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Page 38
... night we lay in that harbour a storm sprang up from the south - east , so that a Dutch ship which lay outside us drifted down on us in the night , in pitch darkness , so that our bowsprit penetrated into their cabin and crushed to ...
... night we lay in that harbour a storm sprang up from the south - east , so that a Dutch ship which lay outside us drifted down on us in the night , in pitch darkness , so that our bowsprit penetrated into their cabin and crushed to ...
Page 123
... night from nine o'clock till midnight , and about the twelfth hour of the night , that is midnight , each of the twelve gods is carried up one street and down another , in a chariot , with torches , fireworks , trumpet - blowing and ...
... night from nine o'clock till midnight , and about the twelfth hour of the night , that is midnight , each of the twelve gods is carried up one street and down another , in a chariot , with torches , fireworks , trumpet - blowing and ...
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... night and day . At this breach in the walls those men were placed on guard in whose watchfulness , manliness , skill and strength the officers most confided ; and this post was given to the unworthy author of this work , together with ...
... night and day . At this breach in the walls those men were placed on guard in whose watchfulness , manliness , skill and strength the officers most confided ; and this post was given to the unworthy author of this work , together with ...
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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