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" Britain ; for at full tide, the intervening passage being overflowed, they appear islands, but when the sea retires a large space is left dry, and they are seen as peninsulas. From hence, then, the traders purchase the tin of the natives, and transport... "
The Mines of Cornwall and Devon, Statistics and Observations. Illustrated by ... - Page 7
by Thomas Spargo - 1865 - 188 pages
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The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View of the ..., Volume 18

Geology - 1863 - 376 pages
...ancient Iktin, is its being nearer than the Mount to Gaul, and betause Diodorus says that at Iktin " the traders purchase the tin of the natives, and transport it into Gaul ; &nd, finally, travelling through Gaul on foot, in about thirty days they bring their burdens on horses...
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Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, Volumes 3-4

Royal Geological Society of Cornwall - 1828 - 944 pages
...when the sea retires a large space " is left dry, and they are seen as peninsulas. " From hence, then, the traders purchase the " tin of the natives, and transport it into Gaul, " and finally travelling through Gaul on foot, " in about thirty days they bring their burdens " on horses to the...
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Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon and West Somerset

Henry T. De La Beche - Geology - 1839 - 720 pages
...when the sea retires a large space is left dry, and they are seen as peninsulas. From hence, then, the traders purchase the tin of the natives, and transport it into Gaul, and finally, travelling through Gaul on foot, in about thirty days they bring their burdens on horses to the mouth...
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Report, Volumes 29-36

Royal Institution of Cornwall - 1848 - 556 pages
...when the sea retires a large space ia left dry, and they are seen as peninsulas . From hence, then, the traders purchase the tin of the natives, and transport...into Gaul, and finally through Gaul on foot, in about thirty-six days they bring their burdens on horses to the mouth of the river Rhone." Diod. Book 5....
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The Useful Arts and Manufactures of Great Britain: (First Selection.) ...

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain). Committee of General Literature and Education - Industrial arts - 1850 - 738 pages
...then the traders purchase the tin of the natives, and transport it to Gaul ; and finally, travelling through Gaul on foot, in about thirty days they bring their burdens on horses to the mouth of the river Rhone." The islands referred to in this description were long supposed...
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Eclectic and Congregational Review

1855 - 946 pages
...when the sea retires a large , space is left dry, and they are seen as peninsulas. From hence, then, the traders purchase the tin of the natives and transport it into Gaul, and finally, travelling through Gaul on foot, in about thirty days they bring their burthens on horses to the mouth...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ..., Volume 198

English essays - 1855 - 718 pages
...then, the traders purchase the tin of the natives, and transport it into Gaul, and, finally, travelling through Gaul on foot, in about thirty days they bring their burdens on horses to the mouth of the river Rhone." — Diodonti, book 5. Now, unless we suppose some great and...
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Archaeologia Cambrensis

Electronic journals - 1857 - 500 pages
...when the sea retires a large space is left dry, and they are seen as peninsulas. From hence, then, the traders purchase the tin of the natives, and transport it into Gaul, and finally travelling through Gaul on foot, in about thirty days they bring their burdens on horses to the mouth...
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The Land's End District: Its Antiquities, Natural History, Natural Phenomena ...

Richard Edmonds - Land's End (England) - 1862 - 326 pages
...when the sea retires a large space is left dry, and they are seen as peninsulas. From hence, then, the traders purchase the tin of the natives, and transport it into Gaul, and finally travelling through Gaul on foot, in about thirty days they bring their burdens on horses to the mouth...
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Statistics and Observations on the Mines of Cornwall and Devon ...

Thomas Spargo - 1864 - 220 pages
...mode of carriage in France and Cornwall at that time. Diodorus says : — " From hence (the Mount), the traders purchase the tin of the natives and transport it into Gaul ; and, finally, travelling through Gaul on foot, in about thirty days they bring their burdens on horse-back to the...
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