T^ith stout ducking, well tarred.... | |
 | Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.) - 1872 - 572 страници
...flowings, 15 minutes and 37¿ seconds." On the 28th of July we arrived at the lake, and pitched onr camp on the northwest shore, in a beautiful grassy...labors had been reached, and we were amply paid for all bur toils. Such a vision is worth a lifetime, and only one of such marvelous beauty will ever greet... | |
 | Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.) - 1872 - 596 страници
...hue, one of the most beautiful scenes I have ever beheld. (Fig. 31.) The en tire party were tilled with enthusiasm. The great object of all our labors had been reached, and we were amply paid lor all our toils. Such a vision is worth a lifetime, and only one of such marvelous beauty will ever... | |
 | Edward Henry Bickersteth (bp. of Exeter) - 1874 - 764 страници
...call it, with lofty pride, "-the Crown of the Continent," and a learned geologist has declared that such a vision is worth a lifetime, and only one of such marvellous beauty will ever greet human eyes. To reach the sight of it cost the explorers infinite... | |
 | James Richardson - 1874 - 314 страници
...peculiarities of form and colouring, causing even the matter-of-fact chief of the Geological Survey to exclaim, "Such a vision is worth a lifetime; and only one of such marvellous beauty will ever greet human eyes!" The lake is twenty miles long and fifteen broad, with... | |
 | Robert Edmund Strahorn - 1878 - 160 страници
...sparkling waters of this 'mountain sea would roll two thousand feet above its summit!" Hayden says, "Such a vision is worth a lifetime, and only one of...such marvelous beauty will ever greet human eyes. Lying upon the very crown of the continent, Yellowstone Lake receives no tributaries of any considerable... | |
 | 1882 - 640 страници
...of quiet water, of a most delicate ultramarine hue, one of the most beautiful objects I ever beheld. The entire party were filled with enthusiasm. The...all our labors had been reached, and we were amply repaid for all our toils. Such a vision is worth a life-time, and only one of such marvelous beauty... | |
 | John Gibson - 1887 - 296 страници
...in the Yellowstone Lake, a beautiful sheet of water, at first sight of which Dr. Hayden exclaimed, " Such a vision is worth a lifetime, and only one of such marvellous beauty will ever greet human eyes !" The river leaves the lake at its north-east corner... | |
 | Robert Vaughn - 1900 - 470 страници
...the World." Professor Haydeii, the chief of a division of the United States Geological Survey, said: "Such a vision is worth a lifetime, and only one of...such marvelous beauty will ever greet, human eyes." I often think of the time myself and companions, in 1S64, were within a few miles of this marvelous... | |
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The entire party were filled with enthusiasm. The great object of all our labors had been reached, and we were amply paid for all our toils. Such a vision is worth a lifetime, and only one of such marvelous beauty will ever greet human eyes. 