Travels of Four Years and a Half in the United States of America: During 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, and 1802T. Ostell, 1803 - 454 páginas |
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... sail the 20th of the same month , but it was not before January 7th of the new year , that the vessel moved from the wharf , when the spring - tide enabled her to pro- ceed down the river . For my passage , which was in the steerage , I ...
... sail the 20th of the same month , but it was not before January 7th of the new year , that the vessel moved from the wharf , when the spring - tide enabled her to pro- ceed down the river . For my passage , which was in the steerage , I ...
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... " Whoa ! hoa ! hoa ! a rat ! a rat ! " The two Brothers was a miserably sailing tub , and her passage a most tedious one . Head winds constantly prevailed , and scarcely a week elapsed without our lying - to more than once . To 12.
... " Whoa ! hoa ! hoa ! a rat ! a rat ! " The two Brothers was a miserably sailing tub , and her passage a most tedious one . Head winds constantly prevailed , and scarcely a week elapsed without our lying - to more than once . To 12.
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... sails , not a single spar , and her cordage was old . If a sail was split by the wind , there was no other alternative but to mend it ; and when , after being out six weeks , we had sprung our fore top mast , we were compelled to reef ...
... sails , not a single spar , and her cordage was old . If a sail was split by the wind , there was no other alternative but to mend it ; and when , after being out six weeks , we had sprung our fore top mast , we were compelled to reef ...
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... sails in readiness to avail himself of the breeze which had sprung up in our favour . The Captain , therefore , clamoured for the bill , and finished his last bowl of grog with the fa- vorite toast of Here's to the wind that blows , the ...
... sails in readiness to avail himself of the breeze which had sprung up in our favour . The Captain , therefore , clamoured for the bill , and finished his last bowl of grog with the fa- vorite toast of Here's to the wind that blows , the ...
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... sail for Charleston , in South Carolina , we agreed for the passage , and put our luggage on board . Having taken leave of Monsieur Pecquet , whose excellent dinners had enhanced him in the opi- nion of the Doctor , we on the 22d of ...
... sail for Charleston , in South Carolina , we agreed for the passage , and put our luggage on board . Having taken leave of Monsieur Pecquet , whose excellent dinners had enhanced him in the opi- nion of the Doctor , we on the 22d of ...
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