...of the rock is almost perpendicular; the cast side is full of frightful precipices, while the south, being narrow and abrupt, presents hardly any possibility of approach even to an enemy ¡n command of the sea. On none of these sides, therefore, has this mass ever been attacked...

...insulated. Its northern front is almost perpendicular ; the eastern is full of frightful precipices ; and the southern, being narrow and abrupt, presents hardly any possibility of approach even to an enemy in command of the sea. On the western front, the rock declines somewhat more gradually to...

...insulated. Its northern frontis almost perpendicular ; the eastern is full of frightful precipices; and the southern, being narrow and abrupt, presents hardly any possibility of approach even to an enemy in command of the sea. On the western front, the rock declines somewhat more gradually to...

...the rock is almost perpendicular ; the east side is full of frightful precipices; while the south, being narrow and abrupt, presents hardly any possibility of approach, even to an enemy in command of the sea. On none of these sides has this tremendous mass ever been attacked....

...front of the rock is almost perpendicular ; the E. side is full of frightful precipices; while the S.( being narrow and abrupt, presents hardly any possibility of approach, even to an enemy in command of the sea. On none of these sides has the garrison ever been attacked. There remains...

...the Rock is almost perpendicular ; the East side is full of frightful precipices ; while the South, being narrow and abrupt, presents hardly any possibility of approach, even to an enemy in command of the sea. On none of these sides has the garrison ever been attacked. There remains...