 For there are, in all parts of the Island, a great number of ruins of a very particular kind ; they usually consist of two rows of square pyramidal pillars, each pillar being about six feet from the next, and the distance between the rows being about...  A Voyage Round the World, in the Years 1740, 41, 42, 43, 44, by George Anson ... - Page 108by Richard Walter - 1853 - 128 pagesFull view - About this book
 | British - 1762 - 410 pages
...between the rows being about twelve feet ; the pillars themfelves are about five feet fquare at thebafe, and about thirteen feet high ; and, on the top of each of them, there is a femi-globe, with the flat part upwards ; the whole of the pillars and the femiGEORGE ANSOtf. IJT is... | |
 | John Knox - Voyages and travels - 1767 - 554 pages
...between the rows being about twelve feet. The pillars themfelves are about five feet fquare at the bafe, and about thirteen feet high; and on the top of each of them there is a femi-globe, with the flat furface upwards: the whole of the pillars and femi-globe is folid, being... | |
 | Thomas Smith - Civilization - 1803 - 322 pages
...all parts of it there are ruins of a peculiar kind. These gene-rally consist of two rows of pyramidal pillars, each pillar being about six feet from the next, and the distance between ihe row* about twelve feel : they are about live feet square at the base, and thirteen feet high, bearing... | |
 | Robert Kerr - Voyages and travels - 1824 - 524 pages
...great number of ruins of a very particular kind ; they usually consist of two rows of square pyramidal pillars, each pillar being about six feet from the...about thirteen feet high ; and on the top of each or' them there is a semi-globe, with the flat part upwards ; the whole of the pillars and semi,globe... | |
 | George baron Anson - 1853 - 660 pages
...great number of ruins of a very particular kind ; they «Mually consi't of two rows of square pyramidal pillars, each pillar being about six feet from the...rows being about twelve feet ; the pillars themselves art about five feet square at the base, and about thirteen feet high, and on the top of each of them... | |
 | George French Angas - Polynesia - 1866 - 500 pages
...remarkable ruins, the work of some race long extinct. They usually consist of two rows of square, pyramidal pillars, each pillar being about six feet from the next, and the distance between the two rows about twelve feet. The pillars themselves are some five feet square at the base, and about... | |
 | Anthropology - 1869 - 558 pages
...island, many ruins of a very particular kind. These usually consist of two rows of square pyramidal pillars, each pillar being about six feet from the...thirteen feet high ; and on the top of each of them is a semi-globe, with the 'flat sirrface upwards. The whole of the pillars and semi-globe are solid,... | |
 | Anthropology - 1869 - 1080 pages
...island, many ruins of a very particular kind. These usually consist of two rows of square pyramidal pillars, each pillar being about six feet from the...thirteen feet high ; and on the top of each of them is a semi-globe, with the flat surface upwards. The whole of the pillars and semi-globe are solid,... | |
 | John Dunmore Lang - America - 1877 - 380 pages
...great number of ruins of a very particular kind. They usually consist of two rows of square pyramidal pillars, each pillar being about six feet from the...the flat part upwards. The whole of the pillars and semi-globes are solid, being composed of sand and stone cemented together and plaistered over."* Taking... | |
 | James George Frazer - Ancestor worship - 1924 - 348 pages
...great number of ruins of a very particular kind ; they usually consist of two rows of square pyramidal pillars, each pillar being about six feet from the...composed of sand and stone cemented together, and plaistered over. This odd fabrick will be better understood, by inspecting the view of the watering-place... | |
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