Narrative of a Voyage Round the World: Performed in Her Majesty's Ship Sulphur, During the Years 1836-1842, Including Details of the Naval Operations in China, from Dec. 1840, to Nov. 1841, Том 2H. Colburn, 1843 |
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... fathoms or more . The supplies to be obtained at this island chiefly consist of yams , which were said to be the finest in these seas . The hurricanes have injured or de- stroyed the greater part of the fruit - trees , otherwise ...
... fathoms or more . The supplies to be obtained at this island chiefly consist of yams , which were said to be the finest in these seas . The hurricanes have injured or de- stroyed the greater part of the fruit - trees , otherwise ...
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... fathoms . Our stay was too short to admit of any survey being made . At three on the 23rd of May , we took our depar- ture from Vavao , and had barely cleared the entrance when the breeze chopped round to S.S.W. , pre- venting our ...
... fathoms . Our stay was too short to admit of any survey being made . At three on the 23rd of May , we took our depar- ture from Vavao , and had barely cleared the entrance when the breeze chopped round to S.S.W. , pre- venting our ...
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... fathoms , with her stem between two rocks . The tide left her , and having steadied her by the stream- anchor in still water , we patiently awaited the turn of tide , when we warped her forward to her anchorage , discovering several ...
... fathoms , with her stem between two rocks . The tide left her , and having steadied her by the stream- anchor in still water , we patiently awaited the turn of tide , when we warped her forward to her anchorage , discovering several ...
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... which the Sulphur entered , is also safe , if assisted by the chart and a boat ahead . The best anchorage is in twelve fathoms , with the outer island barely shut in with Nukulau , about two cables 48 SULPHUR QUITS NUKULAU . [ 1840 .
... which the Sulphur entered , is also safe , if assisted by the chart and a boat ahead . The best anchorage is in twelve fathoms , with the outer island barely shut in with Nukulau , about two cables 48 SULPHUR QUITS NUKULAU . [ 1840 .
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... fathoms . It is too narrow for a long vessel to work in , and it is preferable to shoot into fifteen fathoms , and be prepared to warp . We were soon visited by the natives , in some of the most miserable apologies for canoes that we ...
... fathoms . It is too narrow for a long vessel to work in , and it is preferable to shoot into fifteen fathoms , and be prepared to warp . We were soon visited by the natives , in some of the most miserable apologies for canoes that we ...
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