The Edinburgh Gazetteer, Or Geographical Dictionary ...: Accompanied by an Atlas, Հատոր 4A. Constable and Company, 1822 |
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... ground ; and the whole is thus united into one immense assemblage of human habitations . Some of these suburbs are situated in Essex , and others in Kent . The opposite banks , on which this metropolis stands , are connected by London ...
... ground ; and the whole is thus united into one immense assemblage of human habitations . Some of these suburbs are situated in Essex , and others in Kent . The opposite banks , on which this metropolis stands , are connected by London ...
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... ground without , to the top of the cross , 340 feet ; extreme length with- in , 500 feet ; greatest breadth , 223 feet . The entire ascent to the ball is by 616 steps . The weight of the ball , which is capacious enough to contain eight ...
... ground without , to the top of the cross , 340 feet ; extreme length with- in , 500 feet ; greatest breadth , 223 feet . The entire ascent to the ball is by 616 steps . The weight of the ball , which is capacious enough to contain eight ...
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... ground , and government pays for it an an- L.18,843,172 . 2s . 10d . , and of the exports nual rent of L.15,600 . The East India L.25,428,922 . 16s . 7d . Their real value docks are situated at Blackwall . The load- amounted in all to L ...
... ground , and government pays for it an an- L.18,843,172 . 2s . 10d . , and of the exports nual rent of L.15,600 . The East India L.25,428,922 . 16s . 7d . Their real value docks are situated at Blackwall . The load- amounted in all to L ...
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... ground , com- mencing from the water's edge , and extend- ing to the distance of about 1 mile . It covers a large space in proportion to its po- pulation ; but it is built in a straggling manner , and it comprises some broad streets and ...
... ground , com- mencing from the water's edge , and extend- ing to the distance of about 1 mile . It covers a large space in proportion to its po- pulation ; but it is built in a straggling manner , and it comprises some broad streets and ...
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... ground , on posts , like those of the inhabitants of New Guinea . One of their canoes was thought by the navigators who visited them , to be 50 feet long ; and they are of good workmanship . They appear to set no va- lue on iron . The ...
... ground , on posts , like those of the inhabitants of New Guinea . One of their canoes was thought by the navigators who visited them , to be 50 feet long ; and they are of good workmanship . They appear to set no va- lue on iron . The ...
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Էջ 48 - Beginning at the mouth of the river Sabine ; thence by a line to be drawn along the middle of the said river, including all islands, to the thirty-second degree of latitude; thence due north to the northernmost part of the thirty-third degree of north latitude ; thence along the said parallel of latitude to the river Mississippi ; thence down the said river to the river Iberville ; and from thence, along the middle of the said river and Lakes Maurepas and Ponchartrain, to the Gulf of Mexico ; thence...
Էջ 491 - I was anxiously looking around for the river, one of them called out, geo affili (see the water), and looking forwards, I saw with infinite pleasure the great object of my mission — the long sought for majestic Niger, glittering to the morning sun, as broad as the Thames at Westminster, and flowing slowly to the eastward.
Էջ 417 - There is nothing in the Holy Land finer than the view of Napolose, from the heights around it. As the traveller descends towards it from the hills, it appears luxuriantly embosomed in the most delightful and fragrant bowers ; half concealed by rich gardens, and by stately trees collected into groves, all around the bold and beautiful valley in which it stands.
Էջ 250 - I shall call 1'Audicucia, in which ten or twelve persons sit constantly for determining any disputes which may arise respecting the sale of goods. There are other persons who mix continually with the crowd, to see that a just price is asked. We have seen them break the false measures, which they had seized from the merchants.
Էջ 288 - Over this it precipitates itself in an even uninterrupted sheet to the perpendicular depth of fifty feet, whence dashing against the rocky bottom it rushes rapidly down, leaving behind it a spray of the purest foam across the river. The scene which it presented was indeed singularly beautiful, since without any of the wild irregular sublimity of the lower falls, it combined all the regular elegances which the fancy of a painter would select to form a beautiful waterfall.
Էջ 288 - Above this fall the river bends suddenly to the northward: while viewing this place captain Lewis heard a loud roar above him, and crossing the point of a hill for a few hundred yards, he saw one of the most beautiful objects in nature: the whole Missouri is suddenly stopped by one shelving rock, which without a single niche and with an edge as straight and regular as if formed by art, stretches itself from one side of the river to the other for at least a quarter of a mile.
Էջ 235 - Norths prevailing in the Gulf of Mexico, while the navigation of the western (Pacific) coasts is very dangerous in July and August, when terrible hurricanes blow from the SW At that time, and even in September and October, the ports of San Bias and Acapulco are of very difficult access. Even in the fine season, from October to May, this coast is visited by impetuous winds from NE and NNE, known by the names of Papagallo and Tehuantepec.
Էջ 42 - ... the buildings ; and sometimes the land itself is much injured, the current carrying away the soil, or leaving numerous logs and trees, which must be destroyed before the land can again be cultivated.
Էջ 250 - ... leather, and spun cotton. We find hewn stone, tiles, and timber fit for. building. There are lanes for game, others for roots and garden fruits; there are houses where barbers shave the head (with razors made of obsidian) ; and there are houses resem-.
Էջ 507 - The visage of most of them is round and full, and sometimes also broad, with high prominent cheeks; and, above these, the face is frequently much depressed, or seems fallen in quite across between the temples; the nose also flattening at its base, with pretty wide nostrils, and a rounded point. The forehead rather low...