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... stood ! One of your number did not like to go with us , when , at the last moment , we had no other to replace him . Many merchant skippers are their own doctors , and the size of our craft was so small that we too , I thought , might ...
... stood ! One of your number did not like to go with us , when , at the last moment , we had no other to replace him . Many merchant skippers are their own doctors , and the size of our craft was so small that we too , I thought , might ...
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... stood scrutinizing our boats , gear , rig , and size . Some expressed a belief we should never come back again ; others avowed their entire disinclination ever to participate in such a voyage . Not a few came on board , rather ...
... stood scrutinizing our boats , gear , rig , and size . Some expressed a belief we should never come back again ; others avowed their entire disinclination ever to participate in such a voyage . Not a few came on board , rather ...
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... stood away to the northward . Thursday , June 6th . — The following day , Thurs- day , with a light south - easterly breeze , we were going along the land at a gentle rate . Our men had slept off their shore carousals , and were busily ...
... stood away to the northward . Thursday , June 6th . — The following day , Thurs- day , with a light south - easterly breeze , we were going along the land at a gentle rate . Our men had slept off their shore carousals , and were busily ...
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... stood on his way towards the mainland , while we worked to windward , through the Pentland Frith . At noon , Dunnet Head bore from us , west , four or five miles . In the afternoon we had light breezes and very hazy weather ...
... stood on his way towards the mainland , while we worked to windward , through the Pentland Frith . At noon , Dunnet Head bore from us , west , four or five miles . In the afternoon we had light breezes and very hazy weather ...
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... stood the attack boldly . As if in contempt at the monster's efforts to destroy or injure her , she refused to ship even a drop of water , comparatively speaking , after we had hove her to again at nine P. M. Her rocking and pitching ...
... stood the attack boldly . As if in contempt at the monster's efforts to destroy or injure her , she refused to ship even a drop of water , comparatively speaking , after we had hove her to again at nine P. M. Her rocking and pitching ...
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