...inhabited are decaying within, notwithstanding the solidity of their construction.' The town is an English mile in length, and about a quarter of a mile in breadth. The motive for keeping the houses, or rathefr the fronts of the houses, in a condition so much superior...

...rebuilt as a farm-house, and the only vestige of the original edifice is a gateway. LOWES WATER Is a mile in length, and about a quarter of a mile in breadth. It is surrounded by noble mountains, the lower parts of which are covered with wood. It differs from...

...distance of seven miles from Ennerdale, in sight of Loweswater. This pleasing little lake does not exceed a mile in length, and about a quarter of a mile in breadth. The finest scenery is at its foot, where it falls into Crummock Water ; and its general character is...

...our magnesian limestone district may appear, when compared to that of England— being less than half a mile in length, and about a quarter of a mile in breadth— still I think there are sufficient grounds to support Mr. Bryce's view as to the identity of the magnesian...

...its dimensions, and only covered with water during winter, or in very wet weather. The upper lough is a mile in length, and about a quarter of a mile in ,,v;,.H h. It is 441 feet above the evel of the sea, and the mountains which limit it rise almost perpendiHAND...

...Deer forward, before the real Greyhounds were slipped. The Paddock was generally a piece of ground taken out of a Park, and fenced with pales or a wall...and about a quarter of a mile in breadth, but the farther end was always broader than that which the dogs started from, the better to accommodate the...

...Company. There, is besides, the Bishop's loch, partly in Cadder, but chiefly in Old Monkland, above a mile in length, and about a quarter of a mile in average breadth. It is also one of the chief reservoirs for the Forth and Clyde Canal Company. Lastly,...

...border parish, and the villages of Town and Kirk Vetholm are separated from England by a valley one mile in length, and about a quarter of a mile in breadth, which, in former times, must have presented a very easy access or entrance from the one country to...

...lakes, of which it commands very fine prospects. The latter is a very small lake, being not more than a mile in length, and about a quarter of a mile in breadth ; and communicates with Grasmere Water, whose length is the same, but its breadth half a mile. The...

...dimensions, and only covered with water during the winter, or in very wet weather, 'ihe upper lough is a mile in length, and about a quarter of a mile in breadth. It is 44 1 feet above the level of the sea, and the mountains which limit it, rise almost perpendicularly...