Novels and Miscellaneous Works: With Prefaces and Notes, Including Those Attributed to Sir Walter Scott, Volume 1G. Bell and Sons, 1882 |
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... wind for several days more , we at last came to an anchor on the coast of Madagascar . The storm had been so violent that the ship had received a great deal of damage , and it required some time to repair her ; so , standing in nearer ...
... wind for several days more , we at last came to an anchor on the coast of Madagascar . The storm had been so violent that the ship had received a great deal of damage , and it required some time to repair her ; so , standing in nearer ...
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... wind also slackening towards night , the captain ordered not to weigh till next morning . The same night twenty - three of the men , among whom was the gunner's mate , the surgeon's assistant , and two car- penters applying to the chief ...
... wind also slackening towards night , the captain ordered not to weigh till next morning . The same night twenty - three of the men , among whom was the gunner's mate , the surgeon's assistant , and two car- penters applying to the chief ...
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... her . However , we made a fire upon the hill , with all the wood we could get together , and made as much smoke as possible . The wind was down , and it was almost calm ; but as we thought , by a perspective glass which the gunner had.
... her . However , we made a fire upon the hill , with all the wood we could get together , and made as much smoke as possible . The wind was down , and it was almost calm ; but as we thought , by a perspective glass which the gunner had.
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... wind at E.N.E. , taking no notice of our signal , but making for the Cape de Bona Speranza : so we had no comfort from her . We went therefore immediately to work about our intended canoe ; and , having singled out a very large tree to ...
... wind at E.N.E. , taking no notice of our signal , but making for the Cape de Bona Speranza : so we had no comfort from her . We went therefore immediately to work about our intended canoe ; and , having singled out a very large tree to ...
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... wind at east , and E.S.E. , we made very fresh way . We saw no towns on the shore , but often saw some huts by the water - side , upon the rocks , and always abundance of people about them , who we could perceive run together to stare ...
... wind at east , and E.S.E. , we made very fresh way . We saw no towns on the shore , but often saw some huts by the water - side , upon the rocks , and always abundance of people about them , who we could perceive run together to stare ...
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