Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 226William Blackwood, 1929 - England |
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... Reef until you come to the Albany Pass , where you'll find a stream of empty gin bottles floating down on the tide . If you follow that carefully it'll take you straight in to Thursday Island , and if I know young Duke at all you'll ...
... Reef until you come to the Albany Pass , where you'll find a stream of empty gin bottles floating down on the tide . If you follow that carefully it'll take you straight in to Thursday Island , and if I know young Duke at all you'll ...
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... reef near Boydong Cays . " And not only was she an Institution , but her Scotch captain , M'Nab , and her Irish steward , Fogarty , were Institutions likewise ; and the impression made on the minds of the denizens of those little ...
... reef near Boydong Cays . " And not only was she an Institution , but her Scotch captain , M'Nab , and her Irish steward , Fogarty , were Institutions likewise ; and the impression made on the minds of the denizens of those little ...
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... Reefs ? Roller gear- haven't you ? You'll want ' em , I reckon - later ; but let her romp down to Noman's fort as hard as she can , then have a look at it . You'll still be in smooth water , and you can roll a turn or two quick enough ...
... Reefs ? Roller gear- haven't you ? You'll want ' em , I reckon - later ; but let her romp down to Noman's fort as hard as she can , then have a look at it . You'll still be in smooth water , and you can roll a turn or two quick enough ...
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... reef . We held to our canvas and pressed her cruelly . She leaped and foamed sea- wards as if to elude lurking terrors . She hammered and pounded , lifting high on a crest , pausing as if irresolute , smash- a rock . Upflung spray ...
... reef . We held to our canvas and pressed her cruelly . She leaped and foamed sea- wards as if to elude lurking terrors . She hammered and pounded , lifting high on a crest , pausing as if irresolute , smash- a rock . Upflung spray ...
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... reefs ; and the whole crew , clinging to the kicking boom , rove a preventive lacing , and hardened it down for a full due . Two hours had passed - two hours that seemed like minutes . We put her at it again . Under her reduced canvas ...
... reefs ; and the whole crew , clinging to the kicking boom , rove a preventive lacing , and hardened it down for a full due . Two hours had passed - two hours that seemed like minutes . We put her at it again . Under her reduced canvas ...
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