 | 1893 - 500 pagine
...and most populous part of the city, right down to the water's edge. Within twelve hours, a district a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in breadth was laid low; $20,000,ooo worth of property was destroyed, insured for about $3,000,000; and some 1... | |
 | 1885 - 566 pagine
...with a south-east wind, lies N. by E. and S. by W., and within the depth of 3 fathoms is one-third of a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in breadth. From the centre of the bank the lighthouse bears about West about 8 cables distant. At a quarter of... | |
 | 1893 - 666 pagine
...with a south-east wind, lies N. by E. and 8. by W., and within the depth of 3 fathoms is one-third of a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in breadth. From the centre of the bank the lighthouse bears about West 8 cables distant. At a quarter of a mile... | |
 | 1893 - 484 pagine
...and most populous part of the city, right down to the water's edge. Within twelve hours, a district a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in breadth was laid low; $20,000,ooo worth of property was destroyed, insured for about $3,000,000 ; and some... | |
 | Public Archives of Canada - 1895 - 616 pagine
...20,000 acres and the small island on the right hand side of the harbour of Malpack (Malpeque), about a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in breadth, where he has made preparations for the fishery. Capt. Daniel Shaw, late of the 42nd regiment, for 20,000... | |
 | John Lawson Stoddard - 1898 - 352 pagine
...OP fCHWARZRNBRBG. THE ARSENAL. like a section of a walled city, — since it is more than a third of a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in breadth. Within this vast enclosure are barracks, gun factories, a cannon foundry, and a military museum. The... | |
 | Hamlin Garland - 1899 - 422 pagine
...settler. Mr. Stewart, during the second season, planted a field of corn just back of his barn, nearly half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth, which made a magnificent ambush for wolves and foxes and skunks, and as the spring chickens grew nice... | |
 | Elijah Kellogg - 1899 - 338 pagine
...The port of Marseilles is completely land-locked, being a salt water lake, of the shape of an egg, half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth. The entrance into it is not more than a hundred yards in width, and defended by strong fortifications.... | |
 | John Murdoch Ebenezer Ross - 1905 - 350 pagine
...flanked by steep slopes on its northern side. In the centre of the hollow is a little loch — perhaps a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in breadth — with the ruins of an old castle jutting into it upon a promontory. At the western end of the loch,... | |
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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. 
