Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia Volume 2
Excerpt: ...was thirty-two feet below the level of the adjacent plain. It seemed nearly circular, the diameter being about three-quarters of a mile. One peculiarity in this lake was a double bank on the eastern side consisting first of a concentric break or slope from the plain, the soil not being clay as usual, but a dry red sand; and then arose the green bank of black earth, leaving a concentric fosse or hollow between. A belt of yarra trees grew around the edge of this singular hollow which was so dry and firm that the carts, in the track of which I was riding, had traversed it without difficulty. I learnt from Mr. Stapylton, on reaching t…
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- ISBN: 978-1-153-75009-7
- EAN: 9781153750097
- Produktnummer: 14786955
- Verlag: Books LLC, Reference Series
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 148 S.
- Masse: H24.6 cm x B18.9 cm x D0.8 cm 301 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 301
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