Landscape in History: And Other Essays

Alban Hills ancient animals Apennines aspect Bracciano Britain Campagna Carboniferous century changes cliffs coast cone continued crags crust Darwin denudation deposit district drainage earth English erosion eruptions evidence feet geological geologists glens globe ground heights Highlands hills hollows Hugh Miller human Hutton imagination impressive influence Inner Hebrides inquiry islands kind lakes land landscape less literary literature LOCH MAREE Lord Kelvin lowlands marked material ment miles mountains nature northern observation Old Red Sandstone older once origin Ossian period physical plain Pliocene poems poet present progress recognised record regarded region remains ridges rise river rocks Rome sand scene scenery scientific Scotland Scottish Scottish Highlands Scottish lowlands sediment side Slieve League slopes southern stone strata streams structure successive surface terrestrial Tiber tion topography trace tracts travertine tuff uniformitarian uplands valleys vast volcanic whole wide