 | Juan de Abreu de Galindo, George Glas - 1767 - 490 Seiten
...leagues in circumference. The ifthmus by which it is connected with the main ifland, is about two miles in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth at the narroweft part. On each fide of this ifthmus is a bay, which is expofed on the north-weft ftde to the... | |
 | Juan de Abreu de Galindo - 1767 - 256 Seiten
...leagues in circumference. The ifthmus by which it is connected with the main ifland, is about two miles in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth at the narroweft part. On each ftr!e of this ifthmus is a bay, which is expo'ed on the north-weft fide to... | |
 | 1776 - 502 Seiten
...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... | |
 | 1789 - 376 Seiten
...much 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... | |
 | Sir John Sinclair - 1796 - 682 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | Sir John Sinclair - 1796 - 682 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...Lmut¡ 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,... | |
 | 1808 - 1016 Seiten
...mind with a pleasing melancholy. Loch Tarjioch is situated in a plain at the head of Gkn Earsay. It is about a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth. The banks of the loch are surrounded with blocks of granite, and its beach is composed of granitic... | |
 | Robert Forsyth - 1805 - 668 Seiten
...drain, but a considerable quantity of marl and of moss, which in this inland district is used for fuel. About a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth, of a lake still remains, of from two to twenty-two feet deep in summer. Marl has been dragged out of... | |
 | William Gilpin - 1808 - 338 Seiten
...more beautiful. The mountains here approach nearer the houfe; and between two of them 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, through which winds a rocky and founding... | |
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It is about a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth, but contracts at both ends. 
