| W. M. CHIPPERFIELD, M.R.C.S.L.S.A - 1866 - 926 pages
...advantageously situated for mercantile as well as political purposes. It is about three quarters of a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth, running north and south. At the entrance of the town on its northern side, two roads diverge from the... | |
| Alexander G. Findlay - 1867 - 738 pages
...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 breadth. Among them are the remains of one used as a church, and another as a hospital. These are now occupied... | |
| 1877 - 386 pages
...bay, which also affords protection from southerly gales in 8 to 10 fathoms. Xioch Ranza, a small inlet about half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile broad, on the north side of Arran, affords good anchorage with winds from West round southerly and... | |
| George Rainsford Fairbanks - 1868 - 148 pages
...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.... | |
| 1869 - 558 pages
...prevent its easy ascent. It terminates in the ' Windmill Hill Flats,' or plateau, a tolerably level plain about half a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in breadth. At its northern border the surface of this plateau is about 400 feet above the sea, or 1,000 feet below... | |
| 1869 - 1080 pages
...prevent its easy ascent. It terminates in the ' Windmill Hill Flats,' or plateau, a tolerably level plain about half a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in breadth. At its northern border the surface of this plateau is about 400 feet above the sea, or 1,000 feet below... | |
| Nova Scotian Institute of Natural Science - 1870 - 148 pages
...points out to sea. Between this ^argcr island and the eastern side of the harbour lies another island, about half a mile in length and a quarter of a mile wide, known as Lawlor's Island. These two .islands have been the means of causing a change in the depth... | |
| 1870 - 588 pages
...Lake Tanpo, in the province of Auckland, New Zealand, lies Eotomahana, a lake only three-quarters of a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in breadth, yet containing points of the greatest interest and beauty. Springs of boiling water rise in the centre... | |
| 1870 - 586 pages
...Lake Tanpo, in the province of Auckland, New Zealand, lies Kotonialiana, a lake only three-quarters of a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in breadth, yet containing points of the greatest interest and beauty. Springs of boiling water rise in the centre... | |
| Sir Alexander Cunningham - 1871 - 626 pages
...Prithi Raj. The village is situated at the south-east corner of the Khajur-Sdgar or Ninora-Tdl, 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. The village is surrounded on all sides... | |
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