 Viewed from the sea, the country appears rugged and mountainous ; but, on a nearer approach, its appearance is higldy romantic and picturesque, clothed as it is with the most luxuriant vegetation, its hills covered with thick woods, and its valleys with...  A New and Comprehensive Gazetteer - Page 134by George Newenham Wright - 1835Full view - About this book
 | John Thomson - Gazetteers - 1851 - 1092 pages
...other regions of the world are scattered far asunder, are found concentrated in this favoured country. Towards the interior, the land rises by gentle gradations to the height of from 3000 to 5000 or 6000 feet above the level of the sea ; and in these temperate regions European fruits... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Geography - 1856 - 802 pages
...Mawe was employed in visiting the works the number of diamonds found did not exceed 40. 428 veidure which never fades. Towards the interior, the land rises by gentle gradations, to the height of 6,000 feet above the level of the sea. A large part of the interior is overspread with an impenetrable... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Geography - 1856 - 932 pages
...mountainous ; but on a nearer approach, its appearance is highly beautiful and picturesque, clothed as it is with the most luxuriant vegetation, its hills covered with thick woods, and its valleys with **, 5 feet. After this operation, the water is drained away from all the deeper parts of the channel,... | |
 | Joseph Whitaker - Almanacs, English - 1887 - 816 pages
...cabinet-work, or phij>building; among these are mahogany, logwood, rosewood, brazil wo* d, &c. Toward* tt»e interior the land rises by gentle gradations to the height of from 3,000 to 5,000 feet above the level of the sea, and in those regions European fruits and grain are... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - Commerce - 1873 - 304 pages
...earth. Viewed from the sea the country appears rugged and mountainous, but on a nearer approach its appearance is romantic and picturesque, clothed with...covered with thick woods, and its valleys with a verdure that never fades. Towards the interior the land rises by gentle gradations to the height of from 3,000... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1875 - 648 pages
...from the sea. the country appears rugged and mountainous, but on a nearer approach its appear* ance is romantic and picturesque, clothed with the most...covered with thick woods, and its valleys with a verdure that never fades. Towards the interior the land rises by gentle gradations to the height of from 3,000... | |
 | 1881 - 292 pages
...cabinet-work or shipbuilding; among these are the cocoanut, muhograny, logwood, rosewood, brazilwood, etc. Towards the interior the land rises, by gentle gradations, to the height of f rom 2000 to 5000 feet ab >ve the level of the sea, and in Шо е regions European fruits and grain... | |
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