| John Purdy - 1844 - 534 Seiten
...water, and terminates in a cliff of 10 or 12 feet high, riven and splintered in every direction, to an extent of 200 or 300 yards from its edge. At a distance...island, in lat. 66° 20', long. 66° 38', has many buys; and forms, with the main land behind, a gond harbour for shelter, but the bottom is rocky. No... | |
| Charles Tomlinson - 1848 - 214 Seiten
...in every direction, to an extent of two or three hundred yards from its edge. At a distance of three miles no bottom could be found with 250 fathoms of line; and round all the islands the depth of water was considerable. One called Pitt's Island (in lat. 66° 20'... | |
| 1854 - 644 Seiten
...of 10 or 12 feet high, riven and splintered in every direction, to an extent of two or three hundred yards from its edge. At a distance of 3 miles, no...bottom could be found with '250 fathoms of line, and round all the islands the depth of water was considerable. One, named Pitt's Island, in latitude f¡0"... | |
| John Purdy - 1855 - 634 Seiten
...water, and terminates in a cliff of 10 or 12 feet high, riven and splintered in every direction, to an extent of 200 or 300 yards from its edge. At a distance...the water was considerable. One island, in lat. 66° iff, Ion. 66° 38', has many bays ; and forms, with the main land behind, a good harbour for shelter,... | |
| William Henry Rosser - 1862 - 322 Seiten
...water, and terminates in a cliff of l 0 or 12 feet high, riven and splintered in every direction, to an extent of 200 or 300 yards from its edge. At a distance...bottom could be found with 250 fathoms of line, and round all the islands the depth of water was considerable. One, named Pitfs Island, in latitude 65°... | |
| Alexander G. Findlay - 1867 - 738 Seiten
...most dazzling brightness, which slopes down to the water, and terminates in a cliff of 10 or 12 feet high, riven and splintered in every direction, to...considerable. One island, in lat. 66° 20', long. 66a 38', has many bays, and forms, with the main land behind, a good harbour for shelter, but the bottom... | |
| Charles Tomlinson - 1872 - 392 Seiten
...in every direction, to an extent of two or three hundred yards from its edge. At a distance of three miles no bottom could be found with 250 fathoms of line ; and round all the islands the depth of water was considerable. One called Pitt's Island (in lat. 66° 20'... | |
| 1885 - 494 Seiten
...water, and terminates in a cliff 10 or 12 feet high, riven and splintered in every direction, to an extent of 200 or 300 yards from its edge. At a distance of 3 miles no bottom was found at 250 fathoms, and round all the Biscoe islands the depths are considerable. One named Pitt's... | |
| 1885 - 566 Seiten
...water, and terminates in a cliff 10 or 12 feet high, riven and splintered in every direction, to an extent of 200 or 300 yards from its edge. At a distance of 3' miles no bottom was found at 250 fathoms, and round all the Biscoe islands the depths are considerable. One named Pitt's... | |
| 1893 - 666 Seiten
...water, and terminates in a cliff 10 or 12 feet high, riven and splintered in every direction, to an extent of 200 or 300 yards from its edge. At a distance of 3 miles no bottom was found at 250 fathoms, and round all the Biscoe islands the depths are considerable. One named Pitt's... | |
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