Works, Volumes 91-92Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page 274
... wood . In the shed we also noticed a great many lengths of wood , cut from bamboo , about 2 feet long , and 2 to 24 inches in diameter , in which they store the cocoa - nut oil , which the natives give as an offering in aid of the ...
... wood . In the shed we also noticed a great many lengths of wood , cut from bamboo , about 2 feet long , and 2 to 24 inches in diameter , in which they store the cocoa - nut oil , which the natives give as an offering in aid of the ...
Page 281
... wood from which the natives make spears and other weapons , the small axes with which they cleave the top of the cocoa - nuts , and also the rectangular mallets with which they beat out the fibre of the soaked bark of the breadfruit and ...
... wood from which the natives make spears and other weapons , the small axes with which they cleave the top of the cocoa - nuts , and also the rectangular mallets with which they beat out the fibre of the soaked bark of the breadfruit and ...
Page 319
... woods on the northern shore of the bay opposite our anchorage to select knees to replace the cracked ones , and to obtain wood for the construction of pens for the pigs . I had found during our previous trip to high latitudes that these ...
... woods on the northern shore of the bay opposite our anchorage to select knees to replace the cracked ones , and to obtain wood for the construction of pens for the pigs . I had found during our previous trip to high latitudes that these ...
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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