... himself at the entrance of a large oblong square chamber, low, but perfectly lighted by an aperture at the opposite end, and all around, above and below, the eye is bewildered by a prof'usion of ornaments and decoration of Nature's own devising. It... Cassell's Picturesque Australasia - Page 91edited by - 1880Full view - About this book
| Julian Tenison Woods - Geology - 1862 - 446 pages
...ornaments and decoration of Nature's own devising. It is like an immense Gothic cathedral, and the numbers of half-finished stalagmites, which rise from the...round. This seems devised by Nature to add to the embellishment of the place; for in the space thus left, droppings of limestone have formed the most... | |
| George French Angas - Australia - 1865 - 392 pages
...and decorations of nature's own devising. It resembles an immense Gothic cathedral, and the numbers of half-finished stalagmites, which rise from the...seem worshippers in that silent and solemn place. At the further end is an immense stalactite, which appears like a support to the whole roof; not the... | |
| Charles Henry Eden - Australia - 1877 - 332 pages
...oblong square chamber low, but perfectly lighted by an aperture at the opposite end, and all around, above and below, the eye is bewildered by a profusion...that silent and solemn place. " The walls are pretty even in outline, generally unbroken nearly to the floor, and then for the most part they shelve in... | |
| Alfred Russel Wallace - Australasia - 1879 - 760 pages
...and decorations of nature's own devising. It resembles an immense Gothic cathedral, and the numbers of half-finished stalagmites which rise from the ground,...seem worshippers in that silent and solemn place. At the farther end is an immense stalactite, which appears like a support to the whole roof; not the... | |
| Alfred Russel Wallace - Australasia - 1893 - 566 pages
...MOUNT GAMBIBR, SOUTH AL'STBJLU. devising. It resembles au immense Gothic cathedral, and the numbers of half-finished stalagmites which rise from the ground,...seem worshippers in that silent and solemn place. At the farther end is an immense stalactite, which appears like a support to the whole roof ; not the... | |
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