New Voyages and Travels: Consisting of Originals, Translations, and Abridgements, Volume 2Sir Richard Phillips, 1819 - Voyages and travels |
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... situation , being afraid of meeting some of the savages if we descended the hill again , and being killed by them , which we ought rather to have considered as a blessing . However , on the sixth day of our stay here , des- pair gave us ...
... situation , being afraid of meeting some of the savages if we descended the hill again , and being killed by them , which we ought rather to have considered as a blessing . However , on the sixth day of our stay here , des- pair gave us ...
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... situation fresh labours and dangers were not wanting to us : the wind drew suddenly round to WSW . and drove us over the reefs running out from St. Mag- dalen amongst the sea - weed , which is almost constantly found on the shoals and ...
... situation fresh labours and dangers were not wanting to us : the wind drew suddenly round to WSW . and drove us over the reefs running out from St. Mag- dalen amongst the sea - weed , which is almost constantly found on the shoals and ...
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... situation , for the greatest part of the day , became extremely critical . The fate of the frigate depended on the resistance of cables , already severely handled , opposed to a furious wind , a heavy sea , and to the current of the ...
... situation , for the greatest part of the day , became extremely critical . The fate of the frigate depended on the resistance of cables , already severely handled , opposed to a furious wind , a heavy sea , and to the current of the ...
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taining a particular Account of the Icebergs and other Phenomena which | |
Narrative of the Sufferings and Adventures of Henderick Portenger | 1 |
Travels of M Burckhardt in Egypt and Nubia | 1 |
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