 | Henry Charles Carey, J. Lea - 1826 - 550 頁
...for grain; and hogs and cattle are raised in abundance. The whole state, below the mountains, rests on an immense bed of limestone, usually about eight feet below the surface. There are everywhere apertures in this limestone, through which, the waters of the rivers sink into... | |
 | Josiah Conder - 1830 - 360 頁
...25°. The average temperature of the year is about 58°. The whole State, below the mountains, rests on an immense bed of limestone, usually about eight feet below the surface. There are, consequently, no swamps or stagnant waters, and the air is, in general, remarkably sweet... | |
 | Josiah Conder - 1830 - 362 頁
...25°. The average temperature of the year is about 58°. The whole State, below the mountains, rests on an immense bed of limestone, usually about eight feet below the surface. There are, consequently, no swamps or stagnant waters, and the air is, in general, remarkably sweet... | |
 | Samuel Augustus Mitchell - 1834 - 336 頁
...sugar-tree, mulberry, elm, ash, cotton-wood, and white thorn. The whole State, below the mountains, rests on an immense bed of limestone, usually about eight feet below the surface. There are everywhere apertures in this limestone, through which the waters of the rivers sink into... | |
 | Samuel Augustus Mitchell - 1840 - 612 頁
...part, and is about 150 miles long, and from 50 to 100 wide. The whole state, below the mountains, rests on an immense bed of limestone, usually about eight feet below the surface. There are everywhere apertures in this limestone, through which the waters of the rivers sink into... | |
 | Bishop Davenport - 1843 - 604 頁
...excellent land ; and hogs and cattle are raised in abundance. The whole state, below the mountains, rests on an immense bed of limestone, usually about eight feet below the surface. There are every, where apertures in this limestone, through which the waters of the rivers sink into... | |
 | Richard Swainson Fisher - 1852 - 752 頁
...peculiarly well adapted to grazing and the rearing of cattle. The whole state, below the mountains, rests on an immense bed of limestone, usually about eight feet below the surface. There is everywhere apertures in this formation called " sinkholes," through which the waters of the... | |
 | RICHARD S. FISHER - 1853 - 638 頁
...peculiarly well adapted to grazing and the rearing of cattle. The whole state, below the mountains, rests on an immense bed of limestone, usually about eight feet below the surface. There is everywhere apertures in this formation called " sinkholes," through which the waters of the... | |
 | Cale Pelton - 1855 - 246 頁
...nearly SW of Raleigh. KENTUCKY. Square miles, 40,000.— Population, 993,000.— Pop. to «j. m,24|. Upon Kentucky's northern side may Illinois be found,...extensive caves. 2. Mammoth Cave, near Green River, SW of Frankfort, is one of the most wonderful iu the world, extending several miles, and containing... | |
 | Cale Pelton - 1855 - 250 頁
...nearly SW of Raleigh. KENTUCKY. Square miles, 40,000.— Population, 993,000— Pop. to i<q. m,24|-. Upon Kentucky's northern side may Illinois be found,...on an immense bed of limestone usually about eight ieet below the surface, and abounds in extensive caves. 2. Mammoth Cave, near Green River, SW of Frankfort,... | |
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There are everywhere apertures in this limestone, through which, the waters of the rivers sink into the earth. The large rivers of Kentucky, for this reason, are more diminished during the dry season than those of any part of the United States, and the... 