 caverns, and also the entries to one of those curious funnelshaped openings called creux, of which the Pot in Little Sark, and several others round the coast, are less perfect examples. The " Creux du Derrible," as this is called, is a large, natural...  The Channel Islands - Page 54by David Thomas Ansted, Robert Gordon Latham - 1865 - 594 pagesFull view - About this book
 | David Thomas Ansted, Robert Gordon Latham - Channel Islands - 1865 - 638 pages
...narrow inlet, enclosed by these two headlands, terminates in a fine rocky bay, within which are many caverns, and also the entries to one of those curious...chimney, communicating below with the sea, and opening above into a field. It resembles the shaft of a mine, and a wild growth of brambles and furze surrounds... | |
 | David Thomas Ansted - Channel Islands - 1868 - 270 pages
...narrow inlet, enclosed by these tw«. headlands, terminates in a fine rocky bay, within which are many caverns, and also the entries to one of those curious...openings called creux, of which the Pot in Little Serk, and several others round the coast, are less perfect examples. The " Creux du Derrible," as this... | |
 | David Thomas Ansted - Channel Islands - 1875 - 310 pages
...narrow inlet, enclosed by these two headlands, terminates in a fine rocky bay, within which are many caverns, and also the entries to one of those curious funnel-shaped openings called ereux, of which the Pot in Little Serk, and several others round the coast, are less perfect examples.... | |
 | Thomas Henry Clark - 1878 - 256 pages
...former is a narrow isthmus resembling an Alpine pass, which connects Great and Little Sark; the latter is a large natural shaft or chimney, communicating below with the sea, and opening above into a field. At high-water the sea boils within it as in a cauldron. There is a church in the... | |
 | David Thomas Ansted - Channel Islands - 1879 - 260 pages
...narrow inlet, enclosed by these two headlands, terminates in a fine rocky bay, within which are many caverns, and also the entries to one of those curious...openings called creux, of which the Pot in Little Setk, and several others round the coast, are less perfect examples. The " Creux du Derrible," as this... | |
 | Channel Islands - 1885 - 332 pages
...narrow inlet, enclosed by these two headlands, terminates in a fine rocky bay, within which are many caverns, and also the entries to one of those curious...chimney, communicating below with the sea, and opening above into a field. It resembles the shaft of a mine, and a wild growth of brambles and furze surrounds... | |
 | David Thomas Ansted - Channel Islands - 1885 - 340 pages
...narrow inlet, enclosed by tbese two headlands, terminates in a fine rocky bay, within which are many caverns, and also the entries to one of those curious...chimney, communicating below with the sea, and opening above into a field. It resembles the shaft of a mine, and a wild growth of brambles and furze surrounds... | |
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