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Page 92
... coast of New - Holland , where they are generally of a grayish colour . In some seas they are red , and hence the fables of seas of blood , with which the world has occasionally been amused . Sailors call this collection sea sawdust ...
... coast of New - Holland , where they are generally of a grayish colour . In some seas they are red , and hence the fables of seas of blood , with which the world has occasionally been amused . Sailors call this collection sea sawdust ...
Page 93
... coast is gluous . In rainy nights it is not observable , but when the stars or the moon shine brightly , it is remarkably brilliant . The bodies composing this mass are regularly organized , and Dr. Solander and Sir Joseph Banks ...
... coast is gluous . In rainy nights it is not observable , but when the stars or the moon shine brightly , it is remarkably brilliant . The bodies composing this mass are regularly organized , and Dr. Solander and Sir Joseph Banks ...
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... coast of Scotland , which may be heard at a great distance , resembling the sound of a multitude of chariots . " On the shores of Argyleshire , " says Campbell , " I have often listened with delight to the sound of this vortex , which ...
... coast of Scotland , which may be heard at a great distance , resembling the sound of a multitude of chariots . " On the shores of Argyleshire , " says Campbell , " I have often listened with delight to the sound of this vortex , which ...
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