Memoir of Richard WilliamsJames Nisbet, 1857 - 250 pagine |
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Pagina 87
... tide which set at that hour . Consequently , we had to lie off , and beat between the two coasts of Staten Island and the mainland . We had thus abundant opportunity for seeing this remarkable land , particularly Staten Island , and ...
... tide which set at that hour . Consequently , we had to lie off , and beat between the two coasts of Staten Island and the mainland . We had thus abundant opportunity for seeing this remarkable land , particularly Staten Island , and ...
Pagina 88
... tide - race and swell combined , far more than we should have done in an ordinary gale . At three o'clock we hoped to have an opportunity again , it being ebb - tide , to pass through ; but though we tried , it was impossible , the wind ...
... tide - race and swell combined , far more than we should have done in an ordinary gale . At three o'clock we hoped to have an opportunity again , it being ebb - tide , to pass through ; but though we tried , it was impossible , the wind ...
Pagina 90
... tide against us had beaten us back from all attempts hitherto made to enter the Strait ; but now , taking advantage of an ebb - tide and a strong wind , the Captain carried on a heavy canvas , and finally about mid - day we got through ...
... tide against us had beaten us back from all attempts hitherto made to enter the Strait ; but now , taking advantage of an ebb - tide and a strong wind , the Captain carried on a heavy canvas , and finally about mid - day we got through ...
Pagina 102
... tide constantly flow- ing at their base ; and if , moreover , we could bring the north polar ice into as low a latitude as the An- tarctic ice descends — our own Western Isles would be the counterpart of Fuegia . The warm vapour of the ...
... tide constantly flow- ing at their base ; and if , moreover , we could bring the north polar ice into as low a latitude as the An- tarctic ice descends — our own Western Isles would be the counterpart of Fuegia . The warm vapour of the ...
Pagina 106
... tides , these coasts are the head - quarters of the Lessonia and Macrocystis , the two giants of the ocean Flora . The former is an arborescent sea- weed , with a trunk of concentric layers so timber- like , that Dr Hooker mentions a ...
... tides , these coasts are the head - quarters of the Lessonia and Macrocystis , the two giants of the ocean Flora . The former is an arborescent sea- weed , with a trunk of concentric layers so timber- like , that Dr Hooker mentions a ...
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