A Second Visit to the United States of North America in Two Volumes volume 02
A Second Visit to the United States of North America in Two Volumes volume 02
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The keeper was saved, although he was in the building for forty- eight hours before it fell, and, during the whole time, it vibrated frightfully to and fro. Much of the low banks, then bounding the river, were swept away, but have since been restored.
To the eastward all was sea ; turning to the north, or towards New Orleans and the delta, I could dis cover no more signs of the existence of a continent than when looking southwards, or towards the light house. In the w r est, Bird Island, covere...d with trees, was more conspicuous. An old pilot told us it CHAP. XXIX. ] HOUSES ON PILES. 149 was inhabited by large deer, and was " very high land. " " How high above the sea?" said I. " Three or four feet, " he replied ; and as if so startling an as sertion required the confirmation of several witnesses, he appealed to the by-standers, who assented, saying, " It is all that, for it was only just covered during the great hurricane. " And well may such an ele vation command respect in a town where all the foundations of the houses are under water, and where the value of each site is measured by the number of inches or feet within which a shoal rises to the sur face of the sea.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The keeper was saved, although he was in the building for forty- eight hours before it fell, and, during the whole time, it vibrated frightfully to and fro. Much of the low banks, then bounding the river, were swept away, but have since been restored.
To the eastward all was sea ; turning to the north, or towards New Orleans and the delta, I could dis cover no more signs of the existence of a continent than when looking southwards, or towards the light house. In the w r est, Bird Island, covere...d with trees, was more conspicuous. An old pilot told us it CHAP. XXIX. ] HOUSES ON PILES. 149 was inhabited by large deer, and was " very high land. " " How high above the sea?" said I. " Three or four feet, " he replied ; and as if so startling an as sertion required the confirmation of several witnesses, he appealed to the by-standers, who assented, saying, " It is all that, for it was only just covered during the great hurricane. " And well may such an ele vation command respect in a town where all the foundations of the houses are under water, and where the value of each site is measured by the number of inches or feet within which a shoal rises to the sur face of the sea.
What to read after A Second Visit to the United States of North America in Two Volumes volume 02?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Charles Lyell to read onlineMoreLess
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