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Page 58
... light . After a little time a light begins to shine from the excrescences and soon the whole creature appears lit up , after which the light gradually fades away , only to be renewed at the least quiver of the water ; these changes go ...
... light . After a little time a light begins to shine from the excrescences and soon the whole creature appears lit up , after which the light gradually fades away , only to be renewed at the least quiver of the water ; these changes go ...
Page 147
... light from time to time even on the cloudiest nights , the cause of which we had not understood , this light allowed us to proceed much more boldly . The last phase of this display appeared at first as a small bluish - white ball , from ...
... light from time to time even on the cloudiest nights , the cause of which we had not understood , this light allowed us to proceed much more boldly . The last phase of this display appeared at first as a small bluish - white ball , from ...
Page 166
... light is here considered preferable to a fixed one to prevent vessels coming in at night because of the danger of confusing the lighthouse with the shifting camps of the natives who are never without fires and light them everywhere ...
... light is here considered preferable to a fixed one to prevent vessels coming in at night because of the danger of confusing the lighthouse with the shifting camps of the natives who are never without fires and light them everywhere ...
Contents
Lyeskov Visokoi and Zavodovski Islands | 3 |
Wandering and Sooty Albatrosses | 9 |
Banksia Blue Tit Honeyeater and Waratah | 17 |
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a.m. the wind albatrosses altered course anchor Antarctic appeared ashore Bellingshausen birds black petrels blew blue petrels boat Candlemas Islands canoes Cape Captain Cook chart chronometers clouds cocoa-nut colour continued coral covered crew dark daybreak deck east eastward farther fathoms feet fresh freshened frost Governor heavy horizon icebergs icefield island knots land latitude Lazarev light wind Long longitude look-out lunar distances Macquarie Macquarie Island midday midnight miles Mirnyi mist morning mountain natives navigation night noon north-east north-west o'clock observed officers Ono Island Otahiti Palliser Island passed penguins Peter I Island Port Jackson proceeded rain reef round Russian sazhen ship shore shortened sail side sight snow fell South Georgia south-east south-west southern staysail swell tack temperature thermometer thick weather top-gallant topsails turned Van Diemen's Land variation vessels Vostok voyage whales wind shifted Zavodovski