Sir Edward Seward's Narrative of His Shipwreck: And Consequent Discovery of Certain Islands in the Caribbean Sea: with a Detail of Many Extraordinary and Highly Interesting Events in His Life, from the Year 1733 to 1749, as Written in His Own Diary, Bind 1Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1831 |
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Side 29
... companion ladder . The hurricane had blown the sails to ribbons , but the crew had succeeded in getting her before the wind . The vessel being a little steady , I went to see who or what it was that had made the unlucky tumble , and ...
... companion ladder . The hurricane had blown the sails to ribbons , but the crew had succeeded in getting her before the wind . The vessel being a little steady , I went to see who or what it was that had made the unlucky tumble , and ...
Side 30
... companion door would not move , and the sea was dashing over the quarter deck . I , however , got the people there to open one of the side doors a little , and I peeped out . The wind howled hor- ribly , and the sea was all in a foam ...
... companion door would not move , and the sea was dashing over the quarter deck . I , however , got the people there to open one of the side doors a little , and I peeped out . The wind howled hor- ribly , and the sea was all in a foam ...
Side 31
... companion door , and get upon deck ; but it was perfect darkness where we were , and I could not find any thing to add to my own ineffectual strength , nor could I make any one on deck attend to me ; they could not hear me for the noise ...
... companion door , and get upon deck ; but it was perfect darkness where we were , and I could not find any thing to add to my own ineffectual strength , nor could I make any one on deck attend to me ; they could not hear me for the noise ...
Side 32
... companion , followed by the shutting to of its doors . The brig had swung off the point of the reef , and the sea then broke over the main chains , the vessel being upright . I now easily succeeded in getting on deck , but no boat was ...
... companion , followed by the shutting to of its doors . The brig had swung off the point of the reef , and the sea then broke over the main chains , the vessel being upright . I now easily succeeded in getting on deck , but no boat was ...
Side 33
... companion door , when a gleam of joy rushed upon me , on perceiving that the day had dawned , and that the water to leeward was quite smooth . The brig now lying on the innermost part of the reef , I discovered high land ahead and ...
... companion door , when a gleam of joy rushed upon me , on perceiving that the day had dawned , and that the water to leeward was quite smooth . The brig now lying on the innermost part of the reef , I discovered high land ahead and ...
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