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Page 98
... boats were immediately in the water , and for four weeks we were kept very busy trying out on the Three Kings . The ... boat and under water after the whale from ten to fifteen fathoms ; but I luckily got free , and rose to the surface ...
... boats were immediately in the water , and for four weeks we were kept very busy trying out on the Three Kings . The ... boat and under water after the whale from ten to fifteen fathoms ; but I luckily got free , and rose to the surface ...
Page 222
... boat came from the other side of the river about 9 a.m. , to relieve Mr. Thatcher , whose family had taken to the loft . In recrossing the river the boat was swamped , and five children and one of the boatmen were drowned . From the ...
... boat came from the other side of the river about 9 a.m. , to relieve Mr. Thatcher , whose family had taken to the loft . In recrossing the river the boat was swamped , and five children and one of the boatmen were drowned . From the ...
Page 501
... boat appeared to prefer the frail shelter of the sinking vessel to the obvious dangers of a small boat in a raging sea . At this crisis Captain Martin , always at hand , addressing Mr. Greenhill , his chief engineer , under whose ...
... boat appeared to prefer the frail shelter of the sinking vessel to the obvious dangers of a small boat in a raging sea . At this crisis Captain Martin , always at hand , addressing Mr. Greenhill , his chief engineer , under whose ...
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