Travel and Adventure: Comprising Some of the Most Striking Narratives on RecordDavis Wasgatt Clark Swormstedt & Poe, 1856 - 416 sider |
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... sails , oars , nor compass , every thing proper being forgot in the confusion . In all , there were upon the raft one hundred and fifty per- sons , twenty - nine of whom were sailors ; there was one woman , and all the remainder were ...
... sails , oars , nor compass , every thing proper being forgot in the confusion . In all , there were upon the raft one hundred and fifty per- sons , twenty - nine of whom were sailors ; there was one woman , and all the remainder were ...
Side 174
... sailing for an hour down the stream , we came in sight of St. Louis , a town miserable in appearance , but delightful to our vision after so much suffer- ing . At six in the evening we arrived at the fort , where the late English ...
... sailing for an hour down the stream , we came in sight of St. Louis , a town miserable in appearance , but delightful to our vision after so much suffer- ing . At six in the evening we arrived at the fort , where the late English ...
Side 176
... sails and compass . A search was now made for the chart , compass , and an- chor , which , on quitting the wreck , were under- stood to have been placed on the raft ; but they were no where to be found , and had never been embarked . In ...
... sails and compass . A search was now made for the chart , compass , and an- chor , which , on quitting the wreck , were under- stood to have been placed on the raft ; but they were no where to be found , and had never been embarked . In ...
Side 177
... sail , nothing of this kind appears to have been done . The raft lay a hulk on the water , at the mercy of every wave . A few of the better - disposed officers preserved a degree of order , and preached patience and hope ; and this is ...
... sail , nothing of this kind appears to have been done . The raft lay a hulk on the water , at the mercy of every wave . A few of the better - disposed officers preserved a degree of order , and preached patience and hope ; and this is ...
Side 184
... upon the unfor- tunate M. Coudin , the wounded and distressed commander of the raft . Coudin appears to have been a young man worthy of a better fate than that of sailing among such a crew . Dur- 184 FIRESIDE READING .
... upon the unfor- tunate M. Coudin , the wounded and distressed commander of the raft . Coudin appears to have been a young man worthy of a better fate than that of sailing among such a crew . Dur- 184 FIRESIDE READING .
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