 | 1830 - 496 pagine
...-far greater than that of any sea I ever swam in, not excepting the Euxine, which is extremely salt. I could lie like a log of wood on the surface, without...long as I chose ; but with a good deal of exertion 1 could just dive sufficiently deep to cover all my body, but I was again thrown on the surface, in... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - 1829 - 418 pagine
...far greater than that of any sea I ever swam in, not excepting the Euxine, which is extremely salt. I could lie like a log of wood on the surface, without...just dive sufficiently deep to cover all my body, but I was again thrown on the surface, in spite of my endeavours to descend lower. On coming out, the... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - 1829 - 414 pagine
...far greater than that of any sea I ever swam in, not excepting the Euxine, which is extremely salt. I could lie like a log of wood on the surface, without...just dive sufficiently deep to cover all my body, but I was again thrown on the surface, in spite of my endeavours to descend lower. On coming out, the... | |
 | 1830 - 530 pagine
...extremely salt. I could lay like H log of wood on the surface, without stirring hand or loot, us long us 1 chose ; but with a good deal of exertion I could just dive sutiiuieiilly deep to cover all my body, but 1 was aghin thrown on the surface, in spite of my endeavors... | |
 | John Timbs - 1831 - 302 pagine
...Dead Sea" ? Because of its extreme saltness. Mr. Madden, a recent traveller, bathed in this sea : he could lie, like a log of wood, on 'the surface, without stirring hand or foot, as long as he chose ; but with much exertion he could just dive sufficiently deep to cover all his body, when... | |
 | John Timbs - 1832 - 332 pagine
...Dead Sea " ? Because of its extreme saltness. Mr. Madden, a recent traveller, bathed in this sea : he could lie, like a log of wood, on the surface, without stirring hand or foot, as long as he chose ; but with much exertion he 1.3 could just dive sufficiently deep to cover all his body, when... | |
 | John Timbs - 1832 - 300 pagine
...Sea "'? Because of its extreme saltness. Mr. Madden, a recent traveller, bathed in this sea: he coidd lie, like a log of wood, on the surface, without stirring hand or foot, us long as he chose ; but with much exertion he i. 2 could just dive sufficiently deep to cover all... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - 1833 - 316 pagine
...far greater than that of any sea I ever swam in, not excepting the Euxine, which is extremely salt. I could lie like a log of wood on the surface, without...hand or foot, as long as I chose ; but with a good 256 THE DEAD SEA. deal of exertion I could just dive sufficiently deep to cover all my body, but I... | |
 | 1834 - 498 pagine
...an infusion of quassia : the buoyancy I found to be greater than that of any sea I ever swam in ; I could lie like a log of wood on the surface without stirring hand or foot as long as I chose, and with a great deal of exertion I could dive sufficiently deep to cover all my body, but was immediately... | |
 | 1837 - 474 pagine
...far greater than that of any sea I ever swam in, not excepting the Euxine, which is extremely salt. I could lie like a log of wood on the surface, without...just dive sufficiently deep to cover all my body, but I was again thrown on the surface, in spite of my endeavours to descend lower. On coming out, the... | |
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... beyond my depth : the water was the coldest I ever felt, and the taste of it most detestable; it was that of a solution of nitre, mixed with an infusion of quassia. Its buoyancy I found to be far greater than that of any sea I ever swam in, not excepting... 
