 W. steering west, going six knots, observed a shoal on the larboard beam, about half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth, bearing south, half a mile distant, in appearance white sand and yellow weed, supposed to be the Longshamps shoal.  The Edinburgh annual register - Página lxx1820Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1747 - 524 páginas
...from its fituation and form, it appears to have been a mound, or camp, of the befiegers ; it being about half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile broad. And it -is -on this hill that the bafha commonly pitches his pavilion, when he takes this town... | |
 | 1747 - 530 páginas
...from its fituation and form, it appears to have been a mound, or camp, of the befiegers ; it being about half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile broad. And it is on this hill that the bafta- commonly pitches his pavilion, when he takes this town... | |
 | 1776 - 502 páginas
...On the weft fide of Chichefter is a large Roman camp called the Brill. It is an oblong iquare, being about half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth. It lies in a flat low ground, with a great rampart and a fingle graff, and is generally thought to... | |
 | Universal history - 1779 - 520 páginas
...; fo that from its fituation and form, it appears to have been a mound, or camp, of the befiegers, about half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile "Sandys, lib. iii. p. 159. (K) This town is, among feveral others, mentioned in the book of Judges,... | |
 | 1789 - 376 páginas
...more bpautiful. The mountains here approach nearer the houfe, between two of which runs a valley about a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth. The fides and bottom of this valley are wholly filled with wood, thro' which runs a rocky and founding... | |
 | Arthur Phillip - 1790 - 468 páginas
...at a very fmall expence quays may be confrructed where the largeft veffels may unload. This cove is about half a mile in length., and a quarter of a mile acrofs at the entrance. In honour of Lord Sydney, the Governor diflinguifhcd it by the name of Sydney... | |
 | Sir John Sinclair - 1796 - 682 páginas
...piobably prove a valuable mine. There are 6 lakes in the parifn, the largeft of which does not exceed half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth. Thefe lie in the moor-land part of the pariflj, and contribute to render that a chearful profpe£t,... | |
 | 560 páginas
...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... | |
 | Sir John Sinclair - 1796 - 682 páginas
...probably prove a valuable mine. There are 6 lakes in the parifh, the largeft of which does iiot exceed half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth. Thefe lie in the moor-land part of the parifh, and contribute to render that a chearful profpe£r,... | |
 | John Walker - 1801 - 978 páginas
...fori'jt, Nortbtimbcrlaad, in the SW. part of the county. LOWES WATER, a lake of Curab«rland, about a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth. It is a molt romantic (pot, the oppoftM Ihoree beine rivals in beauty of hanging wood«, íittlr groves,... | |
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