 | United States. Congress. House - 898 pages
...ascended one of them to obtain a better view. The waves were curling in the breeze, and their dark-green color showed it to be a body of deep water. For a...waves was very grateful. It was set like a gem in (he mountains, which, from our position, seemed to enclose it almost entirely. At the western end it... | |
 | John Charles Frémont - 1845 - 820 pages
...ascended one of them to obtain a better view. The waves were curling in the breeze, and their dark-green color showed it to be a body of deep water. For a...long time we sat enjoying the view, for we had become ¡aiigucd with mountains, and the free expanse of moving waves was very grateful. It was set like a... | |
 | John Charles Frémont - 1845 - 678 pages
...ascended one of them to obtain a better view. The waves were curling in the breeze, and their dark-green color showed it to be a body of deep water. For a long1 time we sat enjoying the view, for we had become fatigued with mountains, and the free expanse... | |
 | John Charles Frémont - 1850 - 472 pages
...ascended one of them to obtain a better view. The waves were curling in the breeze, and their dark-green color showed it to be a body of deep water. For a...was set like a gem in the mountains, which, from our posilion, seemed to enclose it almost entirely. At the western end it communicated with the line of... | |
 | John Charles Frémont - 1850 - 476 pages
...ascended one of them to obtain a better view. The waves were curling in the breeze, and their dark-green color showed it to be a body of deep water. For a...sat enjoying the view, for we had become fatigued witli mountains, and the free expanse of moving waves was very grateful. It was set like a gem in the... | |
 | 1851 - 278 pages
...of them to obtain a better view. The waves were curling to the breeze, and their dark green colour showed it to be a body of deep water. For a long time...expanse of moving waves was very grateful. It was like a gem in the mountains, which, from our position, seemed to enclose it almost entirely. At the... | |
 | John Charles Frémont - 1851 - 474 pages
...them to obtain a better view. The w iVes were curling in the breeze, and their dark-green color $ owed it to be a body of deep water. For a long time we sai enjoying the view, for we had become fatigued with mountains, and the free expanse of moving waves... | |
 | CHARLES WENTWORTH UPHAM - 1856 - 458 pages
...ascended one of them to obtain a better view. The waves were curling in the breeze, and their dark-green color showed it to be a body of deep water. For a...expanse of moving waves was very grateful. It was set in the midst of the mountains, which, from our position, seemed to enclose it almost entirely. At the... | |
 | John C. Van Tramp - 1858 - 678 pages
...ascended one of them to obtain a better view. The waves 'ere curling in the breeze, and their dark-green color showed it to be a body of deep water. For a long time we sat enjoying the view, for we tad become fatigued with mountains, and the free expanse of moving ^aves was very grateful. It was... | |
 | John C. Van Tramp - 1867 - 814 pages
...ascended one of them to obtain a better view. The waves were curling in the breeze, and their dark-green color showed it to be a body of deep water. For a...fatigued with mountains, and the free expanse of moving warea was very grateful. It was set like a gem in the mountains, which, from our position, seemed to... | |
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It broke upon our eyes like the ocean. The neighboring peaks rose high above us, and we ascended one of them to obtain a better view. The waves were curling in the breeze, and their dark-green color showed it to be a body of deep water. For a long time... 
