. Sea and sail; or, Marvelous adventures on the ocean. Being interesting, instructive and graphic accounts of the most popular voyages on record, remarkable shipwrecks, hair-breadth escapes, naval adventures, the whale fishery, etc., etc. ... :>^^^^^fcr--i^=-- Dover Castle among which are many towers, erected at different times, ani by particular names. The keep, which stands in theupper court is ninety-two feet high, is in good preservation,and is used as a magazine. Water is drawn from wells threehundred and seventy ioet deep to supply the garrison. The castle makes a distin
. Sea and sail; or, Marvelous adventures on the ocean. Being interesting, instructive and graphic accounts of the most popular voyages on record, remarkable shipwrecks, hair-breadth escapes, naval adventures, the whale fishery, etc., etc. ... :>^^^^^fcr--i^=-- Dover Castle among which are many towers, erected at different times, ani by particular names. The keep, which stands in theupper court is ninety-two feet high, is in good preservation,and is used as a magazine. Water is drawn from wells threehundred and seventy ioet deep to supply the garrison. The castle makes a distinguished figure in history, and \ra3once deemed impregnable; but it was surprised and taken i)y avery small party of the parliamentary forces in the ign ofCharles I. Near the edge of the cliff there is a beautiful pieceof brass ordnance, twenty-four feet long, and carrying a twelvepound ball: it is finely ornamented by figures in has relief, andwas made at Utrecht in la44. Among the recent improvements,and tiirtificaiions resulting from the apprehension of invasion bythe French, are subterraneous works and casematea capable ofaccommodating two thousand men. Dover is one of the Cinque Ports. The harbor can receivevessels of four hundred
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