Hi everyone, I did a google search and here's what W.F. Walker says: BY WALTER FREDERICK WALKER, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society; Member of the Society of Arts; Member of the Society of Biblical Archccology ; Corresponding Member of the Geographical. Society of Lisbon, LONDON: TRUBNER & CO., LUDGATE HILL. 1886. A.ll rights reserved. LONDON : PRINTED BY LAKE BROTHERS, 3, WESTMINSTER CHAMBERS S.W., AND 7, SUFFOLK LANE, CANNON STREET, E.G.
The location is in Ribeira Quente "Between this Lagoa Secca and the sea on the south rises the Pico da Vigia, at the foot of which is an immense crater, covered on its inner sides with unusually large blocks of pumice stone, which, with a. comparatively small proportion of scorise, form the component parts of the whole mountain ; its flanks are consequently gashed into deep ravines through the action of rains. The surface of the crater, which is called "* a Cova da **Burra," or the asses' grave*, is covered with scrub and underwood. Its formation was anterior to the discovery of the island, and its great size, and the vast quantities of explefced matter around, probably mark the site of one of the earliest and most extensive eruptions that ever took place in the island." Margaret Vicente On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 10:10 PM, Carlos Bertemes <[email protected]>wrote: > I dont think thats the appropriante interpretation for that name > > Its Pit of the Donkey (Burra, is feminine, Burro is masculine) > * * * ** ** * * * > Karlushko - Itajai/SC/Brasil > Pesquisando: > Santa Catarina, Alemanha, Franca, Holanda, Belgica, Espanha > Portugal, Italia, Luxemburgo > Reinert, Jungklaus, Van der Gocht, Ottekier, Hesse, Laux, Schumer, > Bertemes, > Schilling, Fiorenzano, Feijo, Martins, Costa, Dutra, Dias, Silveira, Gato, > Sodre, > Andre, Arruda, Aguiar, Lemos, Machado, Mattos, Silveira, Mello, Miranda, > Leal > Quadrado, Rebello, Marques, Brasil, Teixeira, Baptista, Jorge, Van der > Burggerie > > > --- Em *dom, 4/10/09, [email protected] <[email protected]>* escreveu: > > > De: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Assunto: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Cova da Burra > Para: [email protected] > Data: Domingo, 4 de Outubro de 2009, 18:06 > > Free Translation says":Pit of the stupid one" > > ------------------------------ > Veja quais são os assuntos do momento no Yahoo! + Buscados: Top > 10<http://br.rd.yahoo.com/mail/taglines/mail/*http://br.maisbuscados.yahoo.com/>- > Celebridades<http://br.rd.yahoo.com/mail/taglines/mail/*http://br.maisbuscados.yahoo.com/celebridades/>- > Música<http://br.rd.yahoo.com/mail/taglines/mail/*http://br.maisbuscados.yahoo.com/m%C3%BAsica/>- > Esportes > > > > <http://br.rd.yahoo.com/mail/taglines/mail/*http://br.maisbuscados.yahoo.com/esportes/> > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
