 | Uno von Troil, Joseph Banks - 1780 - 440 էջ
...the Greeks. The ifland of * Staffa lies weft of Mull, and three miles NE of Jona or Columb-Kill ; it is about a mile in length, and half a mile in breadth, and belongs to Mr. Lauchlan MacQuarie. On the weft fide of the ifland is a fmall cave, where there... | |
 | Sir John Sinclair - 1794 - 642 էջ
...; but we muft abridge as much as poflible. We begin with the ifland of Little Cumbray. This ifland is about a mile in length, and half a mile in breadth. It lies in »he parallel direction to Bute, from SW to NE The ftrata ftrata of the rock of which it... | |
 | Robert Forsyth - 1808 - 592 էջ
...excellent land-mark for ships. It presents a bold perpendicular front to the German Ocean on the east. It is about a mile in length and half a mile in breadth, and contains two or three families, who rear some corn. Shapinsay is adjacent to the Mainland. On its... | |
 | John Bigland - 1812 - 738 էջ
...island is found that rare shrub, the Lapland willow. Stuffa, about six miles to the north of Jona, is about a mile in length, and half a mile in breadth, exhibits a scene of natural magnificence almost unparelleled, and wholly unknown to the public, until... | |
 | Thomas Hinton Burley Oldfield - 1816 - 586 էջ
...miles by Barkway, 51 by Royston, and 56 by Epping. The town is about a mile long and half a mile broad. Most of the streets, as well as the buildings are irregular. It contains 14 parishes, and 14 parish-churches; 1,691 houses and 10,0;>7 inhabitants, of whom 1 ,306... | |
 | David Ramsay - 1819 - 380 էջ
...the Danes, and Norwegians, and ages of barbarism succeeded. Staffa, about six miles north of Jona, is about a mile in length, and half a mile in breadth, and exhibits a scene of natural magnificence almost unparalleled. Sir Joseph Banks explored those interesting... | |
 | 1822 - 782 էջ
...the Prince's islands, in the bay of Marmora, about a league distant from the coast of Asia Minor. It is about a mile in length, and half a mile in breadth, and contains a PRO town, formerly pretty considerable and well built, but now in a ruinous condition.... | |
 | 1856 - 430 էջ
...limestone occurs and is worked. The Little Cumbrae lies about half a mile south of the Great Cumbrae. It is about a mile in length and half a mile in breadth. It is composed chiefly of trap, with here and there portions of sandstone. There are several caves... | |
 | 1832 - 440 էջ
...traveller, Sir Frederic Henniker, gives the following account of the present state of Jerusalem : — The town is about a mile in length and half a mile in width. The best view of it is from the Mount of Olives , It commands the exact shape, and nearly every... | |
 | Samuel Leigh (publisher.) - 1835 - 394 էջ
...the base of Snowdon. Towards the western extremity are two lakes or pools. The upper, or eastern one, is about a mile in length and half a mile in breadth : it formerly contained char. The other is longer, and has more the appearance of a river. These two... | |
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The town is about a mile in length, and half a mile in breadth, decreasing- towards each extremity; and most of the streets, as well as the buildings, are irregular. 
