 | 1845 - 1270 pages
...discernable of a handle ever having been attached to it. The seal remains in possession of Mr Affleck. a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth. It has long possessed the character of being a clean, well built town, and has been improved and considerably... | |
 | Joseph Train - 1845 - 408 pages
...division of the Island, where fertile lands now appear. GENERAL TOPOGRAPHY. Lough-malor, which was nearly a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in breadth, fell into the river Sulby, near Kella ; and another lake of large dimensions fell into the sea at Lhen-moar... | |
 | 1845 - 1120 pages
...rivers in this parish. There is a lake, however, of considerable extent. It is about three-quarters of a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth. At the east end of it, stands the old mansion-house of Cockairney, the residence of Sir Robert Mowbray,... | |
 | Henry Stebbing - 1847 - 242 pages
...the ground and country about it. Half a mile east of the city is a small hill, improved by art. It is about half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile broad ; and is very steep every way, except to the south-west. This was probably the camp of the besiegers,... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1847 - 556 pages
...the greyhounds were slipped. The paddock was usually a piece of ground paled in within a park, about a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth. At the farther end the spectators took up their station, while at the starting-post were houses for... | |
 | 1850 - 638 pages
...narrow neck of land, near the south-eastern extremity of ill» island, stands the city, which is about 'a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in breadth. It is surrounded by fortifications, which have been gradually improved, in proportion to the growing importance... | |
 | Staffa - 1850 - 186 pages
...toward the south-west, where the cliffs are 144 feet high. It is about two miles in circumference, a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth. Staffa, the Scandinavian name of the island (from Staf, a staff or pole), signifies the ' island of... | |
 | John Thomson - 1851 - 1092 pages
...height of 160 feet, and shows its light at the distance of 21 miles — The city of Bombay is about a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth. It is surrounded by strong fortifications. The castle is a regular quadrangle, with numerous works, particularly... | |
 | Henry Melville - 1851 - 420 pages
...to one that possessed a spring of water, and in which ships oould anchor close to the shore ; it is about half a mile in length and a quarter of a mile across at the entrance ; in honour of Lord Sydney, it was called Sydney Cove, and it gives its name... | |
 | William Henry Carpenter, Timothy Shay Arthur - 1854 - 334 pages
...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... | |
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Ninora-Tal. which is about half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth when full, but less than half of that width in the dry season. 
