Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 245William Blackwood, 1939 - England |
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Page 187
... boats on board but a four - oared gig and jolly boat . By two o'clock with a light air aloft we had neared the chase considerably ; but it again fell dead calm . We I whipped the gig out , took my marine servant , Isaacs , a first ...
... boats on board but a four - oared gig and jolly boat . By two o'clock with a light air aloft we had neared the chase considerably ; but it again fell dead calm . We I whipped the gig out , took my marine servant , Isaacs , a first ...
Page 389
... boat heeled over and sank under our feet . It was a particularly cold swim ! crewing ' in some of the larger boats ... boat of uncertain tonnage , ketch- rigged . Various estimates put her between fourteen and twenty - four tons . I ...
... boat heeled over and sank under our feet . It was a particularly cold swim ! crewing ' in some of the larger boats ... boat of uncertain tonnage , ketch- rigged . Various estimates put her between fourteen and twenty - four tons . I ...
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... boats transmitted to the en- closed engine - rooms by means of a bell - lanyard close to the wheel , and striving ever for perfection and a fuller means of welding boat and crew into one perfect whole , he had devised an additional ...
... boats transmitted to the en- closed engine - rooms by means of a bell - lanyard close to the wheel , and striving ever for perfection and a fuller means of welding boat and crew into one perfect whole , he had devised an additional ...
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559692 | 41 |
A CRUISE IN A SLAVER | 186 |
MOBILIZATION BY ISKANDER | 420 |
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