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 ix
... rocks only , whose dangerous reef warned ships to avoid them . The important consequences of this discovery , may be subjects of useful reflection to British statesmen , even in the present day . It would be forestalling the interest of ...
... rocks only , whose dangerous reef warned ships to avoid them . The important consequences of this discovery , may be subjects of useful reflection to British statesmen , even in the present day . It would be forestalling the interest of ...
Side 22
... rocks pre- sented a sublime object on the right side ; and those on the left , covered with wood from the water's ... rock ; equally precipitous , but more gigantic . The wind was fair ; we sailed down the Bristol Channel , with fine ...
... rocks pre- sented a sublime object on the right side ; and those on the left , covered with wood from the water's ... rock ; equally precipitous , but more gigantic . The wind was fair ; we sailed down the Bristol Channel , with fine ...
Side 28
... rocks were numerous , and not accurately laid down on the chart ; but he would not consent to heave the vessel to , although he made her snug : he would keep his course , to get in under the island of Rattan in the morning , if possible ...
... rocks were numerous , and not accurately laid down on the chart ; but he would not consent to heave the vessel to , although he made her snug : he would keep his course , to get in under the island of Rattan in the morning , if possible ...
Side 36
... rock , close to which we saw a little rivulet . On this rock I expected to be dashed in pieces , but the current , which was setting us on that point , also directed us past it to the south- ward ; so that the brig drifted between the ...
... rock , close to which we saw a little rivulet . On this rock I expected to be dashed in pieces , but the current , which was setting us on that point , also directed us past it to the south- ward ; so that the brig drifted between the ...
Side 37
... rocks and frag- ments of rocks on my larboard side , and a fine sandy beach on my right , with the same ahead . Here the brig struck , and stuck fast with her bow : the shock threw myself and my wife forward with great violence ; and we ...
... rocks and frag- ments of rocks on my larboard side , and a fine sandy beach on my right , with the same ahead . Here the brig struck , and stuck fast with her bow : the shock threw myself and my wife forward with great violence ; and we ...
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