 The fires, which still continued to burn, and the boil- , ing of the sea, obliged them to take a great compass, and yet they felt the air about them very hot and sultry. Having encompassed the island, and surveyed it carefully from an adjacent one, they...  Petralogy: A Treatise on Rocks - Page 515by John Pinkerton - 1811Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Smith - Civilization - 1803 - 310 pages
...farthest distant from the large furnace. The fires, which still continued to burn, and the boiling of the sea, obliged them to take a great compass,...felt the air about them very hot and sultry. Having coasted round the island, and surveyedit carefully from an adjacent one, they judged it to be two hundred... | |
 | Thomas Smith - Civilization - 1803 - 280 pages
...about them very hot and sultry. Having coasted round the island, and surveyed it carefully from-an adjacent one, they judged it to be two hundred feet...circumference : but not being thoroughly satisfied with this view of it, they resolved to attempt once more to land, a'nd accordingly rowed towards that... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 592 pages
...farthest distance from the large furnace. The fires, which still coutinued to burn, and the boiling of the sea, obliged them to take a great compass,...hundred feet above the sea, about a mile broad, and live miles in circumference ; but not being thoroughly satisfied, they resolved to attempt to land,... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - Astronomy - 1815 - 568 pages
...farthest distance from the large furnace. The fires, which still continued to burn, and the boiling of the sea, obliged them to take a great compass, and yet they felt the air about then) very hot and sultry. Having encompassed the island, and surveyed it carefully from an adjacent... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Curiosities and wonders - 1821 - 768 pages
...make a great circuit, notwithstanding which they felt the air about them to be very hot and sult»y. Having encompassed the island, and surveyed it carefully...but, not being thoroughly satisfied, they resolved to make an attempt at landing, and accordingly rowed toward that part of the island where they perceived... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - Adventure and adventurers - 1838 - 672 pages
...the island which waJ from the laige furnace. The 6res, which still continued to burn, and the boiling of the sea, obliged them to take a great compass,...felt the air about them very hot and sultry. Having coasted round the island, and surveyed it carefuliy from an adjacent one, they judged it to be two... | |
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