 | 1845 - 1270 pagine
...discernable of a handle ever having been attached to it. The seal remains in possession of Mr Affleck. a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth. It has long possessed the character of being a clean, well built town, and has been improved and considerably... | |
 | Henry Stebbing - 1847 - 242 pagine
...examining the ground and country about it. Half a mile east of the city is a small hill, improved by art. It is about half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile broad ; and is very steep every way, except to the south-west. This was probably the camp of the besiegers,... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1847 - 556 pagine
...the greyhounds were slipped. The paddock was usually a piece of ground paled in within a park, about a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth. At the farther end the spectators took up their station, while at the starting-post were houses for... | |
 | Staffa - 1850 - 186 pagine
...toward the south-west, where the cliffs are 144 feet high. It is about two miles in circumference, a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth. Staffa, the Scandinavian name of the island (from Staf, a staff or pole), signifies the ' island of... | |
 | 1850 - 638 pagine
...narrow neck of land, near the south-eastern extremity of ill» island, stands the city, which is about 'a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in breadth. It is surrounded by fortifications, which have been gradually improved, in proportion to the growing... | |
 | Henry Melville - 1851 - 420 pagine
...given to one that possessed a spring of water, and in which ships oould anchor close to the shore ; it is about half a mile in length and a quarter of a mile across at the entrance ; in honour of Lord Sydney, it was called Sydney Cove, and it gives its name... | |
 | John Thomson - 1851 - 1092 pagine
...height of 160 feet, and shows its light at the distance of 21 miles — The city of Bombay is about a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth. It is surrounded by strong fortifications. The castle is a regular quadrangle, with numerous works,... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1854 - 588 pagine
...appears much more in quantity than the inhabitants can consume. Vouet-Lave, " Long Village," is about a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth. The dwellings are of an inferior description, very little timber being used in their construction,... | |
 | William Henry Carpenter, Timothy Shay Arthur - 1854 - 334 pagine
...being sent back with him, only six were left to continue the pursuit. On approaching a large pond about a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth, famous as a place for trapping beaver, they discovered signs of Indians, and the cap of one of them... | |
 | William MacGillivray - 1855 - 556 pagine
...gently descends, and, at length, just opposite, ends in a steep declivity. The face of this great mass, half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth, is a green grassy plane, slanting down to the bottom of the hollow and the shores of the lake. Its... | |
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Ninora-Tal. which is about half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth when full, but less than half of that width in the dry season. 
