 | 1888 - 906 Seiten
...continually being undermined by the action of the spray, driven violently by gusts of wind against tho base of the precipice. In consequence of this action and that of the frost, portions of the incumbent rock overhang 40 feet, and often, when unsupported, tumble down,... | |
 | Thomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith - 1890 - 912 Seiten
...soft shales of equal thickness, which are continually being undermined by the action of the spray, driven violently by gusts of wind against the base...precipice. In consequence of this action and that of the frost, portions of the incumbent rock overhang 40 feet, and often, when unsupported, tumble down,... | |
 | 1907 - 960 Seiten
...soft shales of et] nal thickness, which are continually being undermined by the action of the spray, driven violently by gusts of wind against the base...precipice. In consequence of this action and that of the frost, portions of the incumbent rock overhang 40 feet, and often, when unsupported, tumble down,... | |
 | Charles Mason Dow - 1921 - 776 Seiten
...beneath which lie soft shales of equal thickness, continually undermined by the action of ihe spray driven violently by gusts of wind against the base of the precipice. In consequence of this disintegration, portions of the incumbent rock are left unsupported, and tumble down from time to time,... | |
 | New York (State). Legislature - 1921 - 784 Seiten
...beneath which lie soft shales of equal thickness, continually undermined by the action of the spray driven violently by gusts of wind against the base of the precipice. In consequence of this disintegration, portions of the incumbent rock are left unsupported, and tumble down from time to time,... | |
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Silurian series), about ninety feet thick, beneath which lie soft shales of equal thickness, continually undermined by the action of the spray, which rises from the pool into which so large a body of water is projected, and is driven violently by gusts... 
