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At night - fall some of the men gave notice of a shoal , or ridge , a - head ; in fact , the sea , at a little distance in front , seemed to us covered with thousands of birds , of the kind of petrels and seagulls , the vast numbers of ...
At night - fall some of the men gave notice of a shoal , or ridge , a - head ; in fact , the sea , at a little distance in front , seemed to us covered with thousands of birds , of the kind of petrels and seagulls , the vast numbers of ...
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At 9 we got under - sail , in search of better anchorage ; and at 10 P. M. again anchored in 23 fathoms sand and stones , believing ourselves to be at no great distance from the pass . The greatest force of the current here , that we ...
At 9 we got under - sail , in search of better anchorage ; and at 10 P. M. again anchored in 23 fathoms sand and stones , believing ourselves to be at no great distance from the pass . The greatest force of the current here , that we ...
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Had a view of the south - east end of Martinique , with the Diamond - rock at a distance ; the country very beautifully diversified with hills and vales , highly cultivated ; many of the estates , as in Barbadoes , very romantically ...
Had a view of the south - east end of Martinique , with the Diamond - rock at a distance ; the country very beautifully diversified with hills and vales , highly cultivated ; many of the estates , as in Barbadoes , very romantically ...
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Narrative of the Sufferings and Adventures of Henderick Portenger | 1 |
Travels of M Burckhardt in Egypt and Nubia | 1 |
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