Memoir of Richard WilliamsJames Nisbet, 1857 - 250 pagine |
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Pagina 53
... island to island , the migra- tions of the restless inhabitants . Early in 1848 a trial was made ; but so imperfect were the means at the disposal of Captain Gardiner , that he found it impossible to persevere . Accord- ingly , he again ...
... island to island , the migra- tions of the restless inhabitants . Early in 1848 a trial was made ; but so imperfect were the means at the disposal of Captain Gardiner , that he found it impossible to persevere . Accord- ingly , he again ...
Pagina 83
... Island and Garden Island , close to them both . The vessel , which has been rather leaky , it is intended to over- haul when we get to Picton Island ; and it is pro- bable that she will therefore stay with us a week , if not longer . As ...
... Island and Garden Island , close to them both . The vessel , which has been rather leaky , it is intended to over- haul when we get to Picton Island ; and it is pro- bable that she will therefore stay with us a week , if not longer . As ...
Pagina 84
... Island , and among other places to Woolya , the place where Jemmy Button , a Fuegian taken to England by Captain FitzRoy , was left on his return from Eng- land , after three years ' absence . If we can make him out , doubtless it may ...
... Island , and among other places to Woolya , the place where Jemmy Button , a Fuegian taken to England by Captain FitzRoy , was left on his return from Eng- land , after three years ' absence . If we can make him out , doubtless it may ...
Pagina 87
... Island and the mainland . We had thus abundant opportunity for seeing this remarkable land , particularly Staten Island , and likewise abun- dant experience of the extreme disagreeableness of our proximity to the Strait of Le Maire ...
... Island and the mainland . We had thus abundant opportunity for seeing this remarkable land , particularly Staten Island , and likewise abun- dant experience of the extreme disagreeableness of our proximity to the Strait of Le Maire ...
Pagina 88
... Island must certainly be un- equalled in this respect . It is a place of dreariness and of forlorn solitude , par excellence . Its bare , broken , jagged , turret - like hills present the idea FIRST APPEARANCES . 89 of an immense ...
... Island must certainly be un- equalled in this respect . It is a place of dreariness and of forlorn solitude , par excellence . Its bare , broken , jagged , turret - like hills present the idea FIRST APPEARANCES . 89 of an immense ...
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able anchor Badcock Banner Cove beach Beagle Channel betwixt blessed Blomefield Harbour blowing boat Burslem canoes Cape Captain Gardiner cheerful Christ Christian cold comfort companions Cook's River danger dark delightful Erwin eternal faith favour fear feel felt Friday friends Fuegian Garden Island glorious glory God's grace greatly guanaco hand heart heaven heavenly holy hope Jemmy Jemmy Button Jesus John Badcock land Lennox Harbour light Lord Maidment meerschaum mercy mind mission missionary morning natives Navarin Island ness never night o'clock Ocean Queen party Patagonian Patagonian Missionary Society peace Picton Island Pioneer poor praise prayer present rejoice rocks salvation Saturday Saviour scarcely seemed shewed ship shore sight soon soul Speedwell Spirit Straits of Magellan thee things thought tide Tierra del Fuego tion To-day trust truth unto vessel voyage weather whilst wigwam Williams wind York Minster