A Boy's Voyage Round the World: Including a Residence in Victoria, and a Journey by Rail Across North AmericaSamuel Smiles John Murray, 1871 - 304 páginas |
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... deep blue — and calm . Now we see plenty of flying fish . Whole shoals of the glittering little things glide along in the air , skimming the tops of the waves . They rise to escape their pursu- ers , the bonitos , which rush after them ...
... deep blue — and calm . Now we see plenty of flying fish . Whole shoals of the glittering little things glide along in the air , skimming the tops of the waves . They rise to escape their pursu- ers , the bonitos , which rush after them ...
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... deep brown and black . One of the most popular amusements is " fishing " for an albatross , which is done in the following manner : A long and stout line is let out , with a strong hook at the end baited with a piece of meat , buoyed up ...
... deep brown and black . One of the most popular amusements is " fishing " for an albatross , which is done in the following manner : A long and stout line is let out , with a strong hook at the end baited with a piece of meat , buoyed up ...
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... deep valley be- hind us ; at another we were down in the trough of the sea , with an enormous wall of water coming after us . The pure light green waves were crested with foam , which curled over and over , and never stopped rolling ...
... deep valley be- hind us ; at another we were down in the trough of the sea , with an enormous wall of water coming after us . The pure light green waves were crested with foam , which curled over and over , and never stopped rolling ...
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... deep in water . As * Mr. G. Stevenson registered a force of three tons per square foot at Skerryvore during a gale in the Atlantic , when the waves were supposed to be twenty feet high . the day wore on the wind gradually went down , IN ...
... deep in water . As * Mr. G. Stevenson registered a force of three tons per square foot at Skerryvore during a gale in the Atlantic , when the waves were supposed to be twenty feet high . the day wore on the wind gradually went down , IN ...
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... deep , broad stone gutters on either side of the road- way , evidently intended for the passage of a very large quantity of water in the rainy season . They are so broad as to render it necessary to throw little wooden bridges over them ...
... deep , broad stone gutters on either side of the road- way , evidently intended for the passage of a very large quantity of water in the rainy season . They are so broad as to render it necessary to throw little wooden bridges over them ...
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