Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on RecordDavis Wasgatt Clark A. Poe & L. Hitchcock, 1864 - 416 sider |
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Side 146
... officers had been put under arrest for daring to con- demn the fallacy of Richfort's proceedings . In the mean while , the wind , blowing with violence , impelled the vessel nearer the danger which menaced it . Between two and three o ...
... officers had been put under arrest for daring to con- demn the fallacy of Richfort's proceedings . In the mean while , the wind , blowing with violence , impelled the vessel nearer the danger which menaced it . Between two and three o ...
Side 148
... officers felt the necessity for providing means of escape , in case all attempts to get off the ship should prove unavailing . A council was called . The lives of four hundred persons were to be saved ; and there were only six boats ...
... officers felt the necessity for providing means of escape , in case all attempts to get off the ship should prove unavailing . A council was called . The lives of four hundred persons were to be saved ; and there were only six boats ...
Side 151
... officer , armed with two pistols , stood by the bulwarks , and , with furious language , threatened to fire on whoever would not go upon it ; and thus a miscellaneous crowd of persons were forced to place themselves on this floating ...
... officer , armed with two pistols , stood by the bulwarks , and , with furious language , threatened to fire on whoever would not go upon it ; and thus a miscellaneous crowd of persons were forced to place themselves on this floating ...
Side 152
... officers saved their fowling- pieces and pistols . The command of the raft had been assigned to M. Coudin , midshipman . This was not the least of the cruelties perpetrated by Lachauma- reys . Coudin had received a severe bruise on his ...
... officers saved their fowling- pieces and pistols . The command of the raft had been assigned to M. Coudin , midshipman . This was not the least of the cruelties perpetrated by Lachauma- reys . Coudin had received a severe bruise on his ...
Side 155
... officer who seemed to pity the unfortunates on the Medusa , was the last to quit the wreck , and , in compassion for those left behind , had taken more on board than his boat could well contain . Hastening after the boats in advance ...
... officer who seemed to pity the unfortunates on the Medusa , was the last to quit the wreck , and , in compassion for those left behind , had taken more on board than his boat could well contain . Hastening after the boats in advance ...
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