 | 1861 - 878 σελίδες
...Master is not condensed amiss by another historian of the Order : — • "That Malta itself, ahout sixty miles in circuit, was but an arid rock, covered in many places with snnd, and in a few with a light scattering of earth, brought from the neighbouring continent or Sicily... | |
 | George Nelson Godwin - 1880 - 290 σελίδες
...Knights to examine their new possession reported that Malta was about 60 miles in circuit, that it was but an arid rock covered in many places with sand, and here and there with a small amount of soil, without river, rivulet, or spring. That tho inhabitants... | |
 | 1890 - 746 σελίδες
...on the new possession. The report is said to have been to the following effect : — " That Malta, about sixty miles in circuit, was but an arid rock,...earth brought from the neighbouring continent, or from Sicily ; that it had neither river, nor rivulet, nor spring, nor any other fresh water for the... | |
 | Frederick W. Ryan - 1910 - 312 σελίδες
...Grand Master, L'Isle Adam, to examine Malta as a possible chef-lieu for the Order, reported ' that it was but an arid rock, covered in many places with...few with a light scattering of earth brought from Sicily; that it had neither rivers nor springs, and that the fresh water was for the most part rain... | |
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Sicily; that it had neither river or rivulet, nor spring, or any other fresh water for the most part, save rain preserved in tanks or cisterns, except a few wells, rather brackish; that it produced little corn, not half enough of anything to feed the... 