Works, Volume 68Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page 49
... head and all , so that I swallowed much water , and was near floating off the gun , but by God's grace I got such a good hold during those three waves that I came to no harm save a drenching ; yet my master - gunner [ Niels Dreyer ] ...
... head and all , so that I swallowed much water , and was near floating off the gun , but by God's grace I got such a good hold during those three waves that I came to no harm save a drenching ; yet my master - gunner [ Niels Dreyer ] ...
Page 134
... heads : with this same kerchief their face is covered and their head bound . Afterwards still more hard dung is carried in , and the same man heaps it round and over the deceased with skilful piling , and so when all is finished he ...
... heads : with this same kerchief their face is covered and their head bound . Afterwards still more hard dung is carried in , and the same man heaps it round and over the deceased with skilful piling , and so when all is finished he ...
Page 204
... head , hands , and feet , and chained head downwards , feet uppermost , to stout iron rings ; yet in a moment he was loose again . On this occasion on the home- ward voyage , I was the only man below deck when he escaped from the whole ...
... head , hands , and feet , and chained head downwards , feet uppermost , to stout iron rings ; yet in a moment he was loose again . On this occasion on the home- ward voyage , I was the only man below deck when he escaped from the whole ...
Contents
A waterspout and mirage Crossing the Line | 56 |
Penguin Island Birds beasts and fish at the Cape | 64 |
Hottentots Description of Africa The Chris | 78 |
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