The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs, 15. kötetBrown, Son and Ferguson, 1846 |
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... fathoms . As we advanced to the northward the current gradually decreased , and on standing in for the coast we found it setting to the southward . On the 6th wind north , observed Tae Yue Sue Island , but did not go nearer than ...
... fathoms . As we advanced to the northward the current gradually decreased , and on standing in for the coast we found it setting to the southward . On the 6th wind north , observed Tae Yue Sue Island , but did not go nearer than ...
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... fathoms water the whole way , the gigs leading and sounding . The course of the river trends generally to the S.S.W. with small reaches trending to the southward and eastward , with an average breadth of sixty yards , the banks covered ...
... fathoms water the whole way , the gigs leading and sounding . The course of the river trends generally to the S.S.W. with small reaches trending to the southward and eastward , with an average breadth of sixty yards , the banks covered ...
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... fathoms , and the first time we fancied we had struck the ground , but before we could try again we had drifted some distance off . We could not send a boat or beat the ship up against the breeze that was then blowing . We likewise ob ...
... fathoms , and the first time we fancied we had struck the ground , but before we could try again we had drifted some distance off . We could not send a boat or beat the ship up against the breeze that was then blowing . We likewise ob ...
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... fathoms nor approach the shore so as to shoal the water to less than eight fathoms , which will carry you clear of all danger , except when near the Sisal bank . Negrillos and Vigias Shoals . - The Negrillos and Vigias shoals , which ...
... fathoms nor approach the shore so as to shoal the water to less than eight fathoms , which will carry you clear of all danger , except when near the Sisal bank . Negrillos and Vigias Shoals . - The Negrillos and Vigias shoals , which ...
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... fathoms , sandy bottom , ) he then stood to the southward , until he had deepened the water , when he again shaped his course for Vera Cruz , and by sights which he took afterwards , he found he had been set a great way to the north ...
... fathoms , sandy bottom , ) he then stood to the southward , until he had deepened the water , when he again shaped his course for Vera Cruz , and by sights which he took afterwards , he found he had been set a great way to the north ...
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131. oldal - For honour travels in a strait so narrow, Where one but goes abreast: keep then the path; For emulation hath a thousand sons, That one by one pursue: If you give way, Or hedge aside from the direct forthright, Like to an enter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost...
124. oldal - Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, And he bringeth them out of their distresses.
64. oldal - Though thy clime Be fickle, and thy year most part deformed, With dripping rains, or withered by a frost, I would not yet exchange thy sullen skies, And fields without a flower, for warmer France With all her vines ; nor for Ausonia's groves Of golden fruitage, and her myrtle bowers.
378. oldal - Pleas, calling upon the plaintiff to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside...
365. oldal - Thus I spoke; and speaking sigh'd; — Scarce repress'd the starting tear; — When the smiling sage reply'd — — Come, my lad, and drink some beer.
124. oldal - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths : their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
600. oldal - Sir, — I have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that...
240. oldal - ... passage across the Atlantic; who so pathetically relate the privations and hardships of the sea, where, after a day of breakfasting, lunching, dining off five courses, chatting, playing whist, and drinking...
241. oldal - The Marquesas! What strange visions of outlandish things does the very name spirit up! Naked houris — cannibal banquets — groves of cocoa-nut — coral reefs — tatooed chiefs— and bamboo temples; sunny valleys planted with bread-fruit- trees — carved canoes dancing on the flashing blue waters — savage woodlands guarded by horrible idols — heathenish rites and human sacrifices.
240. oldal - SIX MONTHS AT SEA ! Yes, reader, as I live, six months out of sight of land; cruising after the sperm-whale beneath the scorching sun of the Line, and tossed on the billows of the wide-rolling Pacific — the sky above, the sea around, and nothing else!