Topography of Great Britain: Or, British Traveller's Directory: CornwallC. Cooke, 1817 |
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... abounds with woods and hedge - row timber ; as we approach the New Forest from hence , the soil changes from a chalky to a gravelly loam , which the farmers very much improve by the addition of chalk in the proportion of ten or twelve ...
... abounds with woods and hedge - row timber ; as we approach the New Forest from hence , the soil changes from a chalky to a gravelly loam , which the farmers very much improve by the addition of chalk in the proportion of ten or twelve ...
Page 41
... abound with large no- dules of iron ore , and pebbles or flint , which con- tain fossil shells or their impressions . A large quan- tity of these fossils were collected by Gustavus Brander Esq . of Christchurch , and presented by him to ...
... abound with large no- dules of iron ore , and pebbles or flint , which con- tain fossil shells or their impressions . A large quan- tity of these fossils were collected by Gustavus Brander Esq . of Christchurch , and presented by him to ...
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... it will be sufficient to observe that the Hampshire coast abounds in all the finer sort of fish . The southern coast is particularly famous for the quan- tity Lobsters are fre- The Isle of Wight The sand - 42 HAMPSHIRE .
... it will be sufficient to observe that the Hampshire coast abounds in all the finer sort of fish . The southern coast is particularly famous for the quan- tity Lobsters are fre- The Isle of Wight The sand - 42 HAMPSHIRE .
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... abounds with game of every kind , and may , with some propriety , be said to be overstocked . It has been positively asserted , that , from an hill in the park , near Springfield Wood , it is no uncommon thing to see an hundred hares at ...
... abounds with game of every kind , and may , with some propriety , be said to be overstocked . It has been positively asserted , that , from an hill in the park , near Springfield Wood , it is no uncommon thing to see an hundred hares at ...
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... abounds with elegant seats and delightfully situated vil- lages . The barracks for the reception of ca- valry , on the north side of the town lately erected , Occupy about two acres of ground . About a mile and a half from Southampton ...
... abounds with elegant seats and delightfully situated vil- lages . The barracks for the reception of ca- valry , on the north side of the town lately erected , Occupy about two acres of ground . About a mile and a half from Southampton ...
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