 | William Dampier - 1699 - 592 oldal
...Harbor, the entrance into it may be feen j there is a fmall flat low Ifland which makes the Harbor, it is about a mile long, and a quarter of a mile broad, and is from the Main about a mile and half There is a Channel at each end of the Ifland, the Weft Channel... | |
 | William Dampier - 1703 - 774 oldal
...Harbor, the entrance into it may be feen :, there is a fmall fiat low Ifland which makes the Harbor, it is about a mile long, and a quarter of a mile broad, and is from the Main about a mile and a half. There is a Channel at each end of the Ifland, the weft... | |
 | Sir John Sinclair - 1793 - 660 oldal
...largeft of them, Locliturret, lies in Glenturret, and is furrounded by very bold craggy mountains. It is about a mile long, and a quarter of a mile broad. There is alfo a fmall lake, in the fame glen, about a mile north from the former, remarkable for the... | |
 | Herodotus - 1802 - 618 oldal
...Opposite to Syène 1s thé island Elephantine . in winch there was a city of that name. The island is about a mile long , and a quarter of a mile broad to thé soul.li , ending in a point at thé iiorth. Je ne vois pas comment ce passage a pu faire croire... | |
 | John Pinkerton - 1814 - 886 oldal
...manner. upjiofite to Syen? is the ifiand Elephantine, m which there was a city ofthat name. The ifland is about a mile long, and a quarter of a mile broad to the fouth, ending in a point at the north ; there was a temple to Cnuphis in this ifland, and a... | |
 | Josiah Conder - 1824 - 774 oldal
...or small plain, of Doganlu, embosomed in the midst of an extensive forest of pine. trees. The plain is about a mile long, and a quarter of a mile broad, and presents one of those fantastic assemblages of rocks rising perpendicularly out of the soil, and... | |
 | Josiah Conder - 1824 - 362 oldal
...valley, or small plain, of Doganlu, embosomed in the midst of an extensive forest of pinetrees. The plain is about a mile long, and a quarter of a mile broad, and presents one of those fantastic assemblages of rocks rising perpendicularly out of the soil, and... | |
 | George Colman - 1830 - 324 oldal
...conspicuous of which are the Isle of May, and the Bass. The May is on the northern side of the Frith ; — is about a mile long, and a quarter of a mile broad ; and boasts only one constant inhabitant of the human species, — the poor solitary devil who keeps... | |
 | 1848 - 700 oldal
...lochs of the Lowes and St. Mary's. These two small lakes are merely expansions of the Yarrow. The Lowes is about a mile long and a quarter of a mile broad, and that of St. Mary's is full three miles long and half a mile wide. This sheet of water is beautifully... | |
 | Richard Brinsley Peake - 1841 - 462 oldal
...conspicuous of which are the Isle of May, and the Bass. " The May is on the northern side of the Frith ; is about a mile long, and a quarter of a mile broad ; and boasts only one constant inhabitant of the human species, the poor solitary devil who keeps up... | |
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The lofty calcareous promontory upon which the fortress is perched, is about a mile long, and a quarter of a mile broad. Upon three sides it is surrounded by frightful precipices, while that by which alone it is accessible is defended by castellated towers,... 
