 | Tristram Risdon - 1811 - 548 Seiten
...furnishes the prin. cipal example. Of this our author seems to hare held a mean opinion, calling it " richer in its bowels than in the face thereof^ yielding tin and turf. " The fourth, and which pervades by far the greater part of the county, though varied in its appearances... | |
 | Tristram Risdon - 1811 - 548 Seiten
...of a blackish earth, both rocky and heathy, called, by a borrowed name of its barrenness, Dnrtinoor: richer in its bowels than in the face thereof, yielding tin and Inrf, which, to save for fuel, you would wonder to see how busy the by-dwellers beat some seasons of... | |
 | Henry T. De La Beche - 1839 - 720 Seiten
...irregular form, broken into numerous minor hills, many crowned by groups of picturesque rocks, provincially termed Tors, and for the most part presenting a wild mixture of heath, bog, rock, and rapid streams. The highest part of Dartmoor is on the north, where Yes Tor, apparently its... | |
 | Samuel Rowe - 1848 - 348 Seiten
...irregular form, broken into numerous minor hills, many crowned by groups of picturesque rocks, provincially termed tors ; § and for the most part presenting...mixture of heath, bog, rocks, and rapid streams." • Carrington'a Dartmoor Notes. t Cosdon Beacon, 1792 feet above the sea level, was generally considered... | |
 | 1867 - 584 Seiten
...irregular form, broken into numerous minor hills, many crowned by groups of picturesque rocks, provincially termed tors ; and, for the most part, presenting a...mixture of heath, bog, rocks, and rapid streams." It consists almost entirely of primitive granite, known in the neighbourhood as " moor-stone," covered... | |
 | Belgravia - 1866 - 588 Seiten
...irregular form, broken into numerous minor hills, many crowned by groups of picturesque rocks provincially termed tors, and for the most part presenting a wild...mixture of heath, bog, rocks, and rapid streams.' A better idea, however, will be gained of it by conceiving a vast plain of liquefied quartz, mica,... | |
 | 1872 - 668 Seiten
...irregular form, broken into numerous minor hills, many crowned by groups of picturesque rocks, provincially termed tors ; and, for the most part, presenting a...the North and the South Hams there lieth a chain of hilla, consisting of blackish earth, both rocky and heathy, called by a name borrowed of its barrenness,... | |
 | 1872 - 644 Seiten
...irregular form, broken into numerous minor hills, many crowned by groups of picturesque rocks, provincially termed tors ; and for the most part, presenting a wild mixture of heath, rocks, and rapid streams." Camden writes of the district as Dertmore, on account of the river running... | |
 | 1873 - 594 Seiten
...irregular form, broken into numerous minor hills, many crowned by groups of picturesque rocks provincially termed tors, and for the most part presenting a wild...mixture of heath, bog, rocks, and rapid streams.' A better idea, however, will be gained of it by conceiving a vast plain of liquefied quartz, mica,... | |
 | Frederick Pollock - 1890 - 498 Seiten
...a chain of hills consisting of a blackish earth, both rockie and heathy, called by a borrowed name of its barrenness Dartmoor: richer in its bowels than...face thereof, yielding tin and turf which, to save fuel, you would wonder to see how busy the by-dwellers be at some seasons of the year ; whose topps... | |
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De la Beche describes Dartmoor as " an elevated mass of land, of an irregular form, broken into numerous minor hills, many crowned by groups of picturesque rocks, provincially termed tors ; and, for the most part, presenting a wild mixture of heath, bog,... 
