The Nautical Magazine: A Technical and Critical Journal for the Officers of the Mercantile MarineJames Brown & Son, 1851 |
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... land , and are enclosed in a rude kind of stockade . A small portion of the ground is cleared , upon which rice , sweet potatoes , and tobacco is grown , although in quantities more than sufficient for their own consumption . The people ...
... land , and are enclosed in a rude kind of stockade . A small portion of the ground is cleared , upon which rice , sweet potatoes , and tobacco is grown , although in quantities more than sufficient for their own consumption . The people ...
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... land 350 feet in height , the coast taking again a sud- den turn to the S.S.E. for two miles and a half from the head of the bay , which is very low and sandy . The deep indentation readily points out the entrance to this harbour , more ...
... land 350 feet in height , the coast taking again a sud- den turn to the S.S.E. for two miles and a half from the head of the bay , which is very low and sandy . The deep indentation readily points out the entrance to this harbour , more ...
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... land mark . Reed Point is at the foot of a wooded hill of moderate height , separated from the shore by a narrow neck of swampy land , forming the west side of Musquito Cove , which is four - tenths of a mile deep east and west , and ...
... land mark . Reed Point is at the foot of a wooded hill of moderate height , separated from the shore by a narrow neck of swampy land , forming the west side of Musquito Cove , which is four - tenths of a mile deep east and west , and ...
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... land - fall ; but in the south - west monsoon , it is more advisable to steer for Monte Video , a bold precipitous island , about forty miles more southwards . If late in the day , anchorage should be caught under the Saddle Islands ...
... land - fall ; but in the south - west monsoon , it is more advisable to steer for Monte Video , a bold precipitous island , about forty miles more southwards . If late in the day , anchorage should be caught under the Saddle Islands ...
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... land is rendered extremely difficult , or more correctly speaking impossible ; but in exchange they can pass in their boats much easier everywhere , and it is then they carry their log - wood timber , and other articles , difficult of ...
... land is rendered extremely difficult , or more correctly speaking impossible ; but in exchange they can pass in their boats much easier everywhere , and it is then they carry their log - wood timber , and other articles , difficult of ...
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