 | Benjamin Morrell - 1832 - 514 pagine
...avoid all dangers. In working into this harbour the shore on the main may be approached within two cables' length. This is a fine place for making captive...no difficulty in getting the dead whale alongside of the ship. Scalefish may be caught at the anchorage with hook and line ; or at thr bottom of the... | |
 | Benjamin Morrell - 1832 - 512 pagine
...convene here for the purposes of laying and incubation. The nesis of the gannets are formed like those of This is a fine place for making captive the great...no difficulty in getting the dead whale alongside of the ship. Sealefish may be caught at the anchorage with hook and line; or at the bottom of the bay... | |
 | Benjamin Morrell - 1832 - 520 pagine
...into this harbour the shore on the main may be approached within two cables' length. • This is a fmc place for making captive the great leviathan of the...no difficulty in getting the dead whale alongside of the ship. Scalelish may be caught at the anchorage with hook and line ; or at tlto bottom of the... | |
 | 1844 - 834 pagine
...avoid all dangers. In working into this harbour the shore on the main may be approached within two cables' length. This is a fine place for making captive...right whale, great numbers of which strike on this pail of the coast about the middle of June. They are in the habit of playing about the reefs of the... | |
 | 1854 - 644 pagine
...avoid all dangers. In working into this harbour, the shore on the main may be approached within two cables' length. This is a fine place for making captive...continental point before mentioned : and as the south wind prevails, there is no difficulty in getting the dead whale alongside of the ship. Scale-fish may be... | |
 | Alexander G. Findlay - 1867 - 738 pagine
...cables' lengths. " This is a fine place for making captive the gi-eat leviathan of the ocean, the light whale, great numbers of which strike on this part...playing about the reefs of the island, and that which * According to Captain the late Sir James Athol Wood, RN, a dangerous shoal liée 11 miles off from... | |
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In working into this harbour the shore on the main may be approached within two cables' length. This is a fine place for making captive the great leviathan of the ocean, the right whale, great numbers of which strike on this part of the coast about the... 