 | Malthe Conrad Bruun - 1822 - 696 pages
...exhalations of the trees which have fallen under the pressure of 1 See the description of Africa, vol. iii. age ; the soil, excluded from the genial and purifying...accomplish ? The marshes are drained ; the rivers flow in their disencumbered channels ; the axe and the fire clear away the forests ; the earth, furrowed by... | |
 | Conrad Malte-Brun - 1827 - 564 pages
...no wind disperses the putrid exhalations of the trees which have fallen under the pressure of *ge; the soil, excluded from the genial and purifying warmth of the air, exhale* • See the articles Switzerland, Carinthia, 8cc. in this worV. f See the articles France and... | |
 | Conrad Malte-Brun - 1829 - 552 pages
...forests become impenetrable to the rays of the sun; no wind disperses the putrid exhalations of the trees which have fallen under the pressure of age ; the...the genial and purifying warmth of the air, exhales • See the articles Switzerland, Carinthia, &c. in this wort, t See the articles France and Russia.... | |
 | 1836 - 496 pages
...become impenetrable to the rays of the sun ; no wind disperses the putrid exhalations of the trees which have fallen under the pressure of age ; the...accomplish ? The marshes are drained ; the rivers flow in their disencumbered channels ; the axe and tire clear away the forests ; the earth, furrowed by the... | |
 | 1836 - 496 pages
...become impenetrable to the rays of the sun ; no wind disperses the putrid exhalations of the trees which have fallen Under the pressure of age ; the...excluded from the genial and purifying warmth of the air, exhale nothing but poisons ; and an atmosphere of deat] gathers over the whole country. But what do... | |
 | 1843 - 488 pages
...soil. Ground which is stony and barren, emits fewest vapours. The contrary is true of marshy soils. 429 under the pressure of age ; the soil, excluded from...accomplish ? The marshes are drained ; the rivers flow in their disencumbered channels ; the axe and fire clear away the forests ; the earth, furrowed by the... | |
 | A. Barrington - 1850 - 448 pages
...impenetrable to the rays of the sun ; no wind disperses the putrid exhalations which arise from fallen trees ; the soil, excluded from the genial and purifying warmth...atmosphere of death gathers over the whole country. Observe the difference, as soon as the country is settled, rivers opened, marshes drained, and the... | |
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In the meadows, the unsightly mushroom, and the useless moss, choke the nutritious herbs ; forests become impenetrable to the rays of the sun ; no wind disperses the putrid exhalations of the trees which have fallen under the pressure of age ; the soil,... 