A Memoir of Richard Williams : Surgeon: Catechist to the Patagonian Missionary Society in Tierra Del FuegoJames Nisbet, 1854 - 255 pagine |
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Pagina 93
... anchor down . Each day has been cold and squally , with hail and sleet and rain ; the sun has only occasionally been visible : at sunset he has been most conspicuous , and last evening it was as splen- THE VOYAGE . 93.
... anchor down . Each day has been cold and squally , with hail and sleet and rain ; the sun has only occasionally been visible : at sunset he has been most conspicuous , and last evening it was as splen- THE VOYAGE . 93.
Pagina 95
... anchor in Banner Roads , having by the mercy of God arrived safe at our des- tination . The whole of last night was foggy , with a heavy drizzling rain , and the wind still ahead . The Captain made short tacks , and with scarce any ...
... anchor in Banner Roads , having by the mercy of God arrived safe at our des- tination . The whole of last night was foggy , with a heavy drizzling rain , and the wind still ahead . The Captain made short tacks , and with scarce any ...
Pagina 124
... anchor in Banner Roads ; and , resuming Mr Williams's Journal , we shall now trace the first proceedings of the missionary pil- grims . " December 5. - At noon we proceeded in the ship's gig to a small island called Dothan , lying ...
... anchor in Banner Roads ; and , resuming Mr Williams's Journal , we shall now trace the first proceedings of the missionary pil- grims . " December 5. - At noon we proceeded in the ship's gig to a small island called Dothan , lying ...
Pagina 143
... anchor was hastily let go , but , owing to the mass of kelp and bad holding - ground , it came home until we were in the midst of the rocks . Destruction now , indeed , threatened us , and poor Erwin was almost beside himself . • The ...
... anchor was hastily let go , but , owing to the mass of kelp and bad holding - ground , it came home until we were in the midst of the rocks . Destruction now , indeed , threatened us , and poor Erwin was almost beside himself . • The ...
Pagina 161
... anchors , which we had but just been able to pro- vide , we might not have been able to weigh our anchors in time to escape . And , lastly , had not a breeze sprung up just at the very minute we wanted it , we could not have got out and ...
... anchors , which we had but just been able to pro- vide , we might not have been able to weigh our anchors in time to escape . And , lastly , had not a breeze sprung up just at the very minute we wanted it , we could not have got out and ...
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66 Tuesday able anchor arrived Badcock Banner Cove beach Beagle Channel betwixt bless blowing boat Burslem canoes Cape Captain Gardiner cheerful Christ Christian cold comfort Cook's River danger dark delightful Erwin eternal faith favor fear feel felt friends Fuegian Garden Island glorious glory God's grace greatly guanaco hand heart heaven heavenly holy hope Jemmy Jemmy Button Jesus land Lennox Harbour light Lord Maidment meerschaum mercy mind mission missionary Montevideo 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 Spaniard Harbour Speedwell Spirit Staten Island Straits of Magellan thee things thought tide Tierra del Fuego tion To-day truth unto vessel voyage weather whilst wigwam Williams wind