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" ... articles, of which we took possession as memorials of our having breakfasted on the identical spot where the tent of our gallant, though less successful, precursor stood on his return from Point Ogle to the Great Fish River, that very day five years... "
Narrative of the Discoveries on the North Coast of America: Effected by the ... - Page 371
by Thomas Simpson, Alexander Simpson - 1843 - 419 pages
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Hazard's United States Commercial and Statistical Register, Volume 2

Samuel Hazard - Banks and banking - 1840 - 444 pages
...besides an old tin vasculutn, and two or three other trivial artic les, of which we took possession as memorials of our having breakfasted on the identical...our gallant though less successful precursor stood on his return from Point Ogle to the Great Fish River that very day five years before. The arduous...
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United Service Magazine and Naval Military Journal, Volume 33

Military art and science - 1840 - 600 pages
...rotten, besides an old tin vasculum, and two or three other trivial articles, of which we took possession as memorials of our having breakfasted on the identical...our gallant though less successful precursor stood on his return from Point Ogle to the Great Fish River that very day five years before. The arduous...
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The Literary world, conducted by J. Timbs, Volume 3

John Timbs - 1840 - 430 pages
...an old japanned tin vasculum, and two or three other trivial articles, of which we took possession, as memorials of our having breakfasted on the identical...our gallant though less successful precursor stood, on his return from Point Ogle to the Great Fish River, that very day five years before. The arduous...
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The Monthly Chronicle, Volume 1

Nathan Hale - 1840 - 618 pages
...an old japanned tin vasculum, and two or three other trivial articles, of which we took possession, as memorials of our having breakfasted on the identical...our gallant though less successful precursor stood, on his return from Point Ogle to the Great Fish River, that very day five years before. The arduous...
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Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 3

Commerce - 1840 - 572 pages
...or three other articles, of which we took possession, as memorials of our having breakfasted on the spot where the tent of our gallant, though less successful, precursor stood that very day five years before. " The duty we had, in 1836, undertaken, was thus fully accomplished ; and the length and difficulty...
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The Life and Travels of Thomas Simpson, the Arctic Discoverer

Alexander Simpson - Arctic regions - 1845 - 444 pages
...rotten, besides an old tin vasculum, and two or three other trivial articles, of which we took possession as memorials of our having breakfasted on the identical...our gallant, though less successful, precursor stood on his return from Point Ogle to the Great Fish River, that very day five years before. " The arduous...
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Voyages of Discovery & Research Within the Arctic Regions, from the Year ...

Sir John Barrow - Arctic regions - 1846 - 574 pages
...alive," and the chocolate rotten. Some minor articles were taken possession of by the two leaders, " as memorials of our having breakfasted on the identical...precursor stood that very day five years before." They had thus determined the northern limits of America to the westward as far as Back's Estuary; it...
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Chambers's papers for the people, Parts 1-6

Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1850 - 794 pages
...also a tin case and a few fish-hooks, of which, observes Mr Simpson, ' Mr Dease and I took possession, as memorials of our having breakfasted on the identical...precursor stood that very day five years before.' They had now obeyed their instructions to the letter ; the coast-line was determined, and connected...
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Sir John Franklin and the Arctic Regions ...

Peter Lund Simmonds - Arctic regions - 1852 - 424 pages
...Mr. Simpson, " Mr. Dease and I took possession, as memorials of our having breakfasted on the very spot where the tent of our gallant, though less successful precursor stood that very day five years before. By the 20th of August they had reached as far as Aberdeen Island to the eastward, from which they had...
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The Travels and Adventures of Celebrated Travelers in the Principal ...

Henry Howe - Adventure and adventurers - 1854 - 740 pages
...a tin case and a few fish-hooks, of which, observes Mr. Simpson, ' Mr. Dease and I took possession, as memorials of our having breakfasted on the identical...precursor stood that very day five years before.' They had now obeyed their instructions to the letter; the coast-line was determined, and connected...
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