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... foot of Mount Tamal Pais . Though barely 2600 feet in height , it is the great landmark hereabouts . It lies six miles south- west of San Rafael , —a very beautiful drive through hilly country , all spurs of the Coast Range . In the ...
... foot of Mount Tamal Pais . Though barely 2600 feet in height , it is the great landmark hereabouts . It lies six miles south- west of San Rafael , —a very beautiful drive through hilly country , all spurs of the Coast Range . In the ...
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... feet in height . One has been proved to be upwards of 344 feet high - a glorious spire . Much of the characteristic beauty of a redwood forest is attributed to the fact that it generally grows alone , not mixed with 1 Sequoia ...
... feet in height . One has been proved to be upwards of 344 feet high - a glorious spire . Much of the characteristic beauty of a redwood forest is attributed to the fact that it generally grows alone , not mixed with 1 Sequoia ...
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... feet in diameter , and marvellously straight and tall . These grand cinnamon - coloured shafts lose themselves in a canopy of rich deep green , which almost hides the sky . And no sound breaks the solemn silence but the distant muffled ...
... feet in diameter , and marvellously straight and tall . These grand cinnamon - coloured shafts lose themselves in a canopy of rich deep green , which almost hides the sky . And no sound breaks the solemn silence but the distant muffled ...
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... feet in height — a perfect cone , generally robed in snow , -a thing of glittering light , appearing like a vision far above the clouds . On the other side of the river , stretching away to the north towards Puget Sound , stand a whole ...
... feet in height — a perfect cone , generally robed in snow , -a thing of glittering light , appearing like a vision far above the clouds . On the other side of the river , stretching away to the north towards Puget Sound , stand a whole ...
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... feet nearer heaven than when I last wrote to you , and are fairly on the Sierras , which close us in to - night ... tall pines stood.
... feet nearer heaven than when I last wrote to you , and are fairly on the Sierras , which close us in to - night ... tall pines stood.
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