Blackwood's Magazine, Volumes 265-266W. Blackwood, 1949 - England |
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Page 287
... dhow raced before a warm and favourable breeze . It was early 1942 , and I was on my way from Aden to Massawa , the main port of Eritrea . At that time Aden was not the important entrepĂ´t for aircraft it was to become later , and the ...
... dhow raced before a warm and favourable breeze . It was early 1942 , and I was on my way from Aden to Massawa , the main port of Eritrea . At that time Aden was not the important entrepĂ´t for aircraft it was to become later , and the ...
Page 288
... dhow , performing their evening devotions . These completed , a babble of talk round the galley in the bows reminded me that I , too , was hungry , and that I must hurry ; for dhows carry no lights ( other than a lantern as a riding ...
... dhow , performing their evening devotions . These completed , a babble of talk round the galley in the bows reminded me that I , too , was hungry , and that I must hurry ; for dhows carry no lights ( other than a lantern as a riding ...
Page 291
... dhow . The crew ran out a second anchor , and made what arrangements they could for sheltering themselves— no easy task in an open dhow . I donned my mackintosh , and rolled up my bedding in the hopes of finding it comparatively dry ...
... dhow . The crew ran out a second anchor , and made what arrangements they could for sheltering themselves— no easy task in an open dhow . I donned my mackintosh , and rolled up my bedding in the hopes of finding it comparatively dry ...
Contents
AN ODD OCCASION | 125 |
AN OLD NAVY LIST | 160 |
ST HELENA PASSAGE | 202 |
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