 | 1811 - 750 lapas
...Taganrock are able to tffcct a passage on dry land to the opposite coast ; a distance of twenty vcrsts : but when the wind changes, which it sometimes does...rapidity to their wonted bed, that many lives are lost. In this manner, also, sm'all vessels are stranded." We cannot conclude this article without expressing... | |
 | 1811 - 768 lapas
...to effect a passage on dry laud to the opposite coast j a distance of twenty versts : but when tha wind changes, which it sometimes does very suddenly,...rapidity to their wonted bed, that* many lives are lost. In this manner, also, small vessels are stranded." We ciimiot conclude this article without expressing... | |
 | Arthur Jewitt - 1818 - 336 lapas
...verste, equal to fourteen miles: but when (be wind changes, and this it sometimes does very •uddenly, the waters return with such rapidity to their wonted bed, that many live» «re lost. The depth here is Bve fathoms. Dr. CI.ARKR'J Travels in Russia, frc. part i. 324.... | |
 | William Cowherd - 1818 - 728 lapas
...opposite coast ; i distance of 20 versts, equal to fourteen miles : but when the wind changes, and this it sometimes does very suddenly, the waters return with such rapidity to their wonted bed, &al many lives are lost. The depth here is five fathoms. Dr. CLARKE'S Trav. in ftussia, fyc. part :.... | |
 | 1822 - 796 lapas
...Azof) are able to effect a passage on dry land to the opposite coast, a distance of 20 versts, about 14 miles ; but when the wind changes which' it sometimes...return with such rapidity to their wonted bed that шапу lives are lost. — Clarke'» ТУя• •'. ¡H Russia, p. 325. Miratulvut Circumttance,... | |
 | Josiah Conder - 1825 - 372 lapas
...of twenty versts (nearly fourteen miles) ; but, when the wind changes, (and this it does sometimes very suddenly,) the waters return with such rapidity to their wonted bed, that many lives are lost. The east wind often sets in with great vehemence, and continues for several weeks ; they have also... | |
 | William Greenfield - 1831 - 300 lapas
...opposite coast, a distance of twenty versts, equal to fourteen miles : but when the wind changes, and this it sometimes does very suddenly, the waters return...rapidity to their wonted bed, that many lives are lost'. The depth here is five fathoms.' J In ver. 22, it is expressly stated, that it formed a wall unto the... | |
 | William Greenfield - 1831 - 310 lapas
...opposite coast, a distance of twenty versts, equal to fourteen miles : but when the wind changes, and this it sometimes does very suddenly, the waters return...rapidity to their wonted bed, that many lives are lost. The depth here is five fathoms.' J In ver. 22, it is expressly stated, that it formed a wall unto the... | |
 | 1834 - 616 lapas
...salt tea, from the bay thai looketh southward." Josh, xv, 1, С í Fxod. xir. Я. violent east «inda, the sea retires in so remarkable a manner, that the...the head of the Sea of Azof, the direction of which яеа is nearly from east to west, could not have been produced in the Red Sea (whether that sea were... | |
 | Charles Tilstone Beke - 1834 - 366 lapas
...a manner, that the people of Taganrock " are able to effect a passage on dry land to the op" posite coast; a distance of twenty versts (rather " less...rapidity to their " wonted bed, that many lives are lost2." It must, however, be remarked, that the application of this observation of Dr. Clarke to the... | |
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... it sometimes does very suddenly, the waters return with such rapidity to their wonted bed, that many lives are lost'. The depth here is five fathoms. 
