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... feet ; - That youthful sea travellers may know the ways of Ocean ; - Is this small book written . The little bark being thus launched , may the favouring gale of public approval waft it gently onward down the stream of time . CONTENTS ...
... feet ; - That youthful sea travellers may know the ways of Ocean ; - Is this small book written . The little bark being thus launched , may the favouring gale of public approval waft it gently onward down the stream of time . CONTENTS ...
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... feet ; the head , which is nearly one - third of the whole length of the body , being from eight to nine feet in depth , and from five to six 18 MY FIRST VOYAGE .
... feet ; the head , which is nearly one - third of the whole length of the body , being from eight to nine feet in depth , and from five to six 18 MY FIRST VOYAGE .
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... feet broad , and the cir- cumference of the body about thirty - six feet . The sperm whale has a roundish tubercle in front over the eyes , called the bunch , and a rounded lump of fat behind , called the hump , continuing THE SPERM ...
... feet broad , and the cir- cumference of the body about thirty - six feet . The sperm whale has a roundish tubercle in front over the eyes , called the bunch , and a rounded lump of fat behind , called the hump , continuing THE SPERM ...
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... feet long , sharp at both ends ; in one end is fitted a short block or stump , the loggerhead , around which the line is turned when the harpoon has been made fast to a whale . A boat's crew consists of six persons - four rowers , a ...
... feet long , sharp at both ends ; in one end is fitted a short block or stump , the loggerhead , around which the line is turned when the harpoon has been made fast to a whale . A boat's crew consists of six persons - four rowers , a ...
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... feet broad , round and round the animal , and the fat being melted and boiled in proper vessels , termed " try - pots , " the oil is stored away in casks , the scraps or crisp membranous portions being used as fuel . The matter obtained ...
... feet broad , round and round the animal , and the fat being melted and boiled in proper vessels , termed " try - pots , " the oil is stored away in casks , the scraps or crisp membranous portions being used as fuel . The matter obtained ...
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Сторінка 178 - Within a long recess there lies a bay : An island shades it from the rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride : Broke by the jutting land on either side, In double streams the briny waters glide, Betwixt two rows of rocks : a sylvan scene Appears above, and groves for ever green : A grot is form'd beneath, with mossy seats, To rest the Nereids, and exclude the heats.
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