 | Books and bookselling - 1780 - 550 pages
...imagine it got the appellation of Lake •when ieen in the hot and dry weather, at which time its furface to the depth of an inch is liquid, and then from its...cannot •be walked upon. It is of a circular form, and I fup•pofe about three miles in circumference. At my firit approach it appeared a plane, as fmooth... | |
 | History - 1789 - 622 pages
...imagine it got the appellation of Lake when ièen in the hot and ¡iry:weather, at Which time-its furface 'to the depth of an inch is liquid, and then from its cohefive quality if cannot be walked upon. ' It is of a circular form, and Г another. The trued idea that его be... | |
 | English poetry - 1790 - 734 pages
...hot and dry weather, at which time its furface to the depth of an inch is liquid ; and then from it; cohefive quality it cannot be walked upon. " It is of a circular form, and [ fuppofe about three miles in circumference. At my firft approach it appeared a plane, as fmooth as... | |
 | Thomas Smith - Civilization - 1804 - 374 pages
...possible it got the appellation of Lake when seen in the hot and dry weather, at which time its surface to the depth of an inch is liquid ; and then from its cohesive quality it cannot be walked upon. " It is of a circular form, about three miles in circumference.... | |
 | Pierre Franc M'Callum - Enslaved persons - 1805 - 376 pages
...it got the appellation of Lake when seen in the hot and • dry weather, at which time its surface to the depth of an inch is liquid ; and then from its cohesive quality it cannot be walked upon.'' " It is of a circular form, about three miles in circumference.... | |
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... quality it cannot •be walked upon. It is of a circular form, and I fup•pofe about three miles in circumference. 