Tales of adventure, selected from Ballantyne's miscellany, Τόμος 423 |
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Σελίδα 37
... mate's boat in distress . " We turned at once , and , truly , there was no doubt of the truth of this , for , about half a mile off , we beheld our first mate's boat tearing over the sea like a small steamer . It was fast to a fish ...
... mate's boat in distress . " We turned at once , and , truly , there was no doubt of the truth of this , for , about half a mile off , we beheld our first mate's boat tearing over the sea like a small steamer . It was fast to a fish ...
Σελίδα 38
... mate's boat dashing away in this style , we forgot our grief at the loss of our whale in anxiety to render assistance to our com- rades , and we rowed towards them as fast as we could . Fortunately the whale changed its course and came ...
... mate's boat dashing away in this style , we forgot our grief at the loss of our whale in anxiety to render assistance to our com- rades , and we rowed towards them as fast as we could . Fortunately the whale changed its course and came ...
Σελίδα 39
... mate , had gone after the whale that had caused us so much trouble , and when we had got the boat righted and began to look about us , we found that she was fast to the fish about a mile to leeward . " Hurrah , lads ! " cried the ...
... mate , had gone after the whale that had caused us so much trouble , and when we had got the boat righted and began to look about us , we found that she was fast to the fish about a mile to leeward . " Hurrah , lads ! " cried the ...
Σελίδα 42
... main and fore- mast for hoisting in the blubber were brought into play . When all was ready , the captain and the two mates with Tom Lokins got upon the whale's body , with long - handled sharp spades or 42 FIGHTING THE WHALES .
... main and fore- mast for hoisting in the blubber were brought into play . When all was ready , the captain and the two mates with Tom Lokins got upon the whale's body , with long - handled sharp spades or 42 FIGHTING THE WHALES .
Σελίδα 44
... mate tell of a wonderful escape a comrade of his had in the Greenland Sea fishery . A whale had been struck , and , after its first run , they hauled up to it again , and rowed so hard that they ran the boat right against it . The ...
... mate tell of a wonderful escape a comrade of his had in the Greenland Sea fishery . A whale had been struck , and , after its first run , they hauled up to it again , and rowed so hard that they ran the boat right against it . The ...
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Tales of adventure, selected from Ballantyne's miscellany Robert Michael Ballantyne Πλήρης προβολή - 1874 |
Tales of Adventure, Selected from Ballantyne's Miscellany Robert Michael Ballantyne Δεν υπάρχει διαθέσιμη προεπισκόπηση - 2016 |
Tales of Adventure, Selected from Ballantyne's Miscellany Robert Michael Ballantyne Δεν υπάρχει διαθέσιμη προεπισκόπηση - 2016 |
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arms Baker battle bear began berg Bill and Ben Bill Bowls blow boat Bolter breeze brig canoes Captain Cook Captain Harvey cheer cocoa-nut comrades crew cried dark Davy Butts deck Dicey dogs enemy Eskimos eyes feet fell fight fire fish fleet followed Fred French Greenland seas Gregory guns hand harpoon head heard heart hope hour island Joe Davis killed lads lance leaped Lokins look masts mate messmate minutes mother natives Nelson never night nothin oars once R. M. BALLANTYNE replied Riggles roar rose round round shot rushed sail sailors Sam Baker savages seemed seen seized ship shore shot shouted side sledge snow soon sperm whale stood Tahiti tell thick thing thought Tom Gregory Tom Lokins took turned vessel voyage walrus Waterwitch waves whale wounded yards
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Σελίδα 123 - If it be true, as some of those who were present have imagined, that the marines and boatmen had fired without his orders, and that he was desirous of preventing any further bloodshed, it is not improbable that his humanity on this occasion proved fatal to him. For it was remarked that whilst he faced the natives, none of them had offered him any violence, but that, having turned about to give his orders to...
Σελίδα 19 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters ; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
Σελίδα 55 - is ready — Who was I to get it from ? The governments of Naples and Sicily either knew not, or chose to keep me in ignorance. Was I to wait patiently...
Σελίδα 124 - Thus fell our great and excellent commander ! After a life of so much distinguished and successful enterprise, his death, as far as regards himself, cannot be reckoned premature ; since he lived to finish the great work for which he seems to have been designed ; and was rather removed from the enjoyment, than cut off from the acquisition of glory. How sincerely his loss was felt and lamented by those who had so long found their general security in his skill and conduct, and every consolation, under...
Σελίδα 64 - Every variety of figure is to be seen here : cocoanut and bread-fruit trees, with convolvolus wreaths hanging round them, boys gathering the fruit, men engaged in battle, in the manual exercise, triumphing over a fallen foe ; or, as I have frequently seen it, they are represented as carrying a human sacrifice to the temple. Every kind of animal — goats, dogs, fowls, and fish — may at times be seen on this part of the body ; muskets, swords, pistols, clubs, spears, and other weapons of war, are...
Σελίδα 55 - I made use of my understanding, and by it I ought to stand or fall. I am before your Lordship's judgement, which in the present case I feel is the Tribunal of my Country; and if, under all circumstances, it is decided that I am wrong, I ought for the sake of our Country to be superseded; for at this moment, when I know the French are not in Alexandria, I hold the same opinion as before, viz.: that under all circumstances I was right in steering for Alexandria, and by that opinion I must stand or...
Σελίδα 26 - Well, not exactly dangerous, sir," replied Croft, " but I must say that it aint safe, 'specially when there's a swell on like this. But that'll go down soon. D'ye know what a nip is, Doctor Gregory 1" " I think I do, at least I have read of such a thing. But I should be very glad to hear what you have to say about it. No doubt you have felt one." " Felt one !" cried Jim, screwing up his face, and drawing his limbs together, as if he were suffering horrible pain, " no, I've never felt one. The man...
Σελίδα 92 - Another line was sent aboard about eight o'clock, and the topsails were lowered, but the line snapped immediately. Well, we held on to that whale the whole of that night, and at four o'clock next morning, just thirty-six hours after he was first struck, two fast lines were taken aboard the ship. The breeze was fresh, and against us, so the top-gallant sails were taken in, the courses hauled up, and the topsails clewed down, yet, I assure you, that whale towed the ship dead against the wind for an...
Σελίδα 94 - Tupia sustained himself in this scene with a firmness and resolution truly admirable : he wept, indeed, but the effort that he made to conceal his tears, concurred, with them, to do him honour.
Σελίδα 63 - There is no if in the case," replied the Admiral : " that we shall succeed, is certain : who may live to tell the story is a very different question.