 The depth of the recess is 227 feet, and the breadth at the inner termination 22. The sides within are columnar throughout; the columns being broken and grouped in many different ways, so as to catch a variety of direct and reflected tints, mixed with...  General Treatise on Geography - Page 61by Alexander F. Foster - 1852Full view - About this book
 | William Chambers - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1857 - 824 pages
...on the other 18. The depth of the recess is 227 feet, and the breadth at the inner termination 22. The sides within are columnar throughout; the columns...with secondary shadows and deep invisible recesses. As the sea never ebbs entirely out, the only floor of this beautiful cave is the fine green water,... | |
 | Robert William Fraser - 1860 - 332 pages
...to acquire or convey any notion of the grandeur and variety which it contains. The sides of the cave within are columnar throughout ; the columns being...with secondary shadows and deep invisible recesses, which produce a picturesque effect, only to be imitated by careful study of every part. It requires... | |
 | William Thomas Brande, George William Cox - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1865 - 978 pages
...regularity throughout, its sides being columnar, and in many places broken and irregularly grouped, so as to catch a variety of direct and reflected tints, mixed with unexpected shadows, and producing a picturesque effect which no regularity could have conferred. The... | |
 | William Thomas Brande - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1867 - 974 pages
...regularity throughout, it» sides being columnar, and in many places broken and irregularly grouped, so as to catch a variety of direct and reflected tints, mixed with unexpected shadows, and producing a picturesque effect which no regularity could have conferred. The... | |
 | George Shaw - Great Britain - 1873 - 672 pages
...and, in a general sense, perpendicular. The columns are frequently broken, and irregularly grouped, so as to catch a variety of direct and reflected tints, mixed with unexpected shadows, that produce a picturesque effect which no regularity could have given. The ceiling... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1875 - 840 pages
...on the other 18. The depth of the recess is 227 feet, and the breadth at the inner termination 22. The sides within are columnar throughout ; the columns being broken and grouped in many différent ways, so as to catch a variety of direct and reflected tints, mixed with secondary shadows... | |
 | Europe - 1881 - 374 pages
...retiring in ranges and gradually diminishing, is seen with distinctness. The inner sides of the cave are columnar throughout, the columns being broken and grouped in many different ways, thus catching a wondrous variety of direct and reflected tints, mixed with secondary shadows and deep,... | |
 | Alexander Hay Japp - 1893 - 340 pages
...end a portion of each rock enters into its composition."—MACCULLOCH. The inner sides of the cave are columnar throughout, the columns being broken and grouped in many different ways, thus catching a wondrous variety of direct and reflected tints, mixed with secondary shadows and deep,... | |
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