The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs, 20. köideBrown, Son and Ferguson, 1851 |
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... nearly isolated at high water ; but when the tide is out ( which rises and falls seven feet , ) the sand dries considerably beyond it . The fort is in rather a dilapidated state , its walls ( thirty feet high , ) are surmounted by a ...
... nearly isolated at high water ; but when the tide is out ( which rises and falls seven feet , ) the sand dries considerably beyond it . The fort is in rather a dilapidated state , its walls ( thirty feet high , ) are surmounted by a ...
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... nearly at right angles to the prevailing wind in both seasons . Wood is plentiful , and good water can be procured from a small river called Ewig , emptying itself in the north - west corner of the harbour ; but for which in the dry ...
... nearly at right angles to the prevailing wind in both seasons . Wood is plentiful , and good water can be procured from a small river called Ewig , emptying itself in the north - west corner of the harbour ; but for which in the dry ...
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... nearly square , but deeply indented on all sides , particularly on its north and east , where there are many creeks and bays navigated by droghers ; its north- east and east ends are low , its south - west and west sides of irregular ...
... nearly square , but deeply indented on all sides , particularly on its north and east , where there are many creeks and bays navigated by droghers ; its north- east and east ends are low , its south - west and west sides of irregular ...
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... nearly a cable's length in width , but so tortuous and intricate that no line of direction can be given for its safe navigation . To enter the north- east channel run down about a mile distant from the reef until the Chimney of Lyon's ...
... nearly a cable's length in width , but so tortuous and intricate that no line of direction can be given for its safe navigation . To enter the north- east channel run down about a mile distant from the reef until the Chimney of Lyon's ...
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... nearly the centre of the bay , where it terminates in a small shoal , on which there is only twelve feet ; between it and the foul ground off St. Anne's Point , the channel leading to the inner anchorage is not quite a cable's length ...
... nearly the centre of the bay , where it terminates in a small shoal , on which there is only twelve feet ; between it and the foul ground off St. Anne's Point , the channel leading to the inner anchorage is not quite a cable's length ...
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