| 1806 - 924 pages
...ot the cells, as deep as it could,be dug, ^as ol a dark colou:, of a ¡>;easy J¥lid.V,dour, mingled with bones, some of which were almost entirely consumed ; and others had, IE defiance of time, remained so entire, as to shew that they were the bones of men, of birds, and... | |
| 1818 - 478 pages
...here; but the earth at the bottom of the cells, as deep as it could be dug, was of a dark colour, of a greasy feel, and of a fetid odour, plentifully intermingled...were the bones of men, of birds, and of some domestic animal. But though many of them had nearly mouldered into dust, they exhibited no marks of having been... | |
| 1818 - 132 pages
...here; but the earth at the bottom of the cells, as deep as it could be dug, was of a dark colour, of a greasy feel, and of a fetid odour, plentifully intermingled...were the bones of men, of birds, and of some domestic animal. But though many of them had nearly mouldered into dust, they exhibited no marks of having been... | |
| sir Richard Phillips - 1825 - 408 pages
...found in it were earth at the bottom, "which, as deep as it could be dug, was of a dark colour, of a greasy feel, and of a fetid odour, plentifully intermingled...had, in defiance of time, remained so entire, as to shew, that they were the bones of men, birds, and of some domestic animals. They exhibited no marks... | |
| James Mitchell - 1825 - 798 pages
...contents found in it were earth at the bottom, which, as deep as it could be dug,wasof a dark colour, of a greasy feel, and of a fetid odour, plentifully intermingled...had, in defiance of time, remained so entire, as to shew, that they were the bones of men, birds, and of some domestic animals. They exhibited no marks... | |
| 1851 - 580 pages
...light ; the earth at the bottom of the cells, as deep as it could be dug, was of a dark colour, of a greasy feel and of a fetid odour, plentifully intermingled...in defiance of time, remained so entire as to show they were the bones of men, of birds, and of ?ome domestic animals. But, though many of them had nearly... | |
| Godfrey Higgins - 2007 - 533 pages
...were almost entirely consumed ; and others had, in defiance of time, remained so entire as to shew that they were the bones of men, of birds, and of...exhibited no marks of having been burnt } nor were ashes of any kind to be seen within any part of the building. In one of the apartments, an entire human... | |
| Godfrey Higgins - 2007 - 533 pages
...here : but the earth at the bottom of the cells, as deep as it could be dug, was of a dark colour, of a greasy feel, and of a fetid odour, plentifully intermingled...had, in defiance of time, remained so entire as to shew that they were the bones of men, of birds, and of some domestic animals. But though many of them... | |
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