Narrative of a Journey Round the World: Comprising a Winter-passage Across the Andes to Chili, with a Visit to the Gold Regions of California and Australia, the South Sea Islands, Java, &c |
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NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLD . SOUTH AMERICA .
CHAPTER I . THE START . IT excites a singular feeling to be on board a vessel ,
still at anchor in the harbour of your native country , but ready to start every
minute on a ...
NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLD . SOUTH AMERICA .
CHAPTER I . THE START . IT excites a singular feeling to be on board a vessel ,
still at anchor in the harbour of your native country , but ready to start every
minute on a ...
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A few minutes afterwards we dropped our anchor not far from a brig we had
nearly scraped in coming in , and which also had German passengers on board .
She had come from Hamburgh , and brought emigrants to the Brazils . I waited ...
A few minutes afterwards we dropped our anchor not far from a brig we had
nearly scraped in coming in , and which also had German passengers on board .
She had come from Hamburgh , and brought emigrants to the Brazils . I waited ...
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... socalled from the immense quantity of seals that frequent its shores . We saw
hundreds of these animals in the water , and the captain , who wanted a few
skins , offered to let down the boat if I would endeavour to kill some . A few
minutes ...
... socalled from the immense quantity of seals that frequent its shores . We saw
hundreds of these animals in the water , and the captain , who wanted a few
skins , offered to let down the boat if I would endeavour to kill some . A few
minutes ...
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In a few minutes , and before it had even time to blow very hard , the wind
changed over to the west , and a quarter of an hour afterwards , we had as fine a
pampero again , with a perfect deluge of rain , as heart could wish for . The storm
...
In a few minutes , and before it had even time to blow very hard , the wind
changed over to the west , and a quarter of an hour afterwards , we had as fine a
pampero again , with a perfect deluge of rain , as heart could wish for . The storm
...
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and , raised up by the rolling sea , at this very minute stood nearly upright , not
twenty yards before the bow of the vessel . The next minute it disappeared
among the foaming waters , which swept it past , but in a few seconds it stood up
again ...
and , raised up by the rolling sea , at this very minute stood nearly upright , not
twenty yards before the bow of the vessel . The next minute it disappeared
among the foaming waters , which swept it past , but in a few seconds it stood up
again ...
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| Название | Narrative of a Journey Round the World: Comprising a Winter-passage Across the Andes to Chili, with a Visit to the Gold Regions of California and Australia, the South Sea Islands, Java, &c Narrative of a Journey Round the World, Comprising a Winter-passage Across the Andes to Chili, with a Visit to the Gold Regions of California and Australia, the South Sea Islands, Java, &c (Том 1), Friedrich Gerstäcker Narrative of a journey round the world (Том 1), Friedrich Wilhelm C. Gerstaecker |
| Автор | Friedrich Gerstäcker |
| Издатель | Hurst and Blackett, 1853 |
| Владелец оригинала: | Оксфордский университет |
| Оцифровано | 14 июн 2006 |
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