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... feet long , 8 broad , and 3 deep ; being in the shape of a large flat - bot- tomed canoe , having both ends alike , and covered in with . awnings . Her hull is made in three compact watertight sections , with a curved keel ; the draught ...
... feet long , 8 broad , and 3 deep ; being in the shape of a large flat - bot- tomed canoe , having both ends alike , and covered in with . awnings . Her hull is made in three compact watertight sections , with a curved keel ; the draught ...
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... numerous tracks of buffaloes and antelopes , but not a sign of a hut . The banks were nearly 15 feet high 2 Ibid . p . 6. . . 1 MS . Narrative , p . 5 . and the ground firm ; and an immense plain of THE NEW EXPEDITION . 29.
... numerous tracks of buffaloes and antelopes , but not a sign of a hut . The banks were nearly 15 feet high 2 Ibid . p . 6. . . 1 MS . Narrative , p . 5 . and the ground firm ; and an immense plain of THE NEW EXPEDITION . 29.
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... feet in width . On the 11th of June she commenced the ascent of the river , the launch leading the way . In this manner the expedition progressed about 20 miles up the river , the Pearl sometimes running aground . It was now deter- 1 MS ...
... feet in width . On the 11th of June she commenced the ascent of the river , the launch leading the way . In this manner the expedition progressed about 20 miles up the river , the Pearl sometimes running aground . It was now deter- 1 MS ...
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... feet high , and about 20 miles from Senna : to go to them it is necessary to cross the Shire ' . " They were abreast of Senna on the 13th , having much trouble in navigating the river on account of shoals , sand- banks , islands , & c ...
... feet high , and about 20 miles from Senna : to go to them it is necessary to cross the Shire ' . " They were abreast of Senna on the 13th , having much trouble in navigating the river on account of shoals , sand- banks , islands , & c ...
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... feet . There are long reaches of from 8 to 10 feet deep ; the great difficulties in navigation being at the crossings of the channels . At Teté the river is 964 yards wide , being three times as broad as the Thames at London Bridge . It ...
... feet . There are long reaches of from 8 to 10 feet deep ; the great difficulties in navigation being at the crossings of the channels . At Teté the river is 964 yards wide , being three times as broad as the Thames at London Bridge . It ...
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Page 244 - And the Lord said, Behold the people is one, and they have all one language ; and this they begin to do : and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Page 320 - After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations and kindreds and people and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands ; And cried with a loud voice ; saying; Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
Page 312 - And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand.
Page 218 - For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the fowls of the mountains; and the wild beasts of the field are mine. If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Page 298 - Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
Page 271 - And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Page 212 - While the earth remaineth, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease.
Page 341 - Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole ; Till o'er our ransomed nature The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign.