Works, Volume 98Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page 59
... wind blowed there — as Light Airs never blow true in Bays thats Surrounded with high Moun- tains . When she returnd the Mate Informd us that the Wind was Easterly in the Middle , but the Current set to the Etward about one Mile an hour ...
... wind blowed there — as Light Airs never blow true in Bays thats Surrounded with high Moun- tains . When she returnd the Mate Informd us that the Wind was Easterly in the Middle , but the Current set to the Etward about one Mile an hour ...
Page 108
... Wind at N.N.W. and N.W. a fresh Gale and Cloudy Weather with a great Swell from the S.W. this Day we made a S. 63 W. course Eighty Miles Lattd Obsd 27 ° : 10 ′ South and Longde by Acctt 24 ° : 49 ′ West from Cape Pillar . Do. 9th . The Wind ...
... Wind at N.N.W. and N.W. a fresh Gale and Cloudy Weather with a great Swell from the S.W. this Day we made a S. 63 W. course Eighty Miles Lattd Obsd 27 ° : 10 ′ South and Longde by Acctt 24 ° : 49 ′ West from Cape Pillar . Do. 9th . The Wind ...
Page 114
... Wind and Weather Variable - from Noon to II P.M. we hade the Wind at N ° and N.N.W. a fresh Gale and Cloudy weather , at sun set we shortned Sail and run under the topsails and foresails at II P.M. we double reeft the topsails , at pas ...
... Wind and Weather Variable - from Noon to II P.M. we hade the Wind at N ° and N.N.W. a fresh Gale and Cloudy weather , at sun set we shortned Sail and run under the topsails and foresails at II P.M. we double reeft the topsails , at pas ...
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