 | Science - 1841 - 444 pages
...and a great part of these changes have, with much probability, been attributed to the strict ordert given by Severus, and other emperors, -to destroy....periods, by order of the English parliament, because they .harboured wolves or outlaws. Thns the Welsh .woods were cut and burnt, in the reign of Edward I. ;... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1854 - 870 pages
...trunks of trees in peat. De Luc ascertained that the very sites of the aboriginal forests of Hercinia, Semana, Ardennes, and several others, are now occupied...wolves or outlaws. Thus the Welsh woods were cut and burned, in the reign of Edward I. ; as were many of those in Ireland, by Henry II., to prevent the... | |
 | Anonymous - History - 1863 - 602 pages
...attributed to the strict orders given by Severus, and other emperors, to destroy all tho wood in tho conquered provinces. Several of the British forests,...periods, by order of the English parliament, because they harboured wolves or outlaws. Thus the Welsh woods were cut and burnt, in the reign of Edward I. ; as... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1865 - 880 pages
...been attributed to the strict orders given by Severus, and other emperors, to destroy all the wpod in the conquered provinces. Several of the British...wolves or outlaws. Thus the Welsh woods were cut and burned, in the reign of Edward I. ; as were many of those in Ireland, by Henry II., to prevent the... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1868 - 692 pages
...emperors, to destroy all the wood in the conquered provinces. So also many of th*.British forests, which are now mosses, were cut at different periods, by order of the English parliament, because they harboured wolves or outlaws. Thus the Welsh woods were cut and burnt, in the reign of Edward I. ; as... | |
 | Yorkshire Geological Society - Geology - 1870 - 700 pages
...except in the ruined trunks of trees in peat; but, as he also observes, several of the British forests which are now mosses were cut at different periods by order of the English Parliament, because they harboured wolves and outlaws. Thus the Welsh woods were cut and burnt in the reign of Edward I., as... | |
 | Thomas Milner - Science - 1857 - 474 pages
...conquered provinces. Several of the British forests, however, which are now mosses, were cut at differ ent periods by order of the English Parliament, because...wolves or outlaws. Thus the Welsh woods were cut and burned, in the reign of Edward I., as were many of those in Ireland, by Henry II. 5 to prevent the... | |
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Semana, Ardennes, and several others, are now occupied by mosses and fens ; and a great part of these changes have, with much probability, been attributed to the strict orders given by Severus, and other emperors, to destroy all the wood in the conquered... 