 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 - Seite lxx1820Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
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...which its eastern end forms part of the boundary. This lonely little lake was originally somewhat over a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in breadth. It drains into Loch Lomond by the Arklet Water, which near its mouth at Inversnaid makes a beautiful... | |
 | William Gilpin - 1789 - 304 Seiten
...more beautiful. 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, through which runs a rocky and founding... | |
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...the shore, forms a kind of amphitheatre, and, from the bay, has a charming appearance. It is about a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth, allowing for its irregularities of shape, and is said to contain, independent of its garrison, about... | |
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