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Page 153
... ship on its crest and then plunged her into the trough . The ship for one moment was in an upright position , then listed to port or to starboard ; the perpetual motion and the groaning of all parts of the ship were most disagreeable ...
... ship on its crest and then plunged her into the trough . The ship for one moment was in an upright position , then listed to port or to starboard ; the perpetual motion and the groaning of all parts of the ship were most disagreeable ...
Page 288
... ship cut through them. We felt a curious emptiness, for we had become accustomed to the noise, cries and bustlings of the islanders, who had overrun our ships every day from morning to night and the ear-splitting clamour which they had ...
... ship cut through them. We felt a curious emptiness, for we had become accustomed to the noise, cries and bustlings of the islanders, who had overrun our ships every day from morning to night and the ear-splitting clamour which they had ...
Page 288
... ship cut through them . We felt a curious emptiness , for we had become accustomed to the noise , cries and bustlings of the islanders , who had overrun our ships every day from morning to night and the ear - splitting clamour which ...
... ship cut through them . We felt a curious emptiness , for we had become accustomed to the noise , cries and bustlings of the islanders , who had overrun our ships every day from morning to night and the ear - splitting clamour which ...
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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