 I had the sight of an Hygre or Eager, a most terrible flush of water, that came up the river with such violence that it sunk a coal vessel in the town, and such a terrible noise that all the dogs in it...  The Geology of the Fenland - Page 82by Sydney B. J. Skertchly, Sydney Barber Josiah Skertchly - 1877 - 335 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Thoresby - Great Britain - 1830 - 504 pages
...violence that it sunk a coal vessel in the town, and such a terrible noise that all the dogs in it snarl and bite at the rolling waves, as though they...affected me, each wave surmounting the other with an extraordinary violence. From Wisbeach we rid to Setcha, a small country village, but much noted... | |
 | Fens, The (England) - 1834 - 332 pages
...consequently the channel of the river was then more obstructed, than in our time. 'This morning' says he 'before we left Wisbech, I had the sight of an Hygre...surmounting the other with extraordinary violence ! ' These various and important measures had brought the river from Wisbech to the sea, in almost an... | |
 | Sydney B. J. Skertchly, Sydney Barber Josiah Skertchly - Cambridgeshire (England) - 1877 - 408 pages
...who appears to have visited Wisbech " about 1680, thus notices the Eager at that time: ' This ruorn' ing, before we left Wisbech, I had the sight of an...extraordinary violence.' — Diary, vol. ip 12.''* The range Of Ebb Tides.— I was very much struck with the following statement by Professor LDB Gordon,... | |
 | D. H. Atkinson - Antiquarians - 1885 - 498 pages
...violence that it sunk a coal vessel in the town, and such a terrible noise that all the dogs in it snarl and bite at the rolling waves, as though they...affected me, each wave surmounting the other with an extraordinary violence." "From Wisbeach we rid to Setcha, a small country village, but much noted... | |
 | Genealogy - 1891 - 474 pages
...violence that it sunk a coal vessel in the town, and such a terrible noise that all the dogs in it snarl and bite at the rolling waves as though they...affected me, each wave surmounting the other with an extraordinary violence." Diary of Ralph Thoresby, Vol. I., p. 63. Cf. Of. Murray Difi., sub voce... | |
 | Edward Walford, George Latimer Apperson - Archaeology - 1892 - 322 pages
...with such violence that it sunk a coal vessel in the town, and such a terrible noise that all the dogs did snarl and bite at the rolling waves as though...surmounting the other with extraordinary violence." f The author of Festns, Miss Ingelow, and other poets, have mentioned the eagre in modern times. The... | |
 | Thomas McKenny Hughes, Mary Caroline Hughes - Cambridgeshire (England) - 1909 - 308 pages
...passes of the river. In 1680 Ralph Thoresby described it in his diary : " This morning," says he, " before we left Wisbech, I had the sight of an Hygre...surmounting the other with extraordinary violence ! " 7 a. Geology and Soil. When the Geological Survey began to map England it was necessary to distinguish... | |
 | Thomas McKenny Hughes - 1965 - 296 pages
...passes of the river. In 1680 Ralph Thoresby described it in his diary : " This morning," says he, " before we left Wisbech, I had the sight of an Hygre...surmounting the other with extraordinary violence ! " 73. Geology and Soil. When the Geological Survey began to map England it was necessary to distinguish... | |
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