... roof of a house. There were eleven of these steps, each of which was four feet high, so that the height of the pile was forty-four feet: each step was formed of one course of white coral stone... A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-war - Page 25by Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming - 1882 - 365 pagesFull view - About this book
| General history - 1814 - 798 pages
...which was neatly squared and polished ; the rest of the mass, for there was no hollow within, consisted of round pebbles, which, from the regularity of their figure, seemed to have been wrought. Some of the coral-stones were very large ; we measured one of them, and found it three feet and a half... | |
| Robert Kerr - Voyages and travels - 1814 - 534 pages
...which was neatly squared and polished ; the rest of the mass, for there was no hollow within, consisted of round pebbles, which, from the regularity of their figure, seemed to have been wrought. Some of the coral-stones 'were very large ; we measured one of them, and found it three feet and a... | |
| Robert Kerr - 1814 - 530 pages
...which was neatly squared and polished ; the rest of the mass, for there was no hollow within, consisted of round pebbles, which, from the regularity of their figure, seemed to have been wrought. Some of the coral-stones "were very large ; we measured one of them, and found it three feet and a... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 880 pages
...which was neatly squared and polished ; the rest of the mass (for there was no hollow within) consisted of round pebbles, which, from the regularity of their figure, seemed to have been wrought. The foundation was of rock stones, which were also squared. In the middle of the top stood an image... | |
| Robert Kerr - Voyages and travels - 1824 - 524 pages
...which was neatly squared and polished ; the rest of the mass, for there was no hollow within, consisted of round pebbles, which, from the regularity of their figure, seemed to have been wrought. Some of the coral,stonet were very large ; we measured one of them, and found it three feet and a half... | |
| James Cook - Oceania - 1842 - 636 pages
...which was neatly squared and polished ; the rest of the mass, for there was no hollow within, consisted of round pebbles, which, from the regularity of their figure, seemed to have been wrought. Some of the coral stones were very large ; we measured one of them, and found it three feet and a half... | |
| Sir John Lubbock - Anthropology - 1865 - 556 pages
...which was neatly squared and polished ; the rest of the mass, for there was no hollow within, consisted of round pebbles, which, from the regularity of their figure, seemed to have been wrought, "f A very similar account of this structure has been more recently given by Wilson, J who makes the... | |
| Sir John Lubbock - Anthropology - 1865 - 560 pages
...which was neatly squared and polished ; the rest of the mass, for there was no hollow within, consisted of round pebbles, which, from the regularity of their figure, seemed to have been wrought."f A very similar account of this structure has been more recently given by Wilson, J who makes... | |
| 1866 - 268 pages
...which was neatly squared and polished ; the rest of the mass, for there was no hollow within, consisted of round pebbles, which, from the regularity of their figure, seemed to have been wrought. Some of the coral stones were very large ; we measured one of them, and found it three feet and a half... | |
| David Laing Purves - Discoveries in geography - 1874 - 856 pages
...which was neatly squared and polished ; the rest of the mass, for there was no hollow within, consisted of round pebbles, which, from the regularity of their figure, seemed to have been wrought. Some of the coral-stones were very large ; wo measured one of them, and found it three feet and a half... | |
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