 | Edward John Eyre - 1845 - 514 דפים
...distance. From the extraordinary and deceptive appearances, caused by mirage and refraction, however, it was impossible to tell what to make of sensible...thirty-five miles distant, seemed to rise out of the bed of the lake itself, the mock waters of which were laving their base, and reflecting the inverted... | |
 | William Brackley Wildey - 1876 - 440 דפים
...it appeared to he fifteen or twenty miles across, and to embrace a course of 200 miles in outline. " It was impossible to tell what to make of sensible...intervene between us and the shore, whilst the Mount Reception ranges, which I knew to be at least thirty-five miles distant, seemed to rise out of the... | |
 | William Brackley Wildey - 1876 - 442 דפים
...it appeared to be fifteen or twenty miles across, and to embrace a course of 200 miles in outline. " It was impossible to tell what to make of sensible...intervene between us and the shore, whilst the Mount Reception ranges, which I knew to be at least thirty-five miles distant, seemed to rise out of the... | |
 | Roslynn Doris Haynes - 1998 - 406 דפים
...experience: From the extraordinary and deceptive appearances, caused by mirage and refraction, however, it was impossible to tell what to make of sensible...thirty-five miles distant, seemed to rise out of the bed of the lake itself, the mock waters of which were laving their base, and reflecting the inverted... | |
 | Roslynn Doris Haynes - 1998 - 406 דפים
...what 10 make of sensible objects, or what to believe on the evidence of vision, for upon turning hack to retrace our steps to the eastward, a vast sheet...thirty-five miles distant, seemed to rise out of the bed of the lake itself, the mock waters of which were laving their base, and reflecting the inverted... | |
 | Paul Carter - 2002 - 260 דפים
...connection with reality. The very barrenness of much of the land seemed to assist this impression: a vast sheet of water appeared to intervene between...thirty-five miles distant, seemed to rise out of the bed of the lake itself, the mock waters of which were laving their base, and reflecting the inverted... | |
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From the extraordinary and deceptive appearances, caused by mirage and refraction, however, it was impossible to tell what to make of sensible objects, or what to believe on the evidence of vision, for upon turning back to retrace our steps to the eastward,... 