Arctic Rovings: Or, The Adventures of a New Bedford Boy on Sea and LandA. Tompkins, 1861 - 171 頁 The journal of a teenage boy aboard a whaling vessel, relating his winter in Siberia and numerous other adventures. |
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第 27 頁
... coast of Chili . We bowled along over the azure billows of the Pacific in magnificent style ; wind and weather favoring us to a remarkable degree , un- til we had sighted the Chilian coast , when we shortened sail and stood in shore for ...
... coast of Chili . We bowled along over the azure billows of the Pacific in magnificent style ; wind and weather favoring us to a remarkable degree , un- til we had sighted the Chilian coast , when we shortened sail and stood in shore for ...
第 28 頁
... coast for sev- eral days , during which time the captain was constantly ashore , while his officers and crew were compelled to remain on board ; their con- finement being rendered the more irksome from their vicinity to the land , upon ...
... coast for sev- eral days , during which time the captain was constantly ashore , while his officers and crew were compelled to remain on board ; their con- finement being rendered the more irksome from their vicinity to the land , upon ...
第 30 頁
... coast of the Okotsk Sea . Nothing of special interest occured on our passage , which we made in about two months ; arriving at the Bays on the 29th of May , 1857. Not finding any whales , however , we continued our course to Jonas ...
... coast of the Okotsk Sea . Nothing of special interest occured on our passage , which we made in about two months ; arriving at the Bays on the 29th of May , 1857. Not finding any whales , however , we continued our course to Jonas ...
第 40 頁
... coast was long and tedious , in consequence of a succession of se- vere and dangerous gales ; our situation , mean- while , being rendered extremely unpleasant by harsh treatment from a quarter whence we might reasonably have expected ...
... coast was long and tedious , in consequence of a succession of se- vere and dangerous gales ; our situation , mean- while , being rendered extremely unpleasant by harsh treatment from a quarter whence we might reasonably have expected ...
第 41 頁
... coast we came very near losing our masts , in consequence of being caught aback by a heavy squall , during the middle watch of a dark and stormy night . We were running at the time , under single reefed topsail , main - top gallant ...
... coast we came very near losing our masts , in consequence of being caught aback by a heavy squall , during the middle watch of a dark and stormy night . We were running at the time , under single reefed topsail , main - top gallant ...
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第 40 頁 - As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
第 76 頁 - Oft in the stilly night Ere slumber's chain has bound me, Fond Memory brings the light Of other days around me : The smiles, the tears Of boyhood's years, The words of love then spoken ; The eyes that shone, Now dimm'd and gone, The cheerful hearts now broken ! Thus in the stilly night Ere slumber's chain has bound me, Sad Memory brings the light Of other days around me.
第 116 頁 - ... despotic rule, however, of the king was so irritating and oppressive that many of them sought homes of greater freedom in the inhospitable islands of the northern seas. Among the rest, Iceland, having been discovered a short time before, was colonized by them. This event occurred about the year 874. Notwithstanding the severity of the climate and the sterility of * the soil, the colony rapidly increased in numbers and wealth, and an active commerce sprung up with the mother country, and was successfully...
第 11 頁 - ... put your trust in Him he will never leave you nor forsake you. May lie who " holds the waters in the hollow of his hand...