 The great peculiarity of the bay is the succession of noble and picturesque caverns, and deep narrow fiords alternating with rocky reefs projecting for some distance into the sea. These are continued far beyond the lowest tide, extending, indeed, to the...  The Channel Islands - Page 107by David Thomas Ansted, Robert Gordon Latham - 1862 - 604 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American periodicals - 1866 - 848 pages
...bay U the succession of noble and picturesque caverns, and deep narrow fiords alternating with ro>-ky reefs projecting for some distance into the sea. These...the extremity of Cape Grosnez, under which is the laat cavern. It ii difficult to state the number of caverns in the bay with precision. Six may be visited... | |
 | David Thomas Ansted - Channel Islands - 1868 - 270 pages
...into a nest of caverns. The great peculiarity of the Gre"ve au Langon is the succession of caverns and narrow fiords, alternating with rocky reefs projecting...for some distance into the sea. These are continued beyond the lowest tide, reaching indeed to the extremity of Grosnez, under which is a cave. The number... | |
 | Edward Spender - Channel Islands - 1870 - 196 pages
...the rock scenery at this point : — " The great peculiarity of the bay is the succession of noble and picturesque caverns, and deep narrow fiords alternating...be visited in succession at all times except near highwater, and all are strikingly picturesque. Some are connected one with another by low natural arches,... | |
 | Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - 1870 - 110 pages
...into a nest of caverns. The great peculiarity of the Grlve au Langon is the succession of caverns and narrow fiords, alternating with rocky reefs projecting...for some distance into the sea. These are continued beyond the lowest tide, reaching indeed to the extremity of Grosnez, under which is a cave. The number... | |
 | David Thomas Ansted - Channel Islands - 1879 - 260 pages
...into a nest of caverns. The great peculiarity of the GrSve au Lanc.on is the succession of caverns and narrow fiords, alternating with rocky reefs projecting...for some distance into the sea. These are continued beyond the lowest tide, reaching indeed to the extremity of Grosnez, under which is a cave. The number... | |
 | Charles Bertram Black - Channel Islands - 1883 - 94 pages
...the slope of Plemont Point and a little wooden bridge. The peculiarity of this bay is the caverns and narrow fiords alternating with rocky reefs projecting...for some distance into the sea. These are continued beyond the lowest tide, reaching to the extremity of Gros-Nez, under which is a cave. Six caverns may... | |
 | William Lonsdale Watkinson, William Theophilus Davison - Theology - 1866 - 556 pages
...the rock scenery at this point : — " The great peculiarity of the bay is the succession of noble and picturesque caverns, and deep narrow fiords alternating...be visited in succession at all times except near highwater, and all are strikingly picturesque. Some are connected one with another by low natural arches,... | |
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