Books with title The Cliff Climbers

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Who has not heard of the Himalayas—those Titanic masses of mountainsthat interpose themselves between the hot plains of India and the cold tablelands of Thibet—a worthy barrier between the two greatest empires in theworld, the Mogul and the Celestial? The veriest tyro in geography can tellyou that they are the tallest mountains on the surface of the earth; thattheir summits—a half-dozen of them at least—surmount the sea-level bymore than five miles of perpendicular height; that more than thirty of themrise above twenty thousand feet, and carry upon their tops the eternal snow!The more skilled geographer, or geognosist, could communicate hundreds ofother interesting facts in relation to these majestic mountains; vast volumesmight be filled with most attractive details of them—their fauna, their sylva,and their flora. But here, my reader, we have only space to speak of a few ofthe more salient points, that may enable you to form some idea of theTitanic grandeur of these mighty masses of snow-crowned rock, which,towering aloft, frown or smile, as the case may be, on our grand empire ofInd.It is the language of writers to call the Himalayas a “chain of mountains.”Spanish geographers would call them a “sierra” (saw)—a phrase which theyhave applied to the Andes of America. Either term is inappropriate, whenspeaking of the Himalayas: for the vast tract occupied by these mountains—over 200,000 square miles, or three times the size of Great Britain—in shapebears no resemblance to a chain. Its length is only six or seven timesgreater than its breadth—the former being about a thousand miles, while thelatter in many places extends through two degrees of the earth’s latitude.Moreover, from the western termination of the Himalayas, in the country ofCabul, to their eastern declension near the banks of the Burrampooter, thereis no continuity that would entitle them to the appellation of a “chain ofmountains.” Between these two points they are cut transversely—and inmany places—by stupendous valleys, that form the channels of great rivers,which, instead of running east and west, as the mountains themselves weresupposed to trend, have their courses in the transverse direction—oftenflowing due north or south.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

It was a warm still night early in May, and the electric light over the cabstand at the end of the square cast on to the pavement and dusty surface of the dry roadway the elbowed and angular shadows of the still leafless plane-trees, in unwavering lines, as if they were made of some dark marble cunningly inlaid into a grey ground. The dried seed-balls of last year still hung there, and the air was only sufficient to stir them, so that they oscillated gently to and fro, swinging from side to side in the light breeze that was not strong enough to agitate the twigs and branches that bore them.

Lang: - English, Pages 491. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back . This book is Printed in black & white, Hardcover, sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume, if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. (Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges). Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions.

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Who has not heard of the Himalayas—those Titanic masses of mountains that interpose themselves between the hot plains of India and the cold tablelands of Thibet—a worthy barrier between the two greatest empires in the world, the Mogul and the Celestial? The veriest tyro in geography can tell you that they are the tallest mountains on the surface of the earth; that their summits—a half-dozen of them at least—surmount the sea-level by more than five miles of perpendicular height; that more than thirty of them rise above twenty thousand feet, and carry upon their tops the eternal snow! The more skilled geographer, or geognosist, could communicate hundreds of other interesting facts in relation to these majestic mountains; vast volumes might be filled with most attractive details of them—their fauna, their sylva, and their flora. But here, my reader, we have only space to speak of a few of the more salient points, that may enable you to form some idea of the Titanic grandeur of these mighty masses of snow-crowned rock, which, towering aloft, frown or smile, as the case may be, on our grand empire of Ind.

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