Fifth Avenue to AlaskaG.P. Putnam's sons, 1884 - 329 páginas |
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... snow - fences and vast snow - sheds were frequent ; but we learned that live stock thrive and fatten upon the dried grasses , which remain nutritious , as in Califor- nia , till the autumn rains destroy the nutriment , when new grasses ...
... snow - fences and vast snow - sheds were frequent ; but we learned that live stock thrive and fatten upon the dried grasses , which remain nutritious , as in Califor- nia , till the autumn rains destroy the nutriment , when new grasses ...
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... snow - topped mountains , from twelve to thirteen thousand feet high , form nearly a semi- circle on the east of the plain , and nightly cool the city after the cloudless sun has heated the valley . There are no summer rains ; but copi ...
... snow - topped mountains , from twelve to thirteen thousand feet high , form nearly a semi- circle on the east of the plain , and nightly cool the city after the cloudless sun has heated the valley . There are no summer rains ; but copi ...
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... snow moun- tains , which wash the streets on either side in rapid flow , add largely to the health , comfort , and cheerfulness of the place . The Mormon Tabernacle is a strange - looking building of immense proportions . It is an ...
... snow moun- tains , which wash the streets on either side in rapid flow , add largely to the health , comfort , and cheerfulness of the place . The Mormon Tabernacle is a strange - looking building of immense proportions . It is an ...
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... them to be the excavations which woodpeckers had made in quest of the bark - maggots , or little tree - worms ; but we learned , that , fearing the · approach of snow , the woodpecker bores the holes , TO THE YOSEMITE VALLEY . 53.
... them to be the excavations which woodpeckers had made in quest of the bark - maggots , or little tree - worms ; but we learned , that , fearing the · approach of snow , the woodpecker bores the holes , TO THE YOSEMITE VALLEY . 53.
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Edward Pierrepont. approach of snow , the woodpecker bores the holes , and inserts with his strong bill myriads of acorns , each receptacle forming a little store- house for a nut , a safeguard against the winter . Chaparrals dotted the ...
Edward Pierrepont. approach of snow , the woodpecker bores the holes , and inserts with his strong bill myriads of acorns , each receptacle forming a little store- house for a nut , a safeguard against the winter . Chaparrals dotted the ...
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