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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... miles , when we came to anchor again to wait for the next tide . On this even- ing , after social worship , in which we committed ourselves and each other to Him whose we are , and whom we wish to serve , we retired to rest for the ...
... miles , when we came to anchor again to wait for the next tide . On this even- ing , after social worship , in which we committed ourselves and each other to Him whose we are , and whom we wish to serve , we retired to rest for the ...
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... mile from the ship . They were known by their brown colour , and their peculiar manner of spouting ; but the wind blew too hard to allow our crew to venture after them . This species of whale , as well as the Greenland and fin - backed ...
... mile from the ship . They were known by their brown colour , and their peculiar manner of spouting ; but the wind blew too hard to allow our crew to venture after them . This species of whale , as well as the Greenland and fin - backed ...
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... miles short of the meridian of Cape Horn . The captain prognos- ticated that we should soon have some genuine Cape ... mile in extent , having what the sailors call a long foot ; that is , the sea rose and fell gradually and majestically ...
... miles short of the meridian of Cape Horn . The captain prognos- ticated that we should soon have some genuine Cape ... mile in extent , having what the sailors call a long foot ; that is , the sea rose and fell gradually and majestically ...
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... miles in length ; while here they were followed by huge masses of heaped - up water of lesser extent , with steep and rugged declivities ; others again rose like immense cones , or insulated ❤ mountains of fearful elevation , while the ...
... miles in length ; while here they were followed by huge masses of heaped - up water of lesser extent , with steep and rugged declivities ; others again rose like immense cones , or insulated ❤ mountains of fearful elevation , while the ...
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... miles , three boats were dispatched to reconnoitre and attack them , if practicable , though it was within an hour and a half only of sunset . The first mate struck and fastened to one ; but after being dragged for some time , and ...
... miles , three boats were dispatched to reconnoitre and attack them , if practicable , though it was within an hour and a half only of sunset . The first mate struck and fastened to one ; but after being dragged for some time , and ...
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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