 ... verge, I peered down into a large rent which had been made from bank to bank of the broad Zambesi and saw that a stream of a thousand yards broad leaped down a hundred feet, and then became suddenly compressed into a space of fifteen or twenty yards....  New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register - Page 443edited by - 1857Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1844 - 742 pages
...are simply a crack made in a hard basaltic rock from the right to the left bank of the X null. - i. and then prolonged from the left bank away through thirty or forty miles of hills. . . . On the left side of the island we have a good view of the mass of water which causes one of the... | |
 | Religion - 1857 - 830 pages
...compressed into a space of fifteen or twenty yards. The entire falls are simply a crack made in a hard basaltic rock from the right to the left bank of the...left bank away through thirty or forty miles of hills The edge of that side over which the water falls is worn off two or three feet, and pieces have fallen... | |
 | David Livingstone - Africa, Southern - 1858 - 460 pages
...yards. The entire falls are simply a crack made in a hard basaltic rock from the right to the left hank of the Zambesi, and then prolonged from the left bank...Gravesend, the bed of black basaltic rock instead of London mad, and a fissure made therein from one end of the tunnel to the other down through the keystones... | |
 | 1858 - 704 pages
...crack made in a hard has-illic rock from the right to the left hanks of the broad Zambesi, and tbea prolonged from the left bank away through thirty or...immediately beyond the tunnel, extending as far as Gravcsend, the bed of black basaltic rock instead of London sand, and a assure mude therein from one... | |
 | Periodicals - 1858 - 768 pages
...fills are (imply a crack made in a hard basaltic rock from the right to the left banks of the broad Zambesi, and then prolonged from the left bank away...with low tree-covered hills, immediately beyond the tnnnel, extenting as far u Gravcsend, the bed of black basaltic rock i»te>d of London sand, and a... | |
 | 1858 - 590 pages
...suddenly compressed into a space of 15 or 20 yards. The entire Falls are simply a crack made in a hard basaltic rock, from the right to the left bank of...bank, away through thirty or forty miles of hills." To the Mosi oa tunya (Smoke does sound there), he gave the name of the " Victoria Falls." The bold... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1858 - 810 pages
...suddenly compressed into a space of 16 or 20 yards. The entire falls arc simply a crack made in a hard basaltic rock from the right to the left bank of the...and then prolonged from the left bank away through 30 or 40 miles of hills. In looking down into the fissure on the right of the island, nothing is seen... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1858 - 808 pages
...suddenly compressed into a space of 15 or 20 yards. The entire falls are simply a crack made in a hard basaltic rock from the right to the left bank of the...and then prolonged from the left bank away through 30 or 40 miles of hills. In looking down into the fissure on the right of the island, nothing is seen... | |
 | David Livingstone - 1859 - 470 pages
...into a space of fifteen or twenty yards. Tho ertire falls are simply a crack made in a hard basaltio rock from the right to the left bank of the Zambesi,...tunnel, extending as far as Gravesend, the bed of black basaltio rock instead of London mud, and a fissure made therein from one end of the tunnel to the other... | |
 | Pioneers - 1869 - 308 pages
...falls are simply a crack made in a hard basaltic rock from the right to the left bank of the Zambese, and then prolonged from the left bank away through thirty or forty miles. " If one imagines the Thames filled with low, tree-covered hills, immediately beyond the Tunnel, extending... | |
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