Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 289W. Blackwood, 1961 - England |
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Page 321
... wind . It had built up a biggish sea and was blowing from exactly the direction in which we wanted to go ; and we had a damp and energetic hour changing and reefing sails before Tom decided that the progress we were likely to make was ...
... wind . It had built up a biggish sea and was blowing from exactly the direction in which we wanted to go ; and we had a damp and energetic hour changing and reefing sails before Tom decided that the progress we were likely to make was ...
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
A GLIMPSE OF THE STRATOSPHERE BY ANTHONY SMYTHE | 35 |
ANIMALS LET YOU DOWN BY J K STANFORD | 384 |
ON HORSEBACK IN THE TRUCIAL STATES BY CAPTAIN A J RUNDELL R A | 465 |
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