. The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ... A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature. Yonne, and the Seine to Paris. The townwas- long an object of dispute between Burgundy andFrance, but was finally united to the crown on the deathof Charles the Bold. It was pillaged by the Leaguers in1594. Population, C070. Long. 3 56 R, lat. 47° 30 N. AVATCHA, one of the numerous volcanoes of Kam-:hatka, in lat. 53° 17 N., and long. 158° 50 E. It rises toa height of nearly £000 feet (Mr Kennan says 11,000), an extensive crater at the summit and another on itsBide. It was in active eruption in 1
. The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ... A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature. Yonne, and the Seine to Paris. The townwas- long an object of dispute between Burgundy andFrance, but was finally united to the crown on the deathof Charles the Bold. It was pillaged by the Leaguers in1594. Population, C070. Long. 3 56 R, lat. 47° 30 N. AVATCHA, one of the numerous volcanoes of Kam-:hatka, in lat. 53° 17 N., and long. 158° 50 E. It rises toa height of nearly £000 feet (Mr Kennan says 11,000), an extensive crater at the summit and another on itsBide. It was in active eruption in 1827, 1837, and twenty miles to the south lies the village of Avatcliaon a river of the same name ; and in the immediate neigh-bourhood of the mountain is situated the little town ofPetropavlovski, which contains memorials of Behring andLa Perouse, and was- the scene of a desperate conflictduring the Crimean War between the Russians and aninvading party of the allies. AVEBIJRY, a village of England, in the county ofWilts, 6 miles W. of Marlborough. It occupies the site of. Plan of Avebury. one of the most remarkable megalithic structures inlingland. This consisted of a large outer circle formed of 100 stones of from 15 to 17 feet in height, and about 40feet in circumference, enclosing an area of about 1000 feetin diameter. This circle was surrounded by a broad ditchand lofty rampart. Within its area were two smallercircles, 350 and 323 feet in diameter respectively, eachconsisting of a double concentric row of stones,—a stonepiUar or maenhir, 20 feet high, occupying the centre of theone, and a cromlech or dolmen that of the other. A longavenue of approach, now known as the Kcnnet Avenue,consisting of a double row of stones, branched off from thisstructure towards the for a distance of 1430 traces of this immense erection now remain—thestones ha%ing been broken down and used in the construc-tion of the houses of the , and for other purpos
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