Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 290W. Blackwood, 1961 - England |
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Page 162
... wind , and the sailmaker was put on the job of repairing an old windsail which the mate had hauled out from ... wind - sail would be nailed over the hatch in the sailmaker's room and trimmed to the wind . The wind was supposed to drive ...
... wind , and the sailmaker was put on the job of repairing an old windsail which the mate had hauled out from ... wind - sail would be nailed over the hatch in the sailmaker's room and trimmed to the wind . The wind was supposed to drive ...
Page 330
... wind lifted great driving sheets of spray from the surface . On the quayside I saw a solitary figure , one of the Aberdonian trawler- men , fighting his way forward against the wind , bent double and having almost to kick one foot in ...
... wind lifted great driving sheets of spray from the surface . On the quayside I saw a solitary figure , one of the Aberdonian trawler- men , fighting his way forward against the wind , bent double and having almost to kick one foot in ...
Page 449
... wind shifted noticeably . Eric eased the throttle . " Tramontana , " he said . " This is a wind which comes off the coast . It can be bad . " The comparatively calm swell which we had knifed through turned rough . As Century's bow ...
... wind shifted noticeably . Eric eased the throttle . " Tramontana , " he said . " This is a wind which comes off the coast . It can be bad . " The comparatively calm swell which we had knifed through turned rough . As Century's bow ...
Contents
ALI AND CO BY ROY FORSTER | 96 |
THE SILVER SWAN BY PATRICIA COOK | 192 |
A STORM IN A COFFEECUP BY A DRUMMOND | 384 |
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