 | Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - 1819 - 602 pages
...resembling those of the organ. The missionaries call these stones laxas de musica. " It is witchcraft (com de bruxas}" said our young Indian pilot, who could...denied. The shelves of rock are full of very narrow and dee|> crevices. They are heated during the day to 48° or 50°. I often found their temperature at... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1831 - 620 pages
...never ourselves heard these mysterious sounds, either at Carichana vieja, or in the upper Oronooko ; but from information given us by witnesses worthy...deep crevices. They are heated, during the day, to about 50°. I often found their temperature at the surface, during the night, at 39°, the surrounding... | |
 | 1831 - 624 pages
...never ourselves heard these mysterious sounds, either at Carichana vieja, or in the upper Oronooko ; but from information given us by witnesses worthy...deep crevices. They are heated, during the day, to about 50°. I often found their temperature at the surface, during the night, at 39 °, the surrounding... | |
 | 1831 - 632 pages
...ourselves heard these mysterious sounds, either at Carichana vieja, or in the upper Oronooko ; hut from information given us by witnesses worthy of belief,...deep crevices. They are heated, during the day, to about 50°. I often found their temperature at the surface, during the night, at 39°, the surrounding... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1831 - 620 pages
...never ourselves heard these mysterious sounds, either at Carichana vieja, or in the upper Oronooko ; but from information given us by witnesses worthy...narrow and deep crevices. They are heated, during the da}', to about 50°. I often found their temperature at the surface, during the night, at 39°, the... | |
 | David Brewster - 1834 - 370 pages
...mysterious sounds either at Carichana Vieja or in the upper Orinoco : but from information given vis by witnesses worthy of belief, the existence of a...depend on a certain state of the atmosphere cannot he denied. The shelves of rock are full of very narrow and deep crevices. They are heated during the... | |
 | Sir David Brewster - 1835 - 322 pages
...We never ourselves heard these mysterious sounds either at Carichana Vieja or in the upper Orinoco ; but from information given us by witnesses worthy...and deep crevices. They are heated during the day to about 50°. I often found their temperature at the surface during the night at 39°, the surrounding... | |
 | Light - 1838 - 298 pages
...never ourselves heard these mysterious sounds, either at Carichana Vieja, or in the upper Orinoco ; but from information given us by witnesses worthy...of the atmosphere cannot be denied. The shelves of rocks are full of very narrow and deep crevices. They are heated during the day to about 50°. I often... | |
 | Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) - 1840 - 444 pages
...never ourselves heard these mysterious sounds, either at Cari. chana Vieja, or in the upper Orinoco ; but from information given us by witnesses worthy...of the atmosphere cannot be denied. The shelves of rocks are full of very narrow and deep crevices. They are heated during the day to about 50°. I often... | |
 | 1844 - 276 pages
...never ourselves heard these mysterious sounds, either At Carichana Vieja, or in the Upper Orinoco; but, from information given us by witnesses worthy...and deep crevices. They are heated during the day to about 50°. I often found their temperature at the surface, during the night, at 39°, the surrounding... | |
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It is witchcraft,' said our young Indian pilot. We never ourselves heard these mysterious sounds either at Carichana Vieja or in the upper Orinoco ; but from information given us by witnesses worthy of belief, the existence of a phenomenon that seems... 
