| English periodicals - 1833 - 598 pages
...well satisfied when I was safe under the neck ; and a more extraordinary situation I never was in. The head, which is an enormous mass of rock, about...the spot where it is joined by the ridge up which we climbed. In one spot, the head, though overhanging its base several feet, reaches only perpendicularly... | |
| 1833 - 468 pages
...very well satisfied when I was safe under the neck. And a more extraordinary situation I never was in. The head, which is an enormous mass of rock, about...the spot where it is joined by the ridge up which we climbed. In one spot the head, though overhanging its base several feet, reaches only perpendicularly... | |
| Military art and science - 1833 - 598 pages
...well satisfied when I was safe under the neck ; and a more extraordinary situation I never was in. The head, which is an enormous mass of rock, about thirtyfive feet in height, overhangs its base rnany feet on every side. A ledge of tolerably level rock runs round three sides of the base, about... | |
| 1834 - 438 pages
...very well satisfied when I was safe under the neck. And a more extraordinary situation I never was in. The head, which is an enormous mass of rock, about thirty-five feet in height, overhang? its base many feet on ever)' siile. A ledge of tolerably level rock runs round three sides... | |
| Late official resident - Mauritius - 1842 - 198 pages
...more extraordinary situation I never was in. The head, which is an enormous mass of rock, about thirty feet in height, overhangs its base many feet on every...sides of the base, about six feet in width, bounded every where by the abrupt edge of the precipice, except in the neck, where it is joined by the ridge,... | |
| Mrs. Loudon (Jane), Jane Loudon - Natural history - 1848 - 426 pages
...platform under the rock, he fastened it firmly, and crying, ' all right,' we all climbed up in succession. The head, which is an enormous mass of rock, about...the spot where it is joined by the ridge up which we climbed. In one spot, the head, though overhanging its base several feet, reaches only peqiendicularly... | |
| Two creations - 1849 - 138 pages
...very well satisfied when I was safe under the neck. And a more extraordinary situation I never was in. The head, which is an enormous mass of rock, about...the spot where it is joined by the ridge up which we climbed. In one spot the head, though overhanging its base several feet, reaches only perpendicularly... | |
| 1849 - 142 pages
...felt very well satisfied when I was under the neck. And a more extraordinary situation I never was in. The head, which is an enormous mass of rock, about...the spot where it is joined by the ridge up which we climbed. In one spot the head, overhanging its base several feet, reaches only perpendicularly over... | |
| Travels and voyages - 1850 - 388 pages
...very well satisfied when I was safe under the neck. And a more extraordinary situation I never was in. The head, which is an enormous mass of rock about...sides of the base, about six feet in width, bounded every where by the abrupt edge of the precipice, except in the spot where it is joined by the ridge... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1852 - 634 pages
...more extraordinary situation 1 never was in. The head, which is an enormous mass of rode, about thirty feet in height, overhangs its base many feet on every...except in the spot where it is joined by the ridge up u hich we climbed. In one spot, the head, though overhanging its base several feet, reaches only perpendicularly... | |
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