 | Books and bookselling - 1787 - 512 pages
...is in many places ib thick and itrong as to fupport a man's weight. This immenfe bed of mofs, fpread over the furface of thefe mountains, ferves as a fpunge...brought by the clouds and vapours, which are continually riling and gathering round the mountains ; the thick growth of fpruce prevents the fun's rays from... | |
 | Jeremy Belknap - 1792 - 504 pages
...places, fo thick and ftrong, as to bear a man's weight. This immenfe bed of mofs, ferves as a fponge, to retain the moifture brought by the clouds and vapours, which are frequently riling and gathering round the mountains ; the thick growth of wood, prevents the rays of... | |
 | William Winterbotham - America - 1796 - 580 pages
...places, fo thick and ftrong, as to bear a man's weight. This iramenfe bed of mofs ferves as a fpongc to retain the moifture brought by the clouds and vapours, which are frequently rifing and gathering round the mountains ; the thick growth of wood prevents the rays of... | |
 | English literature - 1788 - 534 pages
...thick and fo Itrong as to fupport a man's weight. This immenfe bed •f mofs, fpre.id over the fiirface of thefe mountains, ferves as a fpunge to retain the...vapours which are continually rifing and gathering round t!ie mountains; the thick growth of fpruce prevents th« fun's rays from penetrating to exhale it ;... | |
 | 948 pages
...is in many places fo thick and ftrong as to fupport a man's weight. This immenfe bed of mofs, fpvead over the furface of thefe mountains ferves, as a fpunge to retain the moifture brought by the clouds and vapors which are continually rifing and gathering round the mountains j the thick growth of fpruce... | |
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Ipruce and fir. The furface is compofed of rocks, covered with very long green mofs, which extends from one rock to another, and is, in many places, fo thick and ftrong, as to bear a man's weight. This immenfe bed of mofs... 