 | I. Winslow Ayer - 1880 - 540 pagine
...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 them... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1884 - 506 pagine
...the most wonderful geysers in the world. The group occupies an area extending along the river about a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in width. The principal springs are found on a mound about fifty feet above the river level on the left bank... | |
 | 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. For... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Sir Shirley Forster Murphy, Robert Brudenell Carter - 1883 - 974 pagine
...considered the best, and of these the best known come from Bangor and Penrhyn. The Penrhyn slate-quarry is half a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in width, and the slate is worked in large terraces, some thirteen in number, " like the steps of a Titanic stair."... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.) - 1883 - 990 pagine
...is on the right bank, close to the trail. The springs occupy an area extending along the river about a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in width. The river, as it comes from the cauou valley above, makes a sharp turn or bend about opposite the center... | |
 | Margaretta Shekleton - 1884 - 216 pagine
...generally identified with Tell Hum — Hum being said to represent Na/mm. The ruins here occupy a space of half a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in width. " The recent exploring expedition," says Mr. Grove, " has traced out the foundations of an ancient... | |
 | George Foster Braithwaite - 1884 - 224 pagine
...next morning, and soon after nine we set off, having about a mile to walk. The loch we found to be a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in width. The trout rose well, but though Mr. Sutton kept catching them I was unable to hook one. This I thought... | |
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The town is fortified with an entrenchment, salient angles, and redoubts, which inclose about half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in width. 
