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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... sailing ship , and also because of the comparatively genial and uniform temperature while at sea . He was accordingly sent out to Melbourne by one of Money Wigram's ships in the winter of 1868-9 , with di- rections either to return by ...
... sailing ship , and also because of the comparatively genial and uniform temperature while at sea . He was accordingly sent out to Melbourne by one of Money Wigram's ships in the winter of 1868-9 , with di- rections either to return by ...
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... sail this evening , the stores are by no means complete . The steward is get- ting in lots of cases ; and what a quantity of pickles ! Hens are coming up to fill the hen - coops . More sheep are being brought ; there are many on board ...
... sail this evening , the stores are by no means complete . The steward is get- ting in lots of cases ; and what a quantity of pickles ! Hens are coming up to fill the hen - coops . More sheep are being brought ; there are many on board ...
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... sails to the wind , now blowing fresh . At length , in about three quarters of an hour , the steam- er took on board her ... sail . There were great cheerings and wavings of hats - she passing up the river and we out to sea . I need not ...
... sails to the wind , now blowing fresh . At length , in about three quarters of an hour , the steam- er took on board her ... sail . There were great cheerings and wavings of hats - she passing up the river and we out to sea . I need not ...
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... sails idly flapping against the masts , formed a picture of quiet during my first night at sea which I shall not soon forget . But all this , I was told , was but " weather - breeding ; " and it was predicted that we were to have a ...
... sails idly flapping against the masts , formed a picture of quiet during my first night at sea which I shall not soon forget . But all this , I was told , was but " weather - breeding ; " and it was predicted that we were to have a ...
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... sail , be- cause of the force of the gale . The sea has some sad sights , of which one shortly pre- sented itself ... sails were still set , torn to shreds by the storm . The bulwarks were pretty much gone , and 18 ROUND THE WORLD .
... sail , be- cause of the force of the gale . The sea has some sad sights , of which one shortly pre- sented itself ... sails were still set , torn to shreds by the storm . The bulwarks were pretty much gone , and 18 ROUND THE WORLD .
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