Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific: And Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volumen2 |
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The ice in the offing was of the “ hummocky " kind , and drifting rapidly about with
the tides , leaving us a navigable channel vary . ing in width from two miles to
three or four hun . dred yards . The closeness of the ice again obliging us to make
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The ice in the offing was of the “ hummocky " kind , and drifting rapidly about with
the tides , leaving us a navigable channel vary . ing in width from two miles to
three or four hun . dred yards . The closeness of the ice again obliging us to make
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... we encountered a rapid current setting outward , and , after rowing a mile and
a half to the N.W.b.W. , the breadth of the stream varying from one third of a mile
to four or five hundred yards , came to some shoal water extending quite across .
... we encountered a rapid current setting outward , and , after rowing a mile and
a half to the N.W.b.W. , the breadth of the stream varying from one third of a mile
to four or five hundred yards , came to some shoal water extending quite across .
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... nearly of a cir . cular form , and about four hundred yards in diame . ter , being
rather wider than the river immediately below it . After remaining nearly an hour ,
fixed , as it were , to the spot by the novelty and magnificence of the scene before
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... nearly of a cir . cular form , and about four hundred yards in diame . ter , being
rather wider than the river immediately below it . After remaining nearly an hour ,
fixed , as it were , to the spot by the novelty and magnificence of the scene before
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Our sportsmen were fortunate in obtaining four of these animals ; but we had no
success with the seines , the ground proving altogether too rocky to use them
with ad . vantage or safety . We returned on board at thir . ty minutes past two
P.M. ...
Our sportsmen were fortunate in obtaining four of these animals ; but we had no
success with the seines , the ground proving altogether too rocky to use them
with ad . vantage or safety . We returned on board at thir . ty minutes past two
P.M. ...
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This sort of gossip ; and incessant chattering and laughing , continued till near
midnight , when the numerous visiters in our tents began to retire to their own and
to leave us to our repose . Vol . II . - C up , us . Awaking at four A.M. on the OF A ...
This sort of gossip ; and incessant chattering and laughing , continued till near
midnight , when the numerous visiters in our tents began to retire to their own and
to leave us to our repose . Vol . II . - C up , us . Awaking at four A.M. on the OF A ...
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