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" Mine-Man and my self lower'd ourselves by ropes 25 Fathoms perpendicular, into a very large Place, which resembled to us the form of a Horse-shoe; for we stuck lighted Candles all the way we went to discover what we could find remarkable. At length we... "
The Natural History of England: Or, A Description of Each Particular County ... - Page 340
by Benjamin Martin - 1759
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Philosophical Transactions and Collections, to the End of the Year ..., Volume 2

Royal Society (Great Britain) - Science - 1722 - 956 pages
...a very large Place, which refembled to us the form of a'Horfe-íhoe j for we ftuck lighted Candies all the way we went, to difcover what we could find...came to a River or great Water, which I found to be 20 Fathoms broad, and 8 Fathoms deep. The Mine-Man would have perfuaded me, that this River ebbed and...
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The Gallery of Nature and Art; Or, a Tour Through Creation and Science, Volume 2

Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 540 pages
...resembled to us the form of a horse-shoe; for we stuck lighted candles all the way we went, to discover what we could find remarkable. At length we came to a river or great water, which I found to be twenty fathoms broad, and eight deep. The miner would have penuuded me that this river ebbed and flowed,...
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Gallery of Nature and Art, Or a Tour Through Creation and Science ..., Volume 2

Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 546 pages
...for we stuck lighted candles all the way we went, to discover what we could find remarkable. Aflength we came to a river or great water, which I found to be twenty fathoms broad, and eight deep. The miner would have persuaded me that this river ebbed and flowed,...
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Readings in Natural Philosophy: Or, A Popular Display of the Wonders of ...

Sir Richard Phillips - 1830 - 728 pages
...resembled to us the form of a horse-shoe ; for we stuck lighted candles all the way we went, to discover what we could find remarkable. At length we came to a river or great water, which I found to be 20 fathoms broad, and eight fathoms deep. As we were walking by this river, 32 fathoms under ground,...
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The Mariner's Mirror, Volume 10

Leonard George Carr Laughton, Roger Charles Anderson, William Gordon Perrin - Great Britain - 1925 - 476 pages
...resembled to us the form of a horseshoe; for we stuck lighted candles all the way we went, to discover what we could find remarkable. At length we came to a river, or great water, which I found to be 20 fathoms broad, and 8 fathoms deep. The mine was altogether about 220 feet deep. The mine man would...
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