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remarks on the adieus of my friends , my impatient waiting for the embarkation , the vessel that conveyed me , or the conflict of tempests which we most successfully , most safely combated , in our return that occupied forty - two days ...
remarks on the adieus of my friends , my impatient waiting for the embarkation , the vessel that conveyed me , or the conflict of tempests which we most successfully , most safely combated , in our return that occupied forty - two days ...
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Our vessel , however , being much better adapted for quick sailing , we , in a short time , left them completely behind . Sunday , July the 12th . Weather very thick and hazy , accompanied with constant drizzling rain .
Our vessel , however , being much better adapted for quick sailing , we , in a short time , left them completely behind . Sunday , July the 12th . Weather very thick and hazy , accompanied with constant drizzling rain .
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One morning I went out with a party of the men in the jolly - boat , for the purpose of towing away the vessel from one of these ice - bergs , in order to guard against the accident to which I have just alluded .
One morning I went out with a party of the men in the jolly - boat , for the purpose of towing away the vessel from one of these ice - bergs , in order to guard against the accident to which I have just alluded .
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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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