 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 430 Seiten
...covered with water. Thefe flakes are vilibte to this day at a place called Walton in Surry. They are made of oak; and though they have been fo long in the water, are as hard as Brazil, and as black as jei ; and have fometimes been pulled out in order to make kntte- handles of them. Oefar was not at... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1807 - 756 Seiten
...of which were covered with water. Thefc ftakes are ftill vilible at WALTON in Surry. They are made of oak ; and though they have been fo long in the water, are as hard as Brazil, and as black as jet ; and have fometimes been pulled out to rr.alce. knife handles Cxfar was not difmayed at thefe diffi,... | |
 | 1816 - 766 Seiten
...tops of which were covered with water. Thefe ftakes are ftill vifiWe at WALTON in Suny. They are made of oak ; and though they have been fo long in the water are as hard as Brazil, and as blacfc as jet ; and have fometimes been pulled out to make knife handles. Cstfar was not difmayed at... | |
 | Samuel Drew - 1824 - 766 Seiten
...in Surrey ; and the meadow facing them is called Coway. They are even now to be seen at low water ; and one of them was lately pulled out of the Thames, but with great difficulty. They are of oak ; and although they have been so long in the water, are as hard as Brazil, and as black as jet. At Shepperton... | |
 | Charles Selby - 1854 - 338 Seiten
...are, even now, to be seen at low water mark, and one of them was palled ont of the Thames last year, but with great difficulty. They are . of oak, and though they have lain in the water so long, are as hard as Brazil, and as black as let. At Shepperton, they have several... | |
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WALTON in Surry. They are made of oak ; and though they have been fo long in the water, are as hard as Brazil, and as black as jet ; and have fometimes been pulled out to rr.alce. 