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Page 323
... wind and sea , as the big waves swept under her keel . In between these dramatic surges she was fairly flying along . Tom put his head out of the doghouse , where he had been getting D.F. bearings . We were almost abeam of Ushant , he ...
... wind and sea , as the big waves swept under her keel . In between these dramatic surges she was fairly flying along . Tom put his head out of the doghouse , where he had been getting D.F. bearings . We were almost abeam of Ushant , he ...
Page 325
... wind might drive her under or throw her broadside on to the seas . I went below , the job done , and the contrast was remarkable . The motion had become tolerable again , the shriek of the wind was down by an octave or so ; and it was ...
... wind might drive her under or throw her broadside on to the seas . I went below , the job done , and the contrast was remarkable . The motion had become tolerable again , the shriek of the wind was down by an octave or so ; and it was ...
Page 467
... wind whips the spray off the white horses in a stormy bay . The thin , spiky branches of the water - starved desert scrub offer no resistance to the wind - blown sand , and it sweeps through the low bushes like the incoming tide through ...
... wind whips the spray off the white horses in a stormy bay . The thin , spiky branches of the water - starved desert scrub offer no resistance to the wind - blown sand , and it sweeps through the low bushes like the incoming tide through ...
Contents
ANIMALS LET YOU DOWN BY J K STANFORD | 404 |
AN UCKS FIRST GLIMPSES OF AUST BY JAMES HOPE | 436 |
ON HORSEBACK IN THE TRUCIAL STATES BY CAPTAIN A J RUNDELL R A | 465 |
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