 | 1754 - 714 pàgines
...fpoikd. The damage done by this itorm was computed at near 500!. Where the hail fell fo very thick was/ about a mile in length and half a mile in breadth. It Teemed to have fallen down with a whirlwind, like a tornado, and nor to have fpread itfelf far. On... | |
 | 1754 - 702 pàgines
...fpoiled. The damxge (ice: by this ftorm was computed at near y*£ Where the hail fell fo very thick WSJ about a mile in length and half a mile in breadth. It fcemed to have fallen dows with a whirlwind, like a tornado, ao4 not to have fpiead itfclf far. On... | |
 | 1775 - 510 pàgines
...fpoiled. The damage done by this ftonn wat computed at near 500!. Where the hail fell fo very thick was about a mile in length, and half a mile in breadth. It feeined to have fallen down with a whirlwind, like a tomado, and not to bare fprcad itГеКГаг.... | |
 | Uno von Troil - 1780 - 444 pàgines
...among the Greeks. The ifland of * Staffa lies weft of Mull, three miles NE of Jona OF Columb-Kill, and is about a mile in length, and half a mile in breadth : it belongs to Mr. Lauchlan Mac-Quarie. On the weft fide of the ifland is a fmaU cave, where there is a... | |
 | Uno von Troil, Joseph Banks - 1780 - 440 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...; 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 is... | |
 | Robert Forsyth - 1808 - 592 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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... | |
 | David Ramsay - 1819 - 380 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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.... | |
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The largest of the above said islands is about a mile in length, and half a mile in breadth ; and... 
