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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 1758, after a sudden thaw, the waters from the western hills rushed down with resistless violence, destroying cattle … roads and waste. The surface is undulated, and in the hills are quarries of limestone, and of freestone for …
A History of the County of Somerset
… ha. (1,203 a.). 76 The parish lies on the western side of hills forming the watershed between the streams feeding the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… the northern boundary. The Yarrow has its source in the hills of Dumfries-shire, among numerous other streams that … same; and about 150 Highland cattle are pastured on the hills. There are but very few, and these widely scattered, … and serve as excellent fishing-stations. Two ranges of hills, varying from 200 to 400 feet in height, extend almost …