 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
 | William Henry Carpenter, Timothy Shay Arthur - 1854 - 334 Seiten
...being sent back with him, only six were left to continue the pursuit. On approaching a large pond about a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth, famous as a place for trapping beaver, they discovered signs of Indians, and the cap of one of them... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1854 - 588 Seiten
...appears much more in quantity than the inhabitants can consume. Vouet-Lave, " Long Village," is about a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth. The dwellings are of an inferior description, very little timber being used in their construction,... | |
 | William MacGillivray - 1855 - 556 Seiten
...gently descends, and, at length, just opposite, ends in a steep declivity. The face of this great mass, half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth, is a green grassy plane, slanting down to the bottom of the hollow and the shores of the lake. Its... | |
 | John Purdy - 1855 - 634 Seiten
...Spaniards were remarkable for their thick walls of stone. They are very straggling, covering a space of half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in bieadth. Among them are the remains of one used as a church, and another as a hospital. Off the NE... | |
 | Pishey Thompson - 1856 - 886 Seiten
...they are also caught upon the main shore, and as high up as Fosdyke. The Herring-hill is not more than a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in breadth. Upon it are fixed about a thousand stakes, in length about ten feet, and placed about nine feet asunder.... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1858 - 460 Seiten
...take their origin. This mountain is covered by a dense forest, with the exception of a level spot of about half a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in width, which forms a kind of shallow hasin, only sparingly covered by a thin coat of short grass and... | |
 | George Rainsford Fairbanks - 1858 - 230 Seiten
...covered way. The town is fortified with an entrenchment, salient angles, and redoubts, which inclose about half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in width. The inhabitants and garrison, men, women, and children, amount to above two thousand five hundred.... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1858 - 452 Seiten
...take their origin. This mountain is covered by a dense forest, with the exception of a level spot of about half a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in width, which forms a kind of shallow basin, only sparingly covered by a thin coat of short grass and... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - 1858 - 830 Seiten
...take their origin. This mountain is covered by a dense forest, with the exception of a level spot of about half a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in width, which forms a kind of shallow basin, only sparingly covered by a thin coat of short grass and... | |
 | 1860 - 512 Seiten
...between the village and the mines a sight of much interest opens up to our view. An open space of about a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in breadth, entirely cleared of timber, lies before us. It is covered with temporary wooden buildings and heaps... | |
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