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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... sailors ; there was one woman , and all the remainder were sol- diers . These latter were not allowed to take their muskets ; but they retained their swords ; besides which the officers saved their fowling- pieces and pistols . The ...
... sailors ; there was one woman , and all the remainder were sol- diers . These latter were not allowed to take their muskets ; but they retained their swords ; besides which the officers saved their fowling- pieces and pistols . The ...
Side 153
... sailors , good rowers . The shallop , commanded by M. Es- piau , ensign of the frigate , took forty - two pas- sengers ; the long - boat , eighty - three ; the pin- nace , thirty ; and the yawl , the smallest of all the boats , fifteen ...
... sailors , good rowers . The shallop , commanded by M. Es- piau , ensign of the frigate , took forty - two pas- sengers ; the long - boat , eighty - three ; the pin- nace , thirty ; and the yawl , the smallest of all the boats , fifteen ...
Side 154
... sailors , murmuring , assented , and , by this means , the Picards reached the pinnace , on which they were , with affected politeness , taken on board . When all had left the vessel who would go , there remained seventeen persons ...
... sailors , murmuring , assented , and , by this means , the Picards reached the pinnace , on which they were , with affected politeness , taken on board . When all had left the vessel who would go , there remained seventeen persons ...
Side 155
... sailor put this proposal in practice . Plung- ing into the sea , he swam toward one of the leading and least - burdened boats ; but on reach- ing , and endeavoring to climb into it , the officer in command pushed him back , and ...
... sailor put this proposal in practice . Plung- ing into the sea , he swam toward one of the leading and least - burdened boats ; but on reach- ing , and endeavoring to climb into it , the officer in command pushed him back , and ...
Side 159
... sailor had had the pre- caution to provide . At noon the heat was intense ; hot winds blew from the desert , and many thought their last moments were come . In the afternoon a distribution of a little water and biscuit was made ; and ...
... sailor had had the pre- caution to provide . At noon the heat was intense ; hot winds blew from the desert , and many thought their last moments were come . In the afternoon a distribution of a little water and biscuit was made ; and ...
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