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Page 57
... close inshore , so the first line of breakers is direct upon the shingle . The usual weather , of course , is westerly , nearly always south of west . And in that direction I suppose the next land would be the Bahamas , but I have only ...
... close inshore , so the first line of breakers is direct upon the shingle . The usual weather , of course , is westerly , nearly always south of west . And in that direction I suppose the next land would be the Bahamas , but I have only ...
Page 71
... close quarters in fine weather . For there is , at certain periods of the tide , a narrow belt , not more than a quarter of a mile wide , of quiet water between the race and the Bill through which , with due precaution , one can pass in ...
... close quarters in fine weather . For there is , at certain periods of the tide , a narrow belt , not more than a quarter of a mile wide , of quiet water between the race and the Bill through which , with due precaution , one can pass in ...
Page 97
... close , running up Channel under bare poles . Managed to change my clothes and to feed . About 2 p.m. wind moderated a little . By 6 p.m. blowing only a moderate gale , but still too much wind and sea for one to make sail single ...
... close , running up Channel under bare poles . Managed to change my clothes and to feed . About 2 p.m. wind moderated a little . By 6 p.m. blowing only a moderate gale , but still too much wind and sea for one to make sail single ...
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A. C. SWINBURNE aboord ALFRED LORD TENNYSON aloft anchor astern beach Bird blowing boat bows breakers broken calm captain clouds coast course crew cried Cruiser danger dark dead deck deep drowned EDMUND SPENSER eyes feet fell fish fleet foam Fu-Kien gale gone H. M. TOMLINSON hand harbour head heart HERMAN MELVILLE HILAIRE BELLOC hour island JOHN KEATS JOHN MASEFIELD JOSHUA SLOCUM knew land light looked Lord mainsail mast master mate Messrs miles Moby Dick moon morning never night oars ocean Odysseus once overboard passed port R. H. DANA rain reef rigging river roar rock rolled round running sail sailors sand seamen seemed ship ship's shippe shore side sight spray storm suddenly swell things thou thought tide took topsail turned unto vessel voyage watch waves weather WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE wind wreck yards