The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs, 20. köideBrown, Son and Ferguson, 1851 |
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... weather detained us at this island until the 18th when we departed and were fortunate in getting well to the southward , and anchored on the 20th in lat . 10 ° 25 ' , off a Spanish settlement , called Illan , situated half a mile from ...
... weather detained us at this island until the 18th when we departed and were fortunate in getting well to the southward , and anchored on the 20th in lat . 10 ° 25 ' , off a Spanish settlement , called Illan , situated half a mile from ...
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... weather , however , and short allowance of provisions , upon which the ship's company had been placed one month previous , owing to the salt meat boiling away two - thirds its original weight , obliged us most reluctantly to abandon the ...
... weather , however , and short allowance of provisions , upon which the ship's company had been placed one month previous , owing to the salt meat boiling away two - thirds its original weight , obliged us most reluctantly to abandon the ...
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... weather . From Hudson Point , the southernmost of the headlands above men- tioned , the coast takes a sudden turn to the W.b.N. for two miles and a half , forming the northside of Willoughby Bay , which is a remarkable flat wooded table ...
... weather . From Hudson Point , the southernmost of the headlands above men- tioned , the coast takes a sudden turn to the W.b.N. for two miles and a half , forming the northside of Willoughby Bay , which is a remarkable flat wooded table ...
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... weather , at a distance of forty - five miles . The hills on the west side of them are more lofty but not remarkable to strangers , with the exception of Boggy Peak , the highest in the island , which is slightly elevated above the ...
... weather , at a distance of forty - five miles . The hills on the west side of them are more lofty but not remarkable to strangers , with the exception of Boggy Peak , the highest in the island , which is slightly elevated above the ...
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... weather ; but in standing in from sea , I am decidedly of opinion that a stranger should not attempt to run in , unless certain of getting within the bar if there are indications of bad weather ; but rather , he should seek anchorage ...
... weather ; but in standing in from sea , I am decidedly of opinion that a stranger should not attempt to run in , unless certain of getting within the bar if there are indications of bad weather ; but rather , he should seek anchorage ...
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Page 67 - And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive...
Page 68 - Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
Page 646 - 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 514 - Oh! while along the stream of Time thy name Expanded flies, and gathers all its fame, Say, shall my little bark attendant sail, Pursue the triumph, and partake the gale?
Page 658 - SIR: I am commanded by my lords commissioners of the admiralty to transmit herewith, for the information of...
Page 597 - Whereas the recognised Rule for sailing vessels is— That those having the wind fair shall give way to those on a wind , That, when both are going by the wind, the vessel on the starboard tack shall keep her wind, and the one on the larboard tack bear up, thereby passing each other on the larboard hand...
Page 647 - Seas; and for the purpose of giving jurisdiction under this Act every offence shall be deemed to have been committed, and every cause of complaint to have arisen, either in the place in which the same actually was committed or arose, or in any place on land where the offender or person complained against may be or be brought.
Page 474 - ... it is rather to be considered as a magnificent military sketch, than a very accurate map of a country...
Page 328 - Majesty, or being navigated wholly in ballast), and for every foreign vessel which by any Act of Parliament, Order in Council, Convention or Treaty, shall be privileged to enter the ports of the United Kingdom, upon paying the same duties of tonnage as are paid by British vessels, the...
Page 645 - Trade" or any other person hereby authorized to enter and inspect any " ship" or other premises in the execution of his duty, whether on board any " ship" or elsewhere, may be seized and detained by such inspector or other person, or by any person or persons whom he may call to his assistance, until such offender can be conveniently taken before some Justice of the Peace...