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by **Mr.Everready** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:12 pm

spangles wrote:
Bitter End wrote:fur fathoms read feet?
?????

The author of Malkys post used fathom insted of feet. I think that would be closer to the mark, 3 - 15 ft deep at low water.

by **spangles** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:51 pm

Ahhhhh, I see now. Sorry Bitter End

S

by **Malky** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:39 am

Mr.Everready wrote:The author of Malkys post used fathom insted of feet. I think that would be closer to the mark, 3 - 15 ft deep at low water.

I have quite a few excerpts like that on my computer but have no idea where they came from or who originally wrote them

Malky

by **Bobbie En Tejas** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:49 am

Malky, a quick Google, its from the gazetteer

http://vision.edina.ac.uk/gaztext_page. ... d=10107260

by **Malky** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:47 am

I must have found it online then. It's just that the document on my computer looks as though it's been scanned and is dated feb 2001. Thanks Bobbie.

Malky

by **Bobbie En Tejas** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 2:23 pm

ah HA! How about here! Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (the original author did use the word fathoms)

http://books.google.com/books?id=PG0KAA ... -thumbnail

And the exact page is here:

http://books.google.com/books?id=PG0KAA ... #PPA228,M1

On the left column second paragraph. Do you have that book?

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