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The large one is 600 or 700 feet square , and between 400 and 500 feet high . I
went to the top of it , and then entered by a narrow passage , and went to three
rooms which are in it . There is also a well 180 feet deep in the centre of the ...
The large one is 600 or 700 feet square , and between 400 and 500 feet high . I
went to the top of it , and then entered by a narrow passage , and went to three
rooms which are in it . There is also a well 180 feet deep in the centre of the ...
Page 251
We entered by an avenue eight or nine feet wide , and about as high , descended
twenty eight short stairs , then walked thirteen paces still descending , then
twenty - five more stairs , then eighteen paces which brought us to the first set of ...
We entered by an avenue eight or nine feet wide , and about as high , descended
twenty eight short stairs , then walked thirteen paces still descending , then
twenty - five more stairs , then eighteen paces which brought us to the first set of ...
Page 256
The mountain over the grotto was solid rock rising a hundred feet nearly
perpendicular . “ Sitting down in one of the windows , we cast our eyes over one
of the most enchanting scenes in nature . From an elevation of two hundred feet ,
we ...
The mountain over the grotto was solid rock rising a hundred feet nearly
perpendicular . “ Sitting down in one of the windows , we cast our eyes over one
of the most enchanting scenes in nature . From an elevation of two hundred feet ,
we ...
Page 329
The largest is upwards of forty feet in circumference . Six or eight others are also
very large , several of them nearly the size of the largest . But each of these was
manifestly two trees or more , which have grown together , and now form one .
The largest is upwards of forty feet in circumference . Six or eight others are also
very large , several of them nearly the size of the largest . But each of these was
manifestly two trees or more , which have grown together , and now form one .
Page 332
On the north side there are nine stones in a row , each 30 feet long , about 10
thick , and 12 high . These constitute the foundation of a wall which seems never
to have been finished . On the west side there are two tiers of large stones , three
in ...
On the north side there are nine stones in a row , each 30 feet long , about 10
thick , and 12 high . These constitute the foundation of a wall which seems never
to have been finished . On the west side there are two tiers of large stones , three
in ...
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| Title | Memoir of the Rev. Pliny Fisk, A.M.: Late Missionary to Palestine |
| Authors | Alvan Bond, Pliny Fisk |
| Publisher | Crocker and Brewster, 1828 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 14 Aug 2014 |
| Length | 437 pages |
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