The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs, 19. köideBrown, Son and Ferguson, 1850 |
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... remarkable for personal appearance , although some few of the young women were both handsome and graceful . Their clothing , as already stated , is principlly obtained from the fleeces of their sheep , and the flax of the island ; but ...
... remarkable for personal appearance , although some few of the young women were both handsome and graceful . Their clothing , as already stated , is principlly obtained from the fleeces of their sheep , and the flax of the island ; but ...
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... remarkable when viewed from the east or west . S. 87 ° W. , three - tenths of a mile beyond Ponta do Norte is a small black elevated islet of naked lava : the coast between them forms a little bay , the shore of which is profusely ...
... remarkable when viewed from the east or west . S. 87 ° W. , three - tenths of a mile beyond Ponta do Norte is a small black elevated islet of naked lava : the coast between them forms a little bay , the shore of which is profusely ...
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... remarkable : it runs directly down from the north edge of the crater into the sea , a sharp serrated ridge of dark lava . There is a large rock at the extreme point of it , and on the north side , in the space between it and the islet ...
... remarkable : it runs directly down from the north edge of the crater into the sea , a sharp serrated ridge of dark lava . There is a large rock at the extreme point of it , and on the north side , in the space between it and the islet ...
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... remarkable bold headland , on the summit of which stands a perpendicular rock , called the " Devil's Thumb , " from the ex- treme difficulty ships have ever experienced in getting forward when in its vicinity . Many have been the ...
... remarkable bold headland , on the summit of which stands a perpendicular rock , called the " Devil's Thumb , " from the ex- treme difficulty ships have ever experienced in getting forward when in its vicinity . Many have been the ...
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... remarkable variation of opinion , and the versatility of thought in man . It is to these wonderful differences that we are to trace in in- dividuals among the millions of the same organized beings , the diversity of character and of ...
... remarkable variation of opinion , and the versatility of thought in man . It is to these wonderful differences that we are to trace in in- dividuals among the millions of the same organized beings , the diversity of character and of ...
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Page 566 - Acts before a court of summary jurisdiction. The term "Summary Jurisdiction Acts" means as follows : As to England, the Act of the session of the eleventh and twelfth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, chapter forty-three, intituled "An Act to facilitate the performance of the duties of justices of the peace out of sessions within England and Wales with respect to summary convictions and orders...
Page 555 - Any seaman who has signed an agreement, and is afterwards discharged before the commencement of the voyage, or before one month's wages are earned, without fault on his part justifying such discharge and without his consent, shall be entitled to receive from the master or owner, in addition to any wages he may have earned...
Page 512 - A,' in the schedule annexed to this title, and shall be dated at the time of the first signature thereof, and shall be signed by the master before any seaman signs the same, and shall contain the following particulars: First.
Page 513 - Kingdom, shall within Twenty-one Days after the Thirtieth D'ay of June and the Thirty-first day of December in every Year transmit or deliver to some Shipping Master in the United Kingdom...
Page 565 - Scotland, to any witness attending on citation the court of justiciary; and in case of any dispute as to the amount of such expenses the same shall be referred by the...
Page 565 - He may administer oaths, or may, in lieu of requiring or administering an oath, require every person examined by him to make and subscribe a declaration of the truth of the statements made by him in his examination...
Page 566 - ... or who refuses or neglects to make any answer, or to give any return, or to produce any document in his possession, or to make or subscribe any declarations which...
Page 504 - Borough may object to any other Person as not being entitled to have his Name retained in...
Page 385 - Let thy fatherly hand, we beseech thee, ever be over them ; let thy holy Spirit ever be with them, and so lead them in the knowledge and obedience of thy word, that in the end they may obtain everlasting life...
Page 507 - Trade shall deliver to every applicant who is duly reported by the local examiners to have passed the examination satisfactorily, and to have given satisfactory evidence of his sobriety, experience, ability, and general good conduct on board ship, a certificate (hereinafter called a "Certificate of Competency...