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... possible . It was then that the first notion of trying to get off fairly entered my head . Instead of waiting for chances from any one else , and as little of trying it by land - which came very much to the same thing , as the Esquimaux ...
... possible . It was then that the first notion of trying to get off fairly entered my head . Instead of waiting for chances from any one else , and as little of trying it by land - which came very much to the same thing , as the Esquimaux ...
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... possible , besides some rabbits that began to appear on the island . Some I shot , others I dug out with a flinching spade and the help of the dogs , got the young ones alive , and kept them in a coop between decks , with roots and ...
... possible , besides some rabbits that began to appear on the island . Some I shot , others I dug out with a flinching spade and the help of the dogs , got the young ones alive , and kept them in a coop between decks , with roots and ...
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... possible two years from the time of first sighting the whaling - ground ; so , what with the troubles the ship had gone through in the ice , and the length of time she had been . locked up off the Labrador coast , still more the ...
... possible two years from the time of first sighting the whaling - ground ; so , what with the troubles the ship had gone through in the ice , and the length of time she had been . locked up off the Labrador coast , still more the ...
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... possible . How to do it was the pinch , without almost a breath of air to keep steerage- way on the ship . Here the very worst trouble I had had before , however , came now to my advantage . Flood - tide no sooner made again than she ...
... possible . How to do it was the pinch , without almost a breath of air to keep steerage- way on the ship . Here the very worst trouble I had had before , however , came now to my advantage . Flood - tide no sooner made again than she ...
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... possible , and weathered it out . I was no way too soon , for it came on before the afternoon was out , and blew most terribly . It blew hard all night and the next day on end , and the Priscilla could no more have stood it at sea with ...
... possible , and weathered it out . I was no way too soon , for it came on before the afternoon was out , and blew most terribly . It blew hard all night and the next day on end , and the Priscilla could no more have stood it at sea with ...
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aboard afloat aloft bear began betwixt Bill blubber boat brought cabin canvas captain caught chance Chummey clear commenced Cornhill crack crew deck doctor dogs drifting drop Edition Esquimaux fast Fayal Felice Orsini fellow floe gale gave give GOTTHOLD LESSING Greenland Greenland shark hand head hear heard helm hold Huskies Illustrated island jumped Kanyok keep Khorovod knew krang lazarette London look loose mate mind Myuk narwhal night notion NUMBER Oloff once Oosisoak Peter Pippin plenty POEMS poor pretty Priscilla ready Rotherhithe round sail schooner seal seemed seen ship ship's sight skipper sledge small berg snow somehow soon sort spanker stay-sail STOPFORD BROOKE struck sure swivel gun Tappan thing THOMAS BINNEY thought tide took turn turn-to Tweed uncle weather whalers whilst wind worse young gentlemen younker
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