Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 252William Blackwood, 1942 - England |
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Page 227
... Fegan , thought it might be well to wear ship and get more jea - room . After all , he had com- nanded ships in his time , and some of is inherent wisdom persisted . Fegan , lowever , trusted his chronometers and is dead - reckoning ...
... Fegan , thought it might be well to wear ship and get more jea - room . After all , he had com- nanded ships in his time , and some of is inherent wisdom persisted . Fegan , lowever , trusted his chronometers and is dead - reckoning ...
Page 228
... Fegan looked for what he dreaded to see , and -saw it . The sighted land was high rock , but it was the seaward outpost of a deep bay , and we were on the wrong side of it . We were deeply embayed . With the sea - mist clearing , more ...
... Fegan looked for what he dreaded to see , and -saw it . The sighted land was high rock , but it was the seaward outpost of a deep bay , and we were on the wrong side of it . We were deeply embayed . With the sea - mist clearing , more ...
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... Fegan . The quarter capstan pawls egan to clank with increasing noisi- less . Every man who could be spared pplied his weight to the capstan bars . Is the wheel was momentarily more ractable , I was sent along to lend a and . The ship's ...
... Fegan . The quarter capstan pawls egan to clank with increasing noisi- less . Every man who could be spared pplied his weight to the capstan bars . Is the wheel was momentarily more ractable , I was sent along to lend a and . The ship's ...
Contents
A CHANNEL PASSAGE BY R G A | 60 |
A DEAD LEESHORE BY CAPTAIN FRANK H SHAW | 163 |
A SOLDIER OF OLD INDIA BY J CHARTRES MOLONY | 192 |
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