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On the river Wharfe , near Otley , in the West Riding of Yorkshire , is a weir , or mill - dam , the structure of which is of hewn stone , forming a plane , inclined to an angle of from 35 ° to 50 fronting the north , and extending from ...
On the river Wharfe , near Otley , in the West Riding of Yorkshire , is a weir , or mill - dam , the structure of which is of hewn stone , forming a plane , inclined to an angle of from 35 ° to 50 fronting the north , and extending from ...
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Arrived at the valley , there is a small town or village of the same name , near to which are set up three square pillars built of stone , being about eight feet in height , and thirty or forty yards distant from each other , of very ...
Arrived at the valley , there is a small town or village of the same name , near to which are set up three square pillars built of stone , being about eight feet in height , and thirty or forty yards distant from each other , of very ...
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... yet the natives ( Indians ) often brought to us pieces of a stone with which they light their fires , which they said were found in the mountains ; which stones must , no doubt , contain some kind of metal , as we imagined ...
... yet the natives ( Indians ) often brought to us pieces of a stone with which they light their fires , which they said were found in the mountains ; which stones must , no doubt , contain some kind of metal , as we imagined ...
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Narrative of the Sufferings and Adventures of Henderick Portenger | 1 |
Travels of M Burckhardt in Egypt and Nubia | 1 |
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| Title | New Voyages and Travels: Consisting of Originals, Translations, and Abridgements, Volume 2 New Voyages and Travels: Consisting of Originals, Translations, and Abridgements, Sir Richard Phillips Volume 2 of New Voyages and Travels: Consisting of Originals, Translations, and Abridgments ; with Index and Historical Preface, Sir Richard Phillips |
| Author | Sir Richard Phillips |
| Publisher | Sir Richard Phillips, 1819 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 23 Apr 2007 |
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