 | 1812 - Страниц: 1020
...resembling a small fort or block-house. The top of this we were determined, if possible, to attain j but the difficulty we had to encounter in doing so...the only mode by which we could effect it was, by fixANDERSON *, Alexander, Edin. burgh, 1688. Angus f , Alexander, Aberdeen. Balrour, John, Edinburgh,... | |
 | 1813 - Страниц: 818
...again immediately. It appeared evident, by ihe formation of this part of the island, that the sea bad, during the eruptions, broke into the crater in two...determined, if possible, to attain ; but the difficulty we bad to encounter in doing so was considerable ; the only way to attempt it was up the side of the isthmus,... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - Страниц: 592
...had the appearance of a work of art resembling a small fort or block-house. The top of this we'wcre determined, if possible, to attain ; but the difficulty...was so steep that the only mode by which we could ctiuct it, was by fixing the end of an oar at the base, with the assistance of which we forced ourselves... | |
 | 1819 - Страниц: 384
...stream was bounded by a precipice, a dill" between twenty and thirty feet high iorming a peninbula of about the same dimensions in width, and from fifty...determined, if possible, to attain ; but the difficulty which we had to encounter in doing sn was considerable; the only way to attempt it was up the side... | |
 | 1819 - Страниц: 382
...between twenty and thirty feet high forming a peninsula of about the same dimensions in width, and front fifty to sixty feet long, connected with the other...determined, if possible, to attain ; but the difficulty which we had to encounter in doing so was considerable; the only way to attempt it was up the side... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1821 - Страниц: 768
...distance from the island, had the appearance of a work of art resembling a small fort or block-bouse. The top of this we were determined, if possible, to...attempt it was up the side of the isthmus, which was so -!<•••[>, that the only mode by which we could effect it, was by fixing the end of an oar at... | |
 | 1834 - Страниц: 506
...evident, by the formation of this part of the island, that the sea had, during the eruptions, broken into the crater in two places, as the east side of...determined, if possible, to attain ; but the difficulty which we had to encounter in doing so was considerable; the only way to attempt it was up the side... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1813 - Страниц: 824
...that the sea had, during the eruptions, broke into the crater in two places, as the east side of (he small stream was bounded by a precipice, a cliff between...possible, to attain ; but the difficulty we had to en. counter in doing so was considerable j the only way to attempt it was up the side of the isthmus,... | |
 | 1812 - Страниц: 552
...from the island, had the appearance of a work of art resembling a small fort pr block house, The ton of this we were determined, if possible, to attain...side of the isthmus, which was so steep, that the pnly mode by which we could effect it, was by fixing the end of an oar at the base, with the assistance... | |
 | 1812 - Страниц: 730
...distance from the island, had the appearance of a woik of art resembling a small fort or block-house. The top of this we were determined, if possible, to attain ; but the dimculty we had to encuuuter in doing so «as considerable; the only way to attempt it was up the пае... | |
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... of the island by a narrow ridge of cinders and lava, as an isthmus of from forty to fifty feet in length, from which the crater rose in the form of an amphitheatre. This cliff, at two or three miles distance from the island, had the appearance of... 