 | Charles Henry Eden - 1876 - 356 pagine
...vigour. Candy, the largest inland town in Ceylon, is built on the shore of an artificial lake, over a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in breadth, which stands at an elevation of 1678 feet above the sea. Here the governor and most of the leading... | |
 | Samuel Truesdale Livermore - 1877 - 382 pagine
...sand drifting past your feet like water gliding over a smooth surface, and then look upon a surface a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in breadth, thus moving to the sea whose receding waves and surf carry off the sand as fast as it is deposited.... | |
 | 1878 - 506 pagine
...;" the river has a fine deep entrance running nearly north and south between two lines of breakers about half a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in breadth, 3 fathoms was the least water obtained on the bar, which did not break as it was crossed, it being... | |
 | Andrew Crombie Ramsay - 1878 - 700 pagine
...manufacture of slates. The Penrhyn slate quarry, near Bangor, presents a wonderful spectacle of industry. It is about half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile wide, and forms a vast amphitheatre, which is worked all round, on one side in thirteen high and broad... | |
 | O.D. Case & Company - 1878 - 48 pagine
...travelers. Here are the most extensive ruins to be found in this part of Galilee. They occupy a space of half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in width. The foundations of an ancient synagogue have recently been traced, which, if we assume the identification... | |
 | Edmund Leathes - 1880 - 260 pagine
...creek, which was bridged by a canoe, by which means " The Island " was reached. " The Island," which was about half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth, was densely covered with bush and scrub, except here and there where it had been cleared to supply... | |
 | I. Winslow Ayer - 1880 - 540 pagine
...perfectly placid." But the most beautiful expanse of water in this region of wonders, is Mystic Lake, which is about half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in width. Lofty wood-crowned hills slope to within a short distance of its grassy banks, while far above... | |
 | William Whitwell Dewhurst - 1881 - 204 pagine
...thousand posts. The town is fortified with an intrenchment, salient angles, and redoubts, which inclose about half a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in width. The inhabitants and garrison, men, women, and children amount to above two thousand five hundred.... | |
 | G. Phillips Bevan - 1882 - 174 pagine
...finally surrendered. In Edward I.'s time, mention is made of the Pool which partly surrounded the Castle, half a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in breadth, with two mills standing upon it, and in 1279 a great tournament was held, in which a hundred knights,... | |
 | Alexander George Findlay - 1883 - 938 pagine
...Spaniards were remarkable for their thick walls of stone; they are very straggling-, covering a space of half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth. Among them are the remains of one used as a church, and another as a hospital. These are now occupied... | |
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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. 
