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" That curious rock stands out into the sea, exactly like a huge round tower or fortress, built by human hands. Mount Wellington, the great western Table Mountain, and the rocky banks of many of the mountain rivers, as the Shannon, are composed of this... "
Statistical View of Van Diemen's Land: Comprising Its Geography, Geology ... - Page 122
1832 - 188 pages
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Narrative of a Voyage to the South Seas: With the Shipwreck of the Princess ...

Charles Medyett Goodridge - Australia - 1832 - 312 pages
...this species of rock puts on, resembling different artificial productions of man. That curious rock stands out into the sea, exactly like a huge round...singular appearance to the eye. On the south end of Brun6 Island, which is composed of this rock, there are several of this description, and those upon...
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Sketch of the History of Van Diemen's Land: Illustrated by a Map of the ...

James Bischoff - Tasmania - 1832 - 284 pages
...a small creek on each side. In some parts, both on the coast and in the interior, the columns stand in insulated positions, springing up from the grass...needles, and presenting a singular appearance to the eye. As basaltic rock has the power of acting on the magnetic needle, and occurs in such large masses, it...
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History of Austral-Asia: Comprising New South Wales, Van Diemen's Island ...

Robert Montgomery Martin - Australia - 1836 - 436 pages
...human hands. Mount Wellington, the great western Table Mountain, and the rocky banks of many of the mountain rivers, as the Shannon, are composed of this...blocks, gradually diminishing as they rise, till the force of a well aimed stone -would be sufficient to drive the uppermost from its seat. As this rock...
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History of Austral-Asia: Comprising New South Wales, Van Diemen's Island ...

Robert Montgomery Martin - Australia - 1836 - 406 pages
...the columns stand up in insulated positions, springing up from the grass or the ocean like obe lisks or huge needles, and presenting a singular appearance...blocks, gradually diminishing as they rise, till the force of a well uimed stone would be sufficient to drive the uppermost from its seat. As this rock...
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The British colonies; their history, extent, condition, and ..., Volumes 3-4

Robert Montgomery Martin - Great Britain - 1851 - 706 pages
...this rock. In some parts, both on the coast and in the interior, the columns stand up in insulatec positions, springing up from the grass or the ocean like obelisks or huge needles, and >resenting a singular appearance to the eye. }n the south end of Bruni island, which is composed of...
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