 | World history - 1747 - 524 pages
...from its fituation and form, it appears to have been a mound, or camp, of the befiegers ; it being about half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile broad. And it -is -on this hill that the bafha commonly pitches his pavilion, when he takes this town... | |
 | World history - 1747 - 530 pages
...from its fituation and form, it appears to have been a mound, or camp, of the befiegers ; it being about half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile broad. And it is on this hill that the bafta- commonly pitches his pavilion, when he takes this town... | |
 | Architecture - 1776 - 502 pages
...On the weft fide of Chichefter is a large Roman camp called the Brill. It is an oblong iquare, being about half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth. It lies in a flat low ground, with a great rampart and a fingle graff, and is generally... | |
 | Universal history - 1779 - 520 pages
...; fo that from its fituation and form, it appears to have been a mound, or camp, of the befiegers, about half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile "Sandys, lib. iii. p. 159. (K) This town is, among feveral others, mentioned in the book of Judges,... | |
 | Arthur Phillip - Australia - 1790 - 468 pages
...that at a very fmall expence quays may be confrructed where the largeft veffels may unload. This cove is about half a mile in length., and a quarter of a mile acrofs at the entrance. In honour of Lord Sydney, the Governor diflinguifhcd it by the name of Sydney... | |
 | John Pinkerton - Voyages and travels - 1811 - 804 pages
...the ground andv, country about it. Half a mile eaft of the city is a fmall hill, improved by art ; it is about half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile broad, and is very fteep every way,, except to the fouth weft ; this was probably the camp of the befiegers,... | |
 | 1817 - 244 pages
...western side of Pendennis-castle, and between, the parishes of Budock and Falmouth, is a small lake, about half a mile in length and a quarter of a mile ia breadth, called the SwanPool, which is remarkable for fine eels. It is separatea from the sea by... | |
 | Walter Scott - Europe - 1820 - 748 pages
...N. and longitude 58. 12. W. steering west, going six knots, observed a shoal on the larboard beam, about half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth, bearing south, half a mile distant, in appearance white sand and yellow weed, supposed... | |
 | 1820 - 746 pages
...N. and longitude 58. 12. W. steering west, going six knots, observed a shoal on the larboard beam, about half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth, bearing south, half a mile distant, in appearance white sand and yellow weed, supposed... | |
 | Thomas Cromwell - Sussex (England) - 1822 - 316 pages
...by needlemakers, was entirely razed to the ground: from which * This encampment, named The Sroile, is about half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth, of an oblong square figure, with a single ditch, and a strong rampart. On the same side... | |
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This mountain is covered by a dense forest, with the exception of a level spot of about half a mile in length and a quarter of a mile in width... 
