It was now about a half mile distant and, as seen in the morning light, low-lying and ten acres or so in extent.
"The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories"
Charles Weathers Bump
One conviction certainly did impress itself strongly upon him,-that he 'd part with his claims on the estate for almost anything, in preference to himself assuming the cares and duties of an Irish landlord,-a position which he summed up by muttering to himself, "is simply to have so many acres of bad land, with the charge of feeding so many thousands of bad people."
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Of such a nature is peat, which, as is well known, covers many thousands of acres in the British Islands.
"Geology"
James Geikie