Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 241, Issue 1457William Blackwood, 1937 |
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Page 344
... weather boat , sails proper in a feet . The Captain was also at pains to correct a common error in belief that the tides seesaw between England and France : low tide in Little Cove , high tide across the Channel in France , and vice ...
... weather boat , sails proper in a feet . The Captain was also at pains to correct a common error in belief that the tides seesaw between England and France : low tide in Little Cove , high tide across the Channel in France , and vice ...
Page 407
... weather . As the sun drew down towards the horizon the ship was leaning over heavily , especi- ally on the leeward rolls , and throwing spray over the fore- castle - head and the main - deck . Captain Baker remembered the new hands ...
... weather . As the sun drew down towards the horizon the ship was leaning over heavily , especi- ally on the leeward rolls , and throwing spray over the fore- castle - head and the main - deck . Captain Baker remembered the new hands ...
Page 418
... weather I issued grog on two occasions , but the hands never asked for it , and none of it went forward to the loafers in the forecastle . That evening the glass fell , and I had a taste of what handling a tall , ticklish clipper in ...
... weather I issued grog on two occasions , but the hands never asked for it , and none of it went forward to the loafers in the forecastle . That evening the glass fell , and I had a taste of what handling a tall , ticklish clipper in ...
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