...that of almost any state in Europe. ISLAND OF SARDINIA.] The island of Sardinia is situated to the south of Corsica, from which it is separated by the...of mountains runs through the island from north to south. The soil is generally fertile, producing wheat, vines, olives and other fruit in abundance....

...emharked in his schooter to descend the river in 1805. Sardinia, a large island of the Mediterranean, S. of Corsica, from which it is separated by the Strait of Bonifacio, between lat. 38o 51' 50" and 41o 15' 42" N., and long. 8o 3' 39" and 9o 50' 30" E. Pop. (1839) 524,633....

...measures about 160 miles from north to south, Ъу an average breadth of seventy miles. It lies to the south of Corsica, from which it is separated by the Strait of Bonifacio. The shores abound with spacious and beautiful bays ; the interior is extensively mountainous. especially...

...alxiut I6O miles from north to south, by an average breadth of seventy miles. It lies to tin: Houth of Corsica, from which it is separated by the Strait of Bonifacio. The shores abound with spacious and beautiful bays ; the interior is extensively mountainous, olix»:i;illy...

...miles. Sardinia, the largest and, next to Sicily, the most important island of the Mediterranean ; south of Corsica, from which it is separated by the strait of Bonifacio. Surface generally mountainous. On the west are extensive plains, that of Buddnso is 3,000 feet above...

...SARDIH'IA, ISLAND OF, the largest, after Sicily, of the islands of the Mediterranean, lies directly s. of Corsica, from which it is separated by the strait of Bonifacio, a chanmlonly7"m. wide in its narrowest part. Sardinia is situated about half-way between central Italy...

...measures about 160 miles from north to south, by an average breadth of seventy miles. It lies to the south of Corsica, from which it is separated by the Strait of Bonifacio. The shores abound with spacious and beautiful bays ; the interior is extensively mountainous, especially...

...3090 feet, has been an active volcano from the earliest times. Sardinia is a large island lying to the south of Corsica, from which it is separated by the Strait of Bonifacio. It is 169 miles long, and 72 broad. The island is mountainous throughout, and possesses few good harbours....

...after Sicily the largest in the Mediterranean, is 135 miles west of the mouth of the Tiber and just south of Corsica, from which it is separated by the Strait of Bonifacio, seven and onehalf miles wide. In the south is the Gulf of Cagliari, a deep, wide bay. anJ in the north,...

...the Mediterranean Sea, having an area of nearly ninety-three hundred square miles. It lies directly south of Corsica, from which it is separated by the Strait of Bonifacio, a channel which in its narrowest part is only seven miles wide. The country is mostly mountainous,...