 | 1760 - 514 pagine
...geographers make it one degree further north of the equinoctial. It is divided from St. Vincent by a chanel of two leagues in breadth, clear and navigable. The...extraordinary a height as to be compared •with the Peak of Tcneriffe ; of which we (hall have occafion to fpeak in this feftion. The top is conftantly covered... | |
 | 1760 - 502 pagine
...divided from St. Vincent by a chanel of two leagues in breadth, clear and navigable. The ifland flretches from north-eaft to fouth-weft, and is filled with...extraordinary a height as to be compared with the Peak of Tenerife; of which we fliall have occafion to fpeak in this fection. The top is conftantly covered... | |
 | 1760 - 586 pagine
...of two leagues in breadth, clear and navigable. The ifland flretches from north-eaft to Couth-weft, and is filled with mountains, one of which is of fo...compared •with the Peak of Teneriffe; of which we ftiall have occafion to fpeak in this feftion. The top i$ conftantly covered with fnow ; but, notwithftanding... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1816 - 810 pagine
...Iprings, which, however, fcarcely merits the name of a pond. — The ifland ftretches from NE. to SW. and is filled with mountains ; one of which is of...extraordinary a height, as to be compared with the Peak of Tenerifte : Its top is conftantly covered with JIM HV. and, notwithstanding the clearnefs of the fky,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 820 pagine
...island stretches from north-east to southwest, and is filled with mountains ; one of which is of so extraordinary a height, as to be compared with the Peak of Teneriffe. Its top is constantly covered with snow ; and notwithstanding the clearness of the sky is generally... | |
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The top is conftantly covered wttE fnow ; but, notwithstanding the clearnefs of the fky, generally hid in the clouds. On the north fide it has a good road for (hipping, with a collection of frefh water rifing from fprings, which... 