Journal of Voyages and Travels by the Rev. Daniel Tyerman and George Bennet, Esq: Deputed from the London Missionary Society, to Visit Their Various Stations in the South Sea Islands, China, India, &c., Between the Years 1821 and 1829, 1. köideF. Westley and A.H. Davis, 1831 |
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... eye on the compass , and his hand on the wheel - and the mate , who silently paces the deck , listening and looking through the gloom . May 25. Multitudes of porpoises playing round the vessel ; two were harpooned , and brought on board ...
... eye on the compass , and his hand on the wheel - and the mate , who silently paces the deck , listening and looking through the gloom . May 25. Multitudes of porpoises playing round the vessel ; two were harpooned , and brought on board ...
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... eye large ; the two pectoral fins rising from the gills had each twelve rays , six and a half inches long , connected by a delicate transparent membrane ; with these it can readily direct FLYING - FISHES - THE BLACK WHALE . 9 itself.
... eye large ; the two pectoral fins rising from the gills had each twelve rays , six and a half inches long , connected by a delicate transparent membrane ; with these it can readily direct FLYING - FISHES - THE BLACK WHALE . 9 itself.
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... a dark green . The eyes were larger than those of an ox . Two pectoral fins , hard and strong , about two feet and a half in length , and pointed , bent inward ; these were 12 THE SOUTHERN CROSS . articulated with the shoulder -
... a dark green . The eyes were larger than those of an ox . Two pectoral fins , hard and strong , about two feet and a half in length , and pointed , bent inward ; these were 12 THE SOUTHERN CROSS . articulated with the shoulder -
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... eyes . The weight of the greater of these creatures must have been nearly a ton and a half . The fat was from one to two and a half inches thick , under the forehead seven inches . The blubber of both yielded ninety gallons of oil , of ...
... eyes . The weight of the greater of these creatures must have been nearly a ton and a half . The fat was from one to two and a half inches thick , under the forehead seven inches . The blubber of both yielded ninety gallons of oil , of ...
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... eyes above , we beheld the stars , in the absence of the moon , sparkling with unmitigated lustre , amidst a sky of such intense purity , that the heavenly bodies far excelled in glory their appearance through our native atmosphere ...
... eyes above , we beheld the stars , in the absence of the moon , sparkling with unmitigated lustre , amidst a sky of such intense purity , that the heavenly bodies far excelled in glory their appearance through our native atmosphere ...
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afternoon afterwards appeared Areois arrival Barff basaltic beach beautiful Bennet boat body Borabora bread-fruit breccia brought called canoe Cape Horn captain chapel chiefs Christian cloth cocoa-nut colour coral crew Dangerous Archipelago Deputation dwellings earth Eimeo Ellis eyes feet fish formerly friends fruit gospel ground hand harbour Hautia head hearts heathen hogs Huahine hundred idolatry idols inches inhabitants islands kind king labour land latter Leeward Islands length London Missionary Society Lord Mahine manner marae Matavai miles Missionaries morning mountains natives nearly night Nott Oahu occasion persons plants Pomare Pomare's prayer present priests queen raatiras Raiatea reached received reef rocks Sabbath sailed sailors seen Sept ship shore side Society Islands soon sperm whale spot stones Tahiti Tahitian Tahitian language things tion trees TROPIC OF CAPRICORN Tyerman vessel voyage whale whole wind woman words worship