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" ... water. Several smaller ones are attached to it by way of protection, besides a string of boats, loaded with anchors and cables, and used for the purpose of sounding the river and going on shore. "
The miniature guide to the Rhine - Page 155
by Francis Coghlan - 1853
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An Autumn Near the Rhine: Or, Sketches of Courts, Society, Scenery, &c. in ...

Charles Edward Dodd - Rhine River Valley - 1818 - 908 pages
...superintended by pilots, and a proprietor, whose habitation is superior in size and elegance to the rest. The raft is composed of several layers of trees, placed one on the other, and tied together ; a large raft draws not less than six or seven feet of water. Several smaller ones are...
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An Autumn Near the Rhine; Or Sketches of Courts, Society, and Scenery in ...

Charles Edward Dodd - German poetry - 1821 - 614 pages
...superintended by pilots, and a proprietor, whose habitation is superior in size and elegance to the rest. The raft is composed of several layers of trees, placed one on the other, and tied together; a large raft draws not less than six or seven feet of water. Several smaller ones are...
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An autumn near the Rhine; or, Sketches of courts, society, scenery etc. in ...

Charles Edward Dodd - 1821 - 626 pages
...superintended by pilots, and a proprietor, whose habitation is superior in size and elegance to the rest. The raft is composed of several layers of trees, placed one on the other, and tied together ; a large raft draws not less than six or seven feet of water. Several smaller ones are...
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A Description and History of Vegetable Substances, Used in the Arts, and in ...

Botany, Economic - 1829 - 446 pages
...superintended by pilots, and a proprietor, whose habitation is superior in size and elegance to the rest. The raft is composed of several layers of trees, placed one on the other, and tied together ; a large raft draws not less than six or seven feet of water. Several smaller ones are...
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A Description and History of Vegetable Substances: Used in the ..., Volume 1

Botany, Economic - 1830 - 438 pages
...superintended by pilots, and a proprietor, whose habitation is superior in size and elegance to the rest. The raft is composed of several layers of trees, placed one on the other, and tied together ; a large raft draws not less than six or seven feet of water. Several smaller ones are...
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The Saturday Magazine, Volumes 16-17

1840 - 534 pages
...superintended by pilots and a proprietor, whose habitation is superior in size and elegance to the rest. The raft is composed of several layers of trees, placed one on the other, and tied together. A. large raft draws not less than six or seven feet water. Several smaller ones are...
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The Vegetable World

Charles Williams - Botany - 1833 - 284 pages
...superintended by pilots, and a proprietor, whose habitation is superior in size and elegance to the rest. The raft is composed of several layers of trees placed one on the other, and tied together : a large raft draws not less than six or seven feet of water. Several smaller ones are...
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A Hand-book for Travellers on the Continent: Being a Guide Through Holland ...

Europe - 1838 - 582 pages
...habitation is superior in size and elegance to the rest. The captain places himself upon a raised platform or stage, from which he can survey the float from...several layers of trees, placed one on the other, and tied together ; a large raft draws not less than 6 or 7 feet of water. Several smaller ones are attached...
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A Hand-book for Travellers on the Continent: Being a Guide Through Holland ...

John Murray (Firm) - Belgium - 1838 - 612 pages
...superior in size and elegance to the rest. The captain places himself upon a raised platform or st«ge, from which he can survey the float from end to end,...several layers of trees, placed one on the other, and tied together; a large raft draws not less than 6 or 7 feet of water. Several smaller ones are attached...
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Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of ..., Volume 4

John Claudius Loudon - Botany - 1838 - 686 pages
...superintended by pilots, and a proprietor, whose habitation is superior in size and elegance to the rest. The raft is composed of several layers of trees, placed one on another, and tied together : a large raft draws not less than 6 ft. or 7 ft. of water. Several smaller...
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