The Whaleman's Adventures in the Southern OceanDarton & Hodge, 1862 - 304 страница |
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... Captain overboard - His narrow escape - The Captain's story- Accidents by boat - lines - Dangerous Progress - Fruitless Perils Whaler's Journal - Fatal result - The heart under the Pea - jacket 115 CHAPTER X. CONQUEST AND DISPOSAL OF A ...
... Captain overboard - His narrow escape - The Captain's story- Accidents by boat - lines - Dangerous Progress - Fruitless Perils Whaler's Journal - Fatal result - The heart under the Pea - jacket 115 CHAPTER X. CONQUEST AND DISPOSAL OF A ...
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... Captain Warrens - The Ancient Mariner . 143 CHAPTER XII . YARNS FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF OLD WHALEMEN . Whaling Sailors ' Yarns - Dead Whale - Competition for dead Whale - Successful Stratagem - Recovery of sunk Whales -Chase by rival ...
... Captain Warrens - The Ancient Mariner . 143 CHAPTER XII . YARNS FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF OLD WHALEMEN . Whaling Sailors ' Yarns - Dead Whale - Competition for dead Whale - Successful Stratagem - Recovery of sunk Whales -Chase by rival ...
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... Captain Shields , fitted out at vast expense by Mr. Enderby , of London . Her unprecedented success started numbers on her track both from New England and the Old Country ; and by 1820 the whole South Pacific and Indian Oceans were ...
... Captain Shields , fitted out at vast expense by Mr. Enderby , of London . Her unprecedented success started numbers on her track both from New England and the Old Country ; and by 1820 the whole South Pacific and Indian Oceans were ...
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... Captain Lafayette Ludlow . In a voyage of two hundred and thirty - six days there will always be lights and shadows , good and evil , pleasures and displeasures , inter- locking one another . To the author the com- forts 12 NEW ENGLAND ...
... Captain Lafayette Ludlow . In a voyage of two hundred and thirty - six days there will always be lights and shadows , good and evil , pleasures and displeasures , inter- locking one another . To the author the com- forts 12 NEW ENGLAND ...
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... captain and esteemed friend . Would that every wanderer in quest of health could be cheerfully returning homeward under circum- stances as favourable ! " Now , little book , with prosperous tide and gale , I'll pledge thee to a voyage ...
... captain and esteemed friend . Would that every wanderer in quest of health could be cheerfully returning homeward under circum- stances as favourable ! " Now , little book , with prosperous tide and gale , I'll pledge thee to a voyage ...
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