The Nautical Magazine: A Technical and Critical Journal for the Officers of the Mercantile MarineJames Brown & Son, 1851 |
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... clear , the shoal spots will always be dis- covered from the mast - head ; recollecting however , a similar phenomenon will obtain , by the occurrence of floating patches of cirri . On one occasion , when about fifteen miles south of ...
... clear , the shoal spots will always be dis- covered from the mast - head ; recollecting however , a similar phenomenon will obtain , by the occurrence of floating patches of cirri . On one occasion , when about fifteen miles south of ...
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... clear fresh water ; emerging from the jungle we opened into an extensive cultivated plain upon which was growing rice , Indian corn , water - melons , yams , and a variety of fruits and vegetables , in full realization of that which we ...
... clear fresh water ; emerging from the jungle we opened into an extensive cultivated plain upon which was growing rice , Indian corn , water - melons , yams , and a variety of fruits and vegetables , in full realization of that which we ...
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... clear , and so steep that you may pass within half a mile of almost all parts of it . English Harbour . - English Harbour lies at the base of the Shirley Heights , the west end of the promontory forming the east point of its entrance ...
... clear , and so steep that you may pass within half a mile of almost all parts of it . English Harbour . - English Harbour lies at the base of the Shirley Heights , the west end of the promontory forming the east point of its entrance ...
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... clear of what now appeared to be an approaching hurricane . At this time the barometer was below 29 inches . At midnight the glass was at 28.90 , with the wind E.S.E. Having experi- enced a hurricane in 1831 in H.C.S. Reliance , in lat ...
... clear of what now appeared to be an approaching hurricane . At this time the barometer was below 29 inches . At midnight the glass was at 28.90 , with the wind E.S.E. Having experi- enced a hurricane in 1831 in H.C.S. Reliance , in lat ...
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... clear out from any Custom - house in the United Kingdom without the masters and mates respectively being in possession of Certifi- cates , either of service or of competency . The Certificate of service entitles an officer , who has ...
... clear out from any Custom - house in the United Kingdom without the masters and mates respectively being in possession of Certifi- cates , either of service or of competency . The Certificate of service entitles an officer , who has ...
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